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ORDINANCE NO. 8,x'2522
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING A PORTION OF SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 51-760, PRESCRIBING THE SPEED LIMITS ON A PORTION OF A
CERTAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF PLAINVIEIW, PROVIDING.A PENALTY,.
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHI,EREAS, after an engineering and. traffic investigation, the
City Council of the City of Plainview :Finds that circumstances
ar,e such that a maximum reasonable safE=_ speed for .the operation
oflivehicles under conditions found to exist. in the hereinafter
sp'~eci~ied location of the streets in the City of Plainview is
less than thirty (30) miles per hour and that the maximum safe
speed'at such location is twenty (20) miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, it ha:s been brought to the attention of the City Council
that a typographical. error exists in Ordinance No. 61-760,
NO~~, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ~ PLAINVIEW:
Sectioa 1: It shall.b.e unlawful for. any. person. operating a motor
vehicle which is self=propelled to operate said motor vehicle at
a greater speed than: twenty miles per hour on the following portions
of ',the fol-lowing streets:
C)n West 7th Street between Joliet Street and Kokomo StrPPt-
C)n West 6 h Street between Joliet .Street and Parkway Drive;
~e~~cion ~: .Any person who .shall violate or-fail
any of the. provisions of this Ordinance shall be
a nhisdemeanor and. upon conviction thereof shall b
fine of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more
Dollars ($200.00)
Section 3: The fact that th
mi'~es per hour .upon the sere
he lth, safety, and welfare
an emergency and imperative
rule necessitating- more than.
hereby is .suspended and this
ef~ect as an .emergency measu
ef~ect from and. after its pa
so ordained.
to comply with
deemed guilty of
e punished by a
than Two Hundred
e driving at more than twenty (20)
et designated herein endangers the
of-the citizens of Plainview creates
public necessity requiring that any
one reading hereof be and the same
.Ordinance shall be_passed and take
re and shall be in_full force and
ssage as provided by law, and it is
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PASSED AND. APPROVED THIS a DAY O'F JULY, 1983.
City of Plainview, Texas
By * . +~'
l~.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor