HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-3757 - Ordinance - 04/14/2016 ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3757
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10,"TRAFFIC CODE", SECTION 3,"SPEED
LIMITS", SUBSECTION F, "TEMPORARY SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR
CERTAIN DESCRIBED STREETS", TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XIII, "TEMPORARY
SPEED LIMITS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS, BY ADDING FM 2154 FOR TRAFFIC MOVING NORTH AND
SOUTH FROM MILE POST 15.513 TO MILE POST 15.994,THE SPEED LIMIT SHALL
BE FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES WHEN POSTED AND
GREENS PRAIRIE TRAIL FOR TRAFFIC MOVING EAST AND WEST FROM FM 2154
TO FLAGSTONE COURT, THE SPEED LIMIT SHALL BE THIRTY FIVE (35) MILES
PER HOUR IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES WHEN POSTED, AS SET OUT BELOW;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 10, "Traffic Code", Section 3 "Speed Limits", Subsection F (1)
"Temporary Speed Limits Established For Certain Described Streets", Traffic
Schedule XIII, "Temporary Speed Limits", of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A", attached hereto
and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance,which shall remain in full force and effect.
PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be
permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a
penal ordinance, becomes effective when temporary speed limit signs are posted
designating the reduced speed limit and expires when the temporary speed limit
signs are removed at the completion of the Texas Department of Transportation's
managed FM 2154 & Greens Prairie Trail Intersection Improvements Project.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 14th day of April, 2016.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secret
APPROVED:
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City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
Chapter 10,"Traffic Code", Section 3 "Speed Limits", Subsection F (1)"Temporary Speed Limits
Established For Certain Described Streets" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College
Station, Texas, is hereby amended by adding the following to Traffic Schedule XIII:
FM 2154 - for traffic moving north and south from Mile Post 15.513 to Mile Post 15.994, the
speed limit shall be fifty(50)miles per hour in construction zones when posted.After the FM 2154
and Greens Prairie Trail Intersection Improvements Project completion and temporary speed limit
signs are removed,speed limits shall revert to those established by Ordinance No.2621 dated April
10, 2003. This ordinance does not repeal Ordinance No. 2621 dated April 10, 2003.
Greens Prairie Trail - for traffic moving east and west from FM 2154 to Flagstone Court, the
speed limit shall be thirty five (35) miles per hour in construction zones when posted. After FM
2154 and Greens Prairie Trail Intersection Improvements Project completion and temporary speed
limit signs are removed, speed limits shall revert to those established by Ordinance No. 2621 dated
April 10, 2003. This ordinance does not repeal Ordinance No. 2621 dated April 10, 2003.