HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-0592 - Ordinance - 08/26/1968ORDINANCE NO. 592
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SPEED ZONES WHICH SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATES
ADDITIONAL AREAS IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION IN WHICH RATES OF
SPEED OR THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR OR MORE ARE AUTHORIZED; RESCINDING
ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING THAT
ATTENDANT FACTS NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION:
SECTION I. That any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances relating to speed
zones on Farm to Market Road 2347 in the City of College Station are hereby
rescinded, and the following are additional specifically designated areas in which
a rate of speed of thirty (30) miles per hour or more is authorized.
(a) Farm to Market Road 2347, for traffic moving in a southwesterly
direction for the first 1. 337 miles from the intersection with State
Highway 6, the speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour. Within
the limits of said forty (40) mile per hour speed zone, from a point
approximately 100 feet west of Timber Street to a point approximately
200 feet east of Holick Street, the speed limit shall be twenty-five (25)
miles per hour when so signed for school crossing. For the next 0.200
mile the speed limit shall be fifty (50) miles per hour. For the next
0.800 mile the speed limit shall be sixty (60) miles per hour. For the
next 0. 527 mile, to Easterwood Airport, the speed limit shall be fifty
(50) miles per hour.
For traffic moving in a northeasterly direction for the first 0.350 mile,
from Easterwood Airport, the speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles
per hour. For the next 0. 977 mile the speed limit shall be sixty (60)
miles per hour. For the next 0. 200 mile the speed limit shall be fifty
(50) miles per hour. For the next 1. 337 miles, to the intersection with
State Highway 6, the speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour.
Within the limits of said forty (40) mile per hour speed zone, from a
point approximately 100 feet west of Timber Street to a point approximately
200 feet east of Holick Street, the speed limit shall be twenty-five (25)
miles per hour when so signed for school crossing.
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SECTION II. WHEREAS, the preservation of the general welfare of the public
necessitates immediate action, this Ordinance shall be effective from and after
the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station.
PASSED: August 26 19 68 .
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:cc-/%D
Mayor, City of College Station, Texas
City Attorney, City of College Station, Texas
City Secretary, Cit 9 of Colle Station, Texas
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZOS
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I, Florence Neelley , City Secretary of the City of College Station,
County of Brazos, State of Texas, to hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed and approved by the City Council
of said City on the 26th day of August, 1968, and is now in file in my office and
notice is hereby given of the passage of the same in the manner and for the length
of time as required by the Charter of the City of College Station.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 26th day
of August , 19 68
City Secretary, City g(f Collegf Station
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