HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-4603 - Ordinance - 08/14/2025ORDINANCE NO.2025-4603
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38, "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES", ARTICLE
VI "TRAFFIC SCHEDULES", SECTION 38-1012 "TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XII, SPEED
LIMITS", SUBSECTION A "SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR STATE
HIGHWAYS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS BY ESTABLISHING THE SPEED LIMIT OF FM 2818 (HARVEY
MITCHELL PARKWAY); 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 38, "Traffic and Vehicles", Article VI "Traffic Schedules", Section
38-1012 "Traffic Schedule XII, Speed Limits", Subsection A "Speed Limits
Established for State Highways", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College
Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A" and attached hereto and made
a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances
is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality does not
affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances
of the City of College Station, Texas that can be given effect without the invalid or
unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable.
PART 3 That any person, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision
or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association and any other legal
entity violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance upon a finding of liability
thereof shall be deemed liable for a civil offense and punished with a civil penalty
of not less than one dollar ($1.00) and not more than two thousand dollars
($2,000.00) or upon conviction thereof guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) and not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted
to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense.
PART 4: This Ordinance is a penal ordinance and becomes effective ten (10) days after its
date of passage by the City Council, as provided by City of College Station Charter
Section 35.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 14' day of August, 2025.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPROVED:
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City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
That CHAPTER 38, "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES", ARTICLE VI "TRAFFIC
SCHEDULES", SECTION 38-1012 "TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XII, SPEED LIMITS",
SUBSECTION A "SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR STATE HIGHWAYS" is hereby
amended to read in part as follows:
(7) FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway).
a. From the North City limit south to the intersection of SH 6 (one-way):
Distance Speed Limit
For the first 1.723 miles from the West City limit 60 miles per hour
For the next 3.494 miles* 50 miles per hour
For the next 1.511 miles to the intersection of SH 6 45 miles per hour
East Frontage Road
*Within the limits of said 50 miles per hour speed zone, from approximately 650 feet
west of Welsh Avenue to approximately 220 feet east of Nueces Drive, the speed limit
shall be 35 miles per hour when so signed for school zone.
b. From the intersection of SH 6 north to the North City limit (one-way).
Distance Speed Limit
For the first 1.511 miles from the intersection of SH 6 45 miles per hour
East Frontage Road
For the next 3.494 miles* 50 miles per hour
For the next 1.723 miles to the West City limit 60 miles per hour
*Within the limits of said 50 miles per hour speed zone, from approximately 650 feet
west of Welsh Avenue to approximately 220 feet east of Nueces Drive, the speed limit
shall be 35 miles per hour when so signed for school zone.