HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-0247 - Ordinance - 02/25/1957STANDARD B & P
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ORDINANCE NO. 247
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A F1r1'Y MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 6
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS TO A POINT WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND JERSEY STREET; ESTABLISHING A 45 MILE
PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM SAID POINT TO THE INTERSECTION OF JERSEY STREET;
ESTABLISHING A 40 Mn3 PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 6 FROM JJatSEY STREET
THROUGH THE CrTY OF COLLEGE STATION TO THE CITY LIMITS OF BRYAN; ESTAB-
LISHING A 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED, LIMIT FROM THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO
MARKET ROAD 60 TO THE CITY LIMITS ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2154; ESTABLISHING
A 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 308 FROM THE CIRCLE TO THE CTIY
LIMITS OF BRYAN; ESTABLISHING A 40 Mn E PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FROM THE CIRCLE
ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 60 TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 6; ESTABLISHING A
15 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON JERSEY STREET DURING THE INTERVAL FROM ONE
HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL IS ASSEMBLED UNTIL ONE HOUR AFTER SCHOOL IS DISMISSED
FROM THE INTERSECTION OF TIMBER STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE GRAVEL
STREET IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL; AND ESTABLISHING A 30 MILE
PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FCR ALL OTHER STREETS: IN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station,
Texas, that pursuant to authority under the charter of the City of College
Station, and the statutes of the State of Texas, the following regulations
controlling speed limits on certain streets and highways in the City of
College Station are fixed:
In the best interest of public safety, movement of traffic, and
for the general good of the public, the following speed limits are estab-
lished within the limits of the City of College Station, Texas:
A. A fifty mile per hour speed limit on Highway 6 beginning at
the south city limits to a point within one thousand feet of the inter-
section of Highway 6 and Jersey Street;
B. A 45 mile per hour speed limit from said point to the inter-
section of Jersey Street; and a 40 mile per hour speed limit on Highway 6
from Jersey Street through the City of College Station to the city limits
of Bryan;
C. A 40 mile per hour speed limit from the intersection of Farm
to Market 60 to the city limits on Farm to Market road 2154;
D. A 40 mile per hour speed limit on Highway 308 from the Circle
to the Bryan city limits;
E. A 40 mile per hour speed limit from the Circle on Farm to
Market 60 to the intersection of Highway 6;
F. A 15 mile per hour speed limit on Jersey Street during the
interval from one hour before school is assembled until one hour after
school is dismissed from the intersection of Timber Street to the inter-
section of the gravel street immediately east of the High School;
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G. A 30 mile per hour speed limit for all other streets in the
City of College Station.
IT 11' THEREFORE ORDERED AND ORDAINED that such speed limits be
established and that appropriate signs be erected; that the proper author—
ities, after the due passing of this ordinance and erection of said signs,
be instructed to enforce said ordinance; and that anyone violating said
speed limits be found guilty of a misdemeanor.
Passed and approved this 25th day of February, 1957.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
1/E-(7.64g-t;k4-1/4
City Secretary
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