HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-3804 - Ordinance - 09/22/2016 ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3804
AN ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY 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 AMENDING BY ADDING GREENS PRAIRIE TRAIL
- FOR EAST AND WEST BOUND FROM FM 2154 TO ROYDER ROAD, THE SPEED
LIMIT SHALL BE TWENTY FIVE (25) MILES PER HOUR IN CONSTRUCTION
AREAS WHEN POSTED. CERTAIN SECTIONS 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 proper speed limit signs are posted
designating the speed limit and expires at the completion of the Greens Prairie Trail
Widening Project
PASSED,ADOPTED and APPROVED this 22" day of September, 2016.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Zeit-creta MAYOR
APP; •VED:
Or ICR14
C 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 temporarily amended by amending Traffic Schedule XIII to include:
Greens Prairie Trail - for east and west bound from FM 2154 to Royder Road, the speed limit
shall be twenty five (25) miles per hour in construction zones when posted. After completion of
the Greens Prairie Trial Widening Project and the temporary speed limit signs are removed, speed
limits shall revert to those already established by ordinance. This ordinance does not repeal any
other speed limit ordinances.