HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-4125 - Ordinance - 09/26/2019ORDINANCE NO. 2019-4125
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38, “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,” ARTICLE
VI “TRAFFIC SCHEDULES,” SECTION 38-1013 “TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XIII,
TEMPORARY SPEED LIMITS,” ON GREENS PRAIRIE ROAD OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 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
38-1013 “Traffic Schedule XIII, 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: 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 26th day of September, 2019.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
_____________________________ _____________________________
City Secretary Mayor
APPROVED:
_______________________________
City Attorney
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Exhibit A
That Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article VI. “Traffic Schedules,” Section 38-1013 “Traffic
Schedule XIII, Temporary Speed Limits,” is hereby amended to read as follows by adding:
Greens Prairie Road, for traffic moving east and west from approximately .189 miles west of
Woodlake Drive to Royder Road intersection, the speed limit shall be thirty (30) miles per hour in
construction areas when temporary speed signs are posted. After project completion and when
temporary speed limit signs are removed, speed zones shall revert to the original speed zone of
forty (40) miles per hour. This ordinance does not repeal any speed limit ordinances in Sec. 38-17.