HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-4321 - Ordinance - 01/13/2022ORDINANCE NO. 2022-4321
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38, "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES," ARTICLE
VI "TRAFFIC SCHEDULES," SECTION 38-1013 "TRAFFIC SCHEDULE XIII,
TEMPORARY SPEED LIMITS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ON FM 2154,
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 13th day of January, 2022.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
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City Attorney
APPROVED:
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Mayor
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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:
FM 2154, for traffic moving north and south from Navarro to Rock Prairie, the speed limit is Forty -
Five (45) miles per hour in construction zones when posted. After completion of the construction
project and when temporary speed limit signs are removed, speed limits shall revert to the original
speed limit of Fifty -Five (55) miles per hour. This ordinance does not repeal any speed limit
ordinances in Sec. 38-17.