HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-2194 - Ordinance - 08/08/1996ORDINANCE NO. 2194
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTIONS 3.E(2)(j) and 3.E(2Xk), OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS RELATING TO
SPEED ZONES, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATING ADDITIONAL AREAS IN THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION IN WHICH RATES OF SPEED OF THIRTY (30) MIl.ES PER HOUR
OR MORE ARE AUTHORIZED; AND RESCINDING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation has constructed certain improvements to
State Highway 6, its Frontage Roads, and the highway overpasses within College Station;
WItEREAS, these improvements have necessitated certain changes in the traffic patterns and flow
along certain sections of the State Highway 6 Frontage Roads; and
WHEREAS, in December of 1995 the Texas Department of Transportation conducted a speed
zone study of certain sections of the State Highway 6 Frontage Roads within College Station ~a~_,d_
provided the results of that Study to the City for inclusion in the affected portions of the City s
Speed Limits Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
That Chapter 10, Sections 3.E.(2)(j) and 3.E(2)(k), of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
College Station, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(j) State Hi_v. hwa_v 6 West Front~e Road
From the North City Limit south to the intersection of Deacon Drive at
Texas Avenue (one way):
Distance ~l?.~tL[eim~
for the first 0.285 miles from the North City Limit 50 miles per hour
for the next 0.835 miles 45 milesper hour
for the next 0.330 miles 40 miles per hour
for the next 0.350 miles 45 miles per hour
for the next 0.675 miles 50 miles per hour
for the next 1.028 miles 55 miles per hour
for the next 0.250 miles 50 miles per hour
for the last 0.200 miles to the intersection of Texas45 miles per hour
(ii)
For traffic moving in a southerly direction from the intersection of Deacon
Drive at Texas Avenue to Greens Prairie Road:
Distance
for the first 0.892 miles from Deacon Drive
for the next 2.302 miles to Greens Prairie Road
45 miles per hour
55 miles per hour
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(k)
(iii)
For traffic moving in a northerly direction from Greens Prairie Road to
Deacon Drive:
Distance
for the first 2.302 miles from Greens Prairie Road
for the next 0.892 miles to Deacon Drive
55 miles per hour
45 miles per hour
State ltighwny 6 East Frontage Road
(I)
For traffic moving in a northerly direction from Greens Prairie Road to
Sebesta Road:
Distance
for the first 2.302 miles
for the next 0.305 miles
for the last 0.555 miles to Sebesta Road
Speed Limit
55 miles per hour
50 miles per hour
55 miles per hour
(ii)
For traffic moving in a southerly direction from the overpass of Rock
Prairie Road to Greens Prairie Road:
Distance
for the first 0.113 miles
for the last 2.302 miles to Greens Prairie Road
S_m~i Limit
50 miles per hour
55 miles per hour
(iii) From Sebesta Road north to the North City Limit (one way):
for the
for the
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for the
Distance
first 0.200 miles from Sebesta Road
next 2.622 miles
next 0.320 miles
next 0.200 miles
next 0.405 miles
next 0.300 miles
last 0.270 miles to the North City Limit
40 miles per hour
50 miles per hour
40 miles per hour
45 miles per hour
50 miles per hour
45 miles per hour
55 miles per hour"
II.
That any and all ordinances or pans of ordinances in conflict with the foregom_~ are hereby
repealed and aH other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect.
Should any paragraph, sentence, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be
adjudged or held to he unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of
this ordinance as a whole or any pan or provision thereof, other than the pan so declared to be
invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
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IV.
This m'dimm~ ~hail take effect immediately from and afi~' its passage and the publication of tho
caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this f~"~ day of August, 1996.
APPROVED:
LYN~ Mc~Y, Mayd~
~FEST:
CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary
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