HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-1437 - Ordinance - 07/28/1983ORDINANCE NO. 1437
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 3 OF THE COLLEGE STATION CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO SPEED ZONES AND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATING ADDITIONAL AREA IN THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION IN WHICH RATES OF SPEED OF GREATER OR LESS THAN THIRTY (3D) MILES
PER HOUR ARE AUTHORIZED RESCINDING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH:
AND DECLARING THAT ATTENDANT FACTS NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION:
That any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances relating to speed zones on
University Drive (FM 60} in the City of College Station are hereby amended, and
that the following Sub-Section 2.i shall be added to Chapter 10, Section 3.E of
the College Station Code of Ordinances.
(i)
The existing ordinance or parts of the ordinance or parts of the ordinance
relating to the speed zones of a section of University Drive (FM 60) are
hereby amended to provide for the use of temporary speed zones during certain
construction periods of a pedestrian underpass for Texas A&M University under
their Medical Sciences Library Project No. 1-2380. The temporary speed
zones established hereinafter become effective when proper speed limit signs
are posted designating the speed limit. At all times when the temporary
speed zones are not posted, the speed zones for this highway revert to those
established under Ordinance dated September 22, 1977. Upon completion of
the section of the pedestrian underpass across the entire width of University
Drive {FM 60) and when the traffic patterns are restored to a condition
equal to that prior to the construction of this underpass, this ordinance
is void and the speed zones revert to those established under Ordinance dated
September 22, 1977. Texas A&M University is solely responsible for erecting
and maintaining the signs for this temporary speed zone. The temporary speed
zones and limits are specifically designated as follows:
Univers(ty Drive (£M 60) traffic moving in both directions for a
distance of 0.200 mile from a point 850 feet west of the
intersection of Horticulture Road with University Drive to a point
206 feet east of this intersection shall have a speed limit of
forty (40) miles per hour. For the next 0.230 mile to a point
approximately 85 feet west of the intersection of Agronomy Road
with University Drive (FM 60) the speed limit shall be 25 miles
per hour.
II.
WHEREAS, the preservation of the general welfare of the public necessitates
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immediate action, this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of
its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of College Station.
PASSED and APPROVED this 28th
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
day of July , 1~9~3
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Maydg, Ci-%); %f COllege Station, Texas
Attorney~ Cftyyf C~lege- Station, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secret~, City of College Station, Texas
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZOS
I, Dian Jones ,, City Secretary of the City of College
Station, County of Brazos, State of Texas, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed and approved by the
City Council of said City on the 28th day of July
1983, and is now on file in my office and notice is hereby given of the passage of
the same in the manner and for the length of time as required by the Charter of
the City of College Station.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 29th day of
July 1983.
City Secretary'/City of College Ctation