O-2014-1362 - 5/8/20141 ORDINANCE NO. 0-2014-1362
2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, SECTION 42-127, CODE
3 OF ORDINANCES (2010 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
4 CHANGING THE SPEED ZONE ON A PORTION OF THE SH -45
5 FRONTAGE ROAD; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
6 REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
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8 WHEREAS, Section 545.352 of the Texas Transportation Code establishes
9 prima facie reasonable and prudent speed limits for streets and highways situated in the
10 state of Texas, and
11 WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code authorizes the
12 governing body of a municipality to alter, by ordinance, prima facie speed limits
13 pursuant to an engineering and traffic investigation, and
14 WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation was conducted on the SH -45
15 Frontage Roads from the western city limits to Donnell Drive on the 7th and 14th days of
16 January, 2014, and
17 WHEREAS, a copy of said engineering and traffic investigation is attached
18 hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes as Exhibit "A", and
19 WHEREAS, the results of said engineering and traffic investigation indicate that
20 the speed limit on the SH -45 Frontage Roads from the western city limits to La Frontera
21 Boulevard should be 55 miles per hour, and the speed limit on the SH -45 Frontage
22 Roads from La Frontera Boulevard to Donnell Drive should be 50 miles per hour, Now
23 Therefore
24 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
25 TEXAS:
0112.1404;00296633
1 I.
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3 That Chapter 42, Section 42-127(9), of the Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition),
4 City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding the following described
5 portions of streets:
6 (9) The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be 55 miles per hour along the following streets:
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On
From
To
Ordinance
Number
SH -45 Frontage Roads
(Louis Henna Boulevard)
east and westbound
Western city limits
La Frontera Boulevard
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9 II.
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11 That Chapter 42, Section 42-127(8), of the Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition),
12 City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding the following described
13 portions of streets:
14 (8) The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be 50 miles per hour along the following streets:
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On
From
To
Ordinance
Number
SH -45 Frontage Roads
(Louis Henna Boulevard)
east and westbound
La Frontera Boulevard
Donnell Drive
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17 III.
18 That Chapter 42, Section 42-127(7), of the Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition),
19 City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting the following described
20 portions of streets:
1 (7) The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be 45 miles per hour along the following streets:
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On
From
To
Ordinance
Number
SH 15 Frontage Road
westbound
G 02 09 26 10C2,
9 26 2002
SH 45 Frontage Road
Station No. 509+20.68
G 02 09 26 10C2,
eastbound
9 26 2002
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4 IV.
5 That Chapter 42, Section 42-127(9), of the Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition),
6 City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting the following described
7 portions of streets:
8 (9) The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be 55 miles per hour along the following streets:
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On
From
To
Ordinance
Number
SH 45 Frontage Road
Station -No,
10611+22.88
Donnell Drivc
G 02 09 26 10C1,
0 26 2002
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11 V.
12 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
13 expressly repealed.
14 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
15 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
16 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
17 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
18 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
19 which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
20 formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
21 Government Code, as amended.
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READ and
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APPROVED on first reading this the 24-`x— day of
, 2014.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the 811 day of
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10 ATTEST:
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, 2014.
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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