O-2020-0283 - 10/22/20201 ORDINANCE NO. 2020=0283
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3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, SECTION 42=129 CODE
4 OF ORDINANCES (2018 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
5 ADOPTING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE FOR A
6 PORTION OF THE IH=35 NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD FROM
7 GRAND AVENUE PARKWAY TO SH 45N PROVIDING FOR A
8 SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
9 OR RESOLUTIONS.
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I I WHEREAS, Section 545.352 of the Texas Transportation Code establishes
12 prima facie reasonable and prudent speed limits for streets and highways situated in the
13 state of Texas, and
14 WHEREAS, Section 545,356(b) of the Texas Transportation Code gives the
15 governing body
of a
municipality
the same authority
as the Texas
Transportation
16 Commission to
alter
prima facie
speed limits when
a highway is
under repair,
17 construction or maintenance, and
18 WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Section 3 of the Procedures for Establishing Speed
19 Zones adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission states that normal speed
20 studies are not required on sections of a highway under construction, and
21 WHEREAS, construction will soon commence for the TxDOT Mobility 35 Corridor
22 Project on a portion of the IH-35 northbound frontage road, Now Therefore
23 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
24 TEXAS:
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26 That Chapter 42, Section 42-129, Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of
27 Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to add subsection (f� which shall read as
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Ol 12.20202; 00455962
1 42-129. Temporary construction speed zones.
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3 (f) Curing construction of the TXDOT Mobility 35 Corridor Project ("Project"), the temporary
4 maximum prima facie speed limit on a portion of the IH-35 northbound frontage road
5 within the City's jurisdiction from Grand Avenue Parkway (MP 1.142) to SH 45N (MP
6 3.147 shall be reduced from fifty-five (55) miles per hour to forty-five (45) miles per hour.
7 This temoorary soeed limit shall expire upon completion of the Project.
10 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
11 expressly repealed.
12 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
13 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
14 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
15 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
16 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
17 which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
18 formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
19 Government Code, as amended.
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READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
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READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the 2zP24 day of
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ATTEST:
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SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
City of Pound Rock, Texas
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