O-2025-179 - 7/24/2025 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2025-179
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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 SOUTH MAYS STREET FROM NASH STREET TO
7 BAGDAD AVENUE; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
8 REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
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10 WHEREAS, Section 545.352 of the Texas Transportation Code establishes
11 prima facie reasonable and prudent speed limits for streets and highways situated in the
12 state of Texas, and
13 WHEREAS, Section 545.356(b) of the Texas Transportation Code gives the
14 governing body of a municipality the same authority as the Texas Transportation
15 Commission to alter prima facie speed limits when a highway is under repair,
16 construction or maintenance, and
17 WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Section 3 of the Procedures for Establishing Speed
18 Zones adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission states that normal speed
19 studies are not required on sections of a highway under construction, and
20 WHEREAS, construction will soon commence for the South Mays Street Wall
21 Stabilization Project on a portion of South Mays Street, Now Therefore
22 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
23 TEXAS:
24 I.
25 That Chapter 42, Section 42-129, Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of
26 Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to add subsection (g) which shall read as
27 follows:
0112 20252.4908-4927-2145
1 42-129.Temporary construction speed zones.
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3 (g) During construction activities of the South Mays Street Wall Stabilization Project
4 ("Project"), the temporary maximum prima facie speed limit on a portion of South Mays
5 Street from Nash Street to Bagdad Avenue shall be reduced from thirty-five (35) miles
6 per hour to twenty-five (25) mile per hour. This temporary speed limit shall expire upon
7 completion of the Project.
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9 II.
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11 expressly repealed.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.
20 READ and APPROVED on first reading this the IDS day of
21 T AJ !L/ , 2025.
22 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the 2`I day of
23 1uJu , 2025.
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26 CR MO AN, Mayor
27 City of Ro Rock, Texas
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32 A FRANKLIN, City Clerk