O-91-2543 - 8/8/1991ORDINANCE NO. � 5 43
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.502, CODE OF ORDINANCES,
1990 EDITION, CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; MAKING CERTAIN
ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO SAID SECTION; THEREBY
DECLARING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS UPON IH -35
FRONTAGE ROADS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE "UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON
HIGHWAYS' (VERNON'S ANN. CIV. STAT. ART. 6701D); AND
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
I.
Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation and pursuant
to and in accordance with, the provisions of the "Uniform Act
Regulating Traffic on Highways" (Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes,
article 6701d), the City Council hereby determines and declares that
except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds in
order to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance
on or entering a street or highway, the limits, specified in this
Ordinance shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of the limits
specified to this Ordinance shall be prima facie evidence that the
speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful.
II.
That Section 9.502(8), Code of Ordinances, 1990 Edition, City of
Round Rock, Texas, (The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be fifty
(50) miles per hour along the following streets:) is hereby amended by
adding the following:
ON FROM TO
East Frontage Road Milepoint 0.516 Milepoint 3.279
of IH -35
West Frontage Road Milepoint 3.217 Milepoint 0.259
of IH -35
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That Section 9.502(9), Code of Ordinances, 1990 Edition, City of
Round Rock, Texas, (The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be
fifty-five (55) miles per hour along the following streets:) is hereby
amended by deleting the following:
ON
East Frontage Road
of IH -35
West Frontage Road
of IH -35
FROM
Milepoint 3.279
North City Limits of
City of Round Rock
at Milepoint 6.876
IV.
TO
North City Limits of
City of Round Rock
at Milepoint 6.876
Milepoint 3.279
That Section 9.502(9), Code of Ordinances, 1990 Edition, City of
Round Rock, Texas, (The maximum prima facie speed limit shall be
fifty-fivey (55) miles per hour along the following streets:) is
hereby amended by adding the following:
ON FROM TO
East Frontage Road
of IH -35
West Frontage Road
of IH -35
East Frontage Road
of IH -35
West Frontage Road
of IH -35
South City Limit
at Milepoint 2.845
North City Limit
at Milepoint 6.876
Milepoint 3.279
Milepoint 0.259
V.
Milepoint 0.516
Milepoint 3.217
North City Limit
at Milepoint 6.876
South City Limit
at Milepoint 2.845
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance
shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
2.
Alternative 1..
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote
of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading this
ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day of
, 1991.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
1991.
(READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the _ day
of 1. , 1991.
ATTEST:
J NE LAND, City Secretary
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MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: August 6, 1991
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting, August 8, 1991
ITEM: 8A. Consider an ordinance amending the Traffic Code by
establishing new speed limits on the IH -35 frontage road
system. (Second Reading)
STAFF
RESOURCE PERSON: Joe Vining
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
The revised speed zones (along the IH -35 frontage road) contained in this proposed
ordinance have been recommended by the State Department of Highways and
Public Transportation. These recommendations are in turn based on a recent
traffic engineering study conducted by that department.