O-2016-3423 - 5/26/20161
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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3423
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, SECTION 42-129, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (2010 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
ADOPTING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE FOR A
PORTION OF THE IH -35 SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, Section 545.352 of the Texas Transportation Code establishes
prima facie reasonable and prudent speed limits for streets and highways situated in the
state of Texas, and
WHEREAS, Section 545.356(b) of the Texas Transportation Code gives the
governing body of a municipality the same authority as the Texas Transportation
Commission to alter prima facie speed limits when a highway is under repair,
construction or maintenance, and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Section 3 of the Procedures for Establishing Speed
Zones adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission states that normal speed
studies are not required on sections of a highway under construction, and
WHEREAS, construction will soon commence on the ramp reversals on a portion
of the IH -35 southbound frontage road for the TxDOT Mobility 35 Corridor Project, Now
Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
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That Chapter 42, Section 42-129, Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition), City of
Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to add subsection (d) which shall read as
follows:
0112.1604;00356547
1 42-129. Temporary construction speed zones.
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3 (d) During construction of the ramp reversals for the TxDOT Mobility 35 Corridor Project
4 ("Proiect"), the temporary maximum prima facie speed limit shall be fifty (50) miles per
5 hour on a portion of the IH -35 southbound frontage road from RM 1431 to FM 3406. This
6 temporary speed limit shall expire upon completion of the Project, and the maximum
7 prima facie speed limit shall thereafter be sixty (60) miles per hour.
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11 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
12 expressly repealed.
13 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
14 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
15 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
16 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
17 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
18 which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
19 formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
20 Government Code, as amended.
21 READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
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23 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the Z day of
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28 ALA MCGRAW, Mayor
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31 ATTEST:
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34 SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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