G-00-11-09-9D1 - 11/9/2000ORDINANCE NO. 0-00-I1-09- 9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.503, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF ORION STREET AS A SCHOOL
SPEED ZONE; 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 of the Texas Transportation Code
authorizes the governing body of a municipality to alter, by
ordinance, prima facie speed limits pursuant to an engineering and
traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation was
conducted on Orion Street from 106' south of Terra Street to
Chandler Road on the 10th day of October 2000; and
WHEREAS, a copy of said engineering and traffic study is
attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes; and
WHEREAS, the results of said engineering and traffic
investigation indicate that a 20 miles per hour school speed zone
should be established on Orion Street from 106' south of Terra
Street to Chandler Road, between the hours 7:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m.
and between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on school days
only; Now Therefore
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.503 (7), of the Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by
adding the following:
(7)
When a sign is posted with the hours of operation, giving notice thereof, the maximum
speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:15
a.m.; and between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on school days only, upon those
streets or portions of streets as follows:
ON FROM
Orion Street
TO
A point 106' south of Chandler Road
Terra Street
II.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.503 (8), of the Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by
deleting the following:
(8) When a sign is posted with the hours of operation, giving notice thereof, the maximum
speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:00
a.m.; and between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days only, upon those
streets or portions of streets as follows:
ON FROM
Orion Street A point 100' south of
Chandler Road
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TO
A point 357' north of
Quicksilver Street
III.
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.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which
this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed,
considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and
the Act.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the Cp day of
ocls bPn,
, 2000.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
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DATE: November 3, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — November 9, 2000
ITEM:
9.D.1. Consider an ordinance designating a portion of Orion Street as a
school speed zone. (Second Reading) The Traffic Department
conducted a study of this street in September at the request of the
Caldwell Elementary PTA. The first reading of the ordinance was
approved on October 26, 2000.