G-00-01-27-12D6 - 1/27/2000ORDINANCE NO. i4co C I - a ty,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.503, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF HARVEY PENICK DRIVE 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 Harvey Penick Drive from Forest Creek Drive to 600'
south of Forest Creek Drive on the 13th day of December 1999; 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 Harvey Penick Drive from Forest Creek
Drive to 600' south of Forest Creek Drive, between the hours 7:00
a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 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, of the Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by creating
subparagraph (9) designating a portion of Harvey Penick Drive from
Forest Creek Drive to 600' south of Forest Creek Drive, as a school
zone from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
controlled by signs erected giving notice thereof, which shall read
as follows:
(9)
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 9:00
a.m.; and between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on school days only, upon those
streets or portions of streets as follows:
ON FROM TO
Harvey Penick Drive
Forest Creek Drive A point 600' south of
Forest Creek Drive
II.
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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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
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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 13 day of
, 2000.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of WW , 2000.
ATTEST:
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ROBERT A. STLUKA, JOY., Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: January 21, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — January 27, 2000
ITEM:
12.D.6. Consider an ordinance establishing a 20 -mph school zone along
0.104 miles of Harvey Penick Drive from Forest Creek Drive to
600' south of Forest Creek Drive. (Second Reading) This school
zone is based on the findings of the Traffic and Engineer Study.
The first reading of the ordinance was approved on January 13,
2000. Staff Resource Person: Jim Nuse, Public Works Director.