G-00-01-27-12D2 - 1/27/2000ORDINANCE NO. " " /C)Da_
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.502, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
EXTENDING THE 20 MILES PER HOUR SPEED ZONE ON
PROVIDENT LANE FROM WROXTON WAY TO 502' NORTH OF
WAYNE DRIVE; 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 Provident Lane from Wroxton Way to 502' north of Wayne
Drive on the 27th day of January, 1999, and
WHEREAS, a copy of said engineering and traffic study is
attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes as Exhibit
"A", and
WHEREAS, the results of said engineering and traffic
investigation indicate that the speed limit on Provident Lane from
Wroxton Way to 502' north of Wayne Drive should be 20 miles per
hour, 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 9.502(2), of the Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, (The maximum prima facie
speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour along the following
streets:) is hereby amended as follows:
ON
Provident Lane
FROM TO
Wroxton Way a point 502' north of
(north and southbound) Wayne 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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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
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.
2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
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, 2000.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
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day of
ATTEST:
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RT A. STLUKA, R., Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: January 21, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — January 27, 2000
ITEM:
12.D.2. Consider an ordinance extending the 20 -mph speed zone to
include 0.095 miles more of Provident Lane from 502 feet North
of Wayne Drive. (Second Reading) This extension is based upon
the findings of the Traffic and Engineering Study. The first reading
of the ordinance was approved on January 13, 2000. Staff Resource
Person: Jim Nuse, Public Works Director.