G-99-08-26-9B1 - 8/26/1999ORDINANCE NO. 0' Q?- D 98
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.503, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF LOGAN 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 Logan Drive from 205' east of South Mays Street to
180' east of Garden Court on the 10th day of May 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 Logan Drive from 205' east of South Mays
Street to 180' east of Garden Court, when a sign is posted with a
flashing light giving notice thereof; 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(3), of the Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by
designating a portion of Logan Drive from 205' east of South Mays
Street to 180' east of Garden Court, as a school zone when a sign
is posted with a flashing light giving notice thereof, which shall
read as follows:
(3)
When a sign is posted with a flashing light giving notice thereof, the maximum speed limit
shall be twenty (20) miles per hour when flashing, upon those streets or portions of streets
as follows:
ON FROM TO
Logan Drive A point 205' east of A point 180' east of
South Mays Street Garden Court
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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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
2.
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 Ia — day of
, 1999.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
�w day of
ATTEST:
E LAND, City Secretary
, 1999.
3.
R'1:1 A. STLUKA, JR Mayor
Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: August 18, 1999
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — August 26, 1999
ITEM: 9.B.1. Consider an ordinance establishing a 20 -mph school speed zone on
Logan Street from 205 feet east of South Mays to 180 feet east of
Garden Court based upon the findings of a Traffic and
Engineering Study. (Second Reading) The first reading of the
ordinance was approved on August 12, 1999. Staff Resource Person:
Jim Nuse, Public Works Director.