G-98-05-14-9A2 - 5/14/1998ORDINANCE NO. LJ - q05 1 - qp(2.,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.502, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
CHANGING THE SPEED ZONES ON PARKER DRIVE FROM F.M.
1325 TO I11-35 WEST 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 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 Parker Drive from F.M. 1325 to IH -35 West Frontage
Road on the 5th day of February 1998, 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 Parker Drive from
F.M. 1325 to IH -35 West Frontage Road should be 40 miles per hour,
Now Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS:
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I.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.502(6), of the Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, (The maximum prima facie
speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour along the following
streets:) is hereby amended by adding the following:
ON
Parker Drive
(both directions)
FROM TO
F.M. 1325 IH -35 West Frontage
Road
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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the a3 - day of
apALL
, 1998.
.��..READ, APPROVED and
1'1 day of
ADOPTED
on second reading this the
, 1998.
2.
ATTEST:
E LAND, City Secretary
3.
CHARLES CULPE''ER, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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CITY ORDINANCE FOR
PROPOSED SPEED ZONES
Corridor Park
DATE: May 8, 1998
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - May 14, 1998
ITEM: 9.A.2. Consider an ordinance designating a 40 MPH speed zone on Parker Drive
from FM 1325 to IH 35 West Frontage Road. (Second Reading) (The first
reading of the ordinance was approved on April 23, 1998) Parker Drive
does not currently have a speed zone ordinance in effect. At the request of
several people working in the area, staff conducted a traffic and
engineering study to determine the appropriate speed zone for this street.
As a result of the study, staff is recommending that an ordinance be passed
to establish a speed zone of 40 mph on Parker Drive from FM 1325 to the
IH 35 West Frontage Road. Staff recommends approval of this ordinance.
Staff Resource Person: Jim Nuse, Public Works Director.