O-88-2369 - 11/22/1988to
ORDINANCE NO. d� ,il,Q /
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 14.A., SCHEDULE I,
PARAGRAPHS (5) AND (6), CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS; MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO
SAID SECTION; THEREBY DECLARING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMITS UPON MCNEIL ROAD WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE "UNIFORM ACT
REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS" (VERNON'S ANN. CIV. STAT.
ART. 6701d); AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
I.
Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation and pursuant
and in
Regulating
article
except
order
on or
accordance with, the provisions of the "Uniform Act
Traffic on Highways" (Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes,
6701d), the City Council hereby determines and declares that
when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds in
to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance
entering a street or highway, the limits, specified in this
section shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of the limits
specified in this section shall be prima facie evidence that the
speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful.
II.
That Chapter 9, Section 14.A., Schedule I, Paragraph (5), Code
of Ordinances, City of
deleting the following:
ON
McNeil Road
(east and westbound)
McNeil Road
(east and westbound)
Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by
FROM
Mays
IH -35
III.
TO
IH -35
City Limits
That Chapter 9, Section 14.A., Schedule I, Paragraph (5), Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas,
the following.
ON FROM
McNeil Road
(east and westbound)
McNeil Road
(east and westbound)
C34ORDMCNEIL
is hereby amended by adding
South Mays Street
TO
the west abutment
of the bridge crossing
Lake Creek
County Road 172 City Limits
IV.
That Chapter 9, Section 14.A., Schedule I, Paragraph (6), Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding
the following:
ON FROM TO
McNeil Road the west abutment County Road 172
(east and westbound) of the bridge crossing
Lake Creek
V.
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conflict herewith are expressly repealed.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/0.S-6
thereof.
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READ AND APPROVED on first reading this the day
of ! G°eA'' lkw , 1988.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the AJ'N4 day
of -0 ,6VrA tA) , 1988.
ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
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DATE: November 21, 1988
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, November 22, 1988
ITEM: 7A. Consider an ordinance amending the Traffic Code
revising speed limits along McNeil Road. (Second
Reading)
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Joe Vining
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
This ordinance amends the speed limit for the newly constructed
portions of McNeil Road. It will establish a 40 MPH limit for
the section between County Road 172. and Lake Creek.
ECONOMIC IMPACT: Cost of speed limit signs and installation.