O-78-312 - 6/8/1978ORDINANCE NO e /, __
AN ORDINANCE SETTING A SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY (20)" NILES
PER HOUR ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF DEERFOOT DRIVE AND DOVE
HAVEN DRIVE IN THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK; DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO POST APPROPRIATE SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY.
WHEREAS, Deerfoot Drive and Dove Haven Drive are the major
strees leading to Lake Creek Park and the swimming pool located
therein, and
WHEREAS, Deerfoot Drive and Dove Haven Drive are heavily
traveled, both by automobiles and by children walking and riding
bicycles to the park and swimming pool, and
WHEREAS, such situation poses a threat to the health, safety,
and welfare of the citizens and children of the City of Round Rock,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1: No person shall drive a vehicle on a street or
highway within the corporate limits of the City at a speed greater
than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing.
Section 2, Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation
and pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the
"Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways" (Vernon's Annotated
Civil Statutes, Article 6701(d) the City Council hereby determines
and declares that except when a special hazard exists that requires
lower spoeds in order to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle
or other conveyance on or 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 faire evidence
that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it si unlawful:
(a) The maximum prima faire special limit shall be twenty (20)
miles per hour at all times on the following streets:
ON FROM TO
Deerfoot Drive Burnet Street Entrance to Lake
Creek Park
Dove. Raven Drive
Quail Creek Drive Entrance to Lake
Creek Park
Section 3: Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor andi upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 4: The City Manager of the City of Round Rock, Texas,
is hereby directed to erect signs along such streets reflecting the
speed limit in accordance with this ordinance.
Section 5: All ordinances, and parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 1978.
READ and APPROVED on second reading this the _zE_day of
, 1978.
Attest:
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RETARY »7I
JOS NNE LAND, E TARY
RAY LI , MAYOR
CITY OF ROUND ROCK