OR 95-731 Speed limit on Deton Tap Rd, South Belt Line & Moore Rd AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 95731
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 8-
1-3 TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF 40
MILES PER HOUR ON DENTON TAP ROAD FROM NORTH CITY
LIMITS TO SOUTHWESTERN/EAST BELT LINE ROAD; TO ESTABLISH
A MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MILES PER HOUR ON
SOUTH BELT LINE ROAD FROM EAST BELT LINE
ROAD/SOUTHWESTERN TO SOUTH CITY LIMITS; TO ESTABLISH A
MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR ON
MOORE ROAD FROM BELT LINE ROAD NORTH TO SANDY LAKE
ROAD; PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF SIGNS; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppoll, Texas, be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Section 8-1-3 in part, to establish and delete the
following maximum prima facic speed limits for the following streets to read as follows:
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED
MILE PER HOUR
"Denton Tap Road From North City Limits to 40
Southwestern/East Belt
Line Road
South Belt Line Road From East Belt Line 40
Road/Southwestern to
South City Limits
(south right-of-way
line of IH 635)
Moore Road From Belt Line Road 30"
North to Sandy Lake Road
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DELETE:
"Belt Line Road From its intersection with 45
Cowboy Drive to its
intersection with Coppell
Road
Denton Tap Road From its intersection with 45
Coppell Road to its
intersection with Sandy
Lake Road
Denton Tap Road From its intersection with 45"
Sandy Lake Road North to
City Limits
SECTION 2. That the City Engineer or authorized representative shall erect
appropriate signs giving notice of the maximum prima facie speed limits established herein.
SECTION 3. That all ordinances and provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Coppell, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 5. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in
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effect when the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this
purpose.
SECTION 6. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each
offense; and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and
separate offense.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ... _~' ;~'
day of 3: :. '(~i u.:. L 1995.
APPROVED:
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ATIEST:
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APPRO~D AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMI~, CI~ A~ORNEY
(POS/ct ~2/6/95)
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