OR 2009-1233 Speed Limt for school zone on Heartz RoadORDINANCE NO. 2o0 9 233
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 8 -1,
SECTION 8 -1-4 TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT FOR A NEW DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONE ON HEARTZ ROAD;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 8, Article 8 -1, Section 8 -1 -4, in part to add the
following designated school zone for Heartz Road, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8 -1-4 School zone speed.
C. The following streets or portions of streets are designated school
traffic zones when marked in accordance with subsection (B):
All distances are measured from the nearest face of curb of the
perpendicular street:
Street Extent
Heartz Road
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall erect appropriate signage
giving notice of the school zone established herein.
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322 feet south of the curb line of
Sandy Lake Road to 33 feet north of
the north curb line of Westbury
Drive."
SECTION 3. That all 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hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this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 phrase of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as
a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of
Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in 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
or terms of this ordinance or of 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 subjected to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) for each offense; and each and every day such violation is continued shall be
deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide;
however the school zone established herein shall note take effect until the Director of
Traffic Control has erected appropriate signage giving notice of such school zone.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the /1 V'day
of(,�}' 2009.
APPROV S T• O'
ROBERT E. HAGE ITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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1 E ETE RS. MAYOR
J E ETERS, MAYOR
ATTEST: