OR 99-901 Establish the speed limit for SH121 By-Pass in City limits at 55 mph AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 99901
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8,
ARTICLE 8-1, SECTION 8-1-3 TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR STATE HIGHWAY 121 BY-PASS IN THE
CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COPPELL; 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.
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 8-1-3, in part to add the following
designated speed limit for State Highway 121 By-Pass, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-1-3. Speed on Specific Streets
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED MILES PER HOUR
State Highway 121 State Highway 121 By-Pass
By-Pass within the City limits ...................................................... 55"
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall cause to be erected appropriate
signage giving notice of the speed limit established herein.
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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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.
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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
subject 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 the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide; however the speed
limit established herein shall not take effect until the appropriate signage giving notice of such
speed limit has been erected.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 14th day
day
of December, 1999.
APPROVED:
C AN DY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY
(REH/cdb 11/23/99)
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