OR 93-586 40 MPH speed limit of portions of Airline Dr. & Gateway Blvd. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 93586
AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 8-1-3
OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL
ENTITLED "SPEED ON SPECIFIC STREETS" BY ESTABLISHING 40 MILES PER HOUR
AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON AIRLINE DRIVE FROM FREEPORT
PARKVVAY TO BELTLINE ROAD WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL; ESTABLISHING 40 MILES PER HOUR AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT ON GATEWAY BOULEVARD FROM FREEPORT PARKWAY TO ROYAL
LANE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COPPELL; SAID ROADS BEING PUBLIC
STREETS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR
ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A VEHICLE ON SAID PUBLIC STREETS AT A
SPEED GREATER THAN SAID DESIGNATED SPEED; PROVIDING THAT ANY SPEED IN
EXCESS OF SUCH DESIGNATED SPEED SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT
SUCH SPEED IS NOT REASONABLE NOR PRUDENT AND IS UNLAWFUL; 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 DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDING SECTION 8-1-3 OF CITY CODE
Section 8-1-3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, which establishes
speed limits on certain specific streets within the city, is hereby amended by changing the
maximum prima facie speed limit on the following streets as follows:
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED, MILES PER HOUR
Airline Drive From its intersection with Freeport Parkway
to its intersection with Beltline Road ................... 40
Gateway Blvd. From its intersection with Freeport Parkway
to its intersection with Royal Lane ..................... 40
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SECTION 2. UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE VEHICLE IN EXCESS OF SPEED LIMIT
A person commits an offense if he operates or drives a vehicle on an above
designated street at a speed greater than the speed designated by this ordinance for that
street or portion thereof and any speed in excess of such designated speed shall be
prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable nor prudent and is unlawful.
SECTION 3. REPEALING CLAUSE
All parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall
be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, 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 invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. SAVINGS CLAUSE
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 effect when
the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 6. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
penalty of 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. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its
caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City.., Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
.-2~: day of '~ ~{~ ~'~ ~i" 1993.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY A'I'I'ORNEY ," '
COO93-0118