OR 2013-1344 25 mph speed limit
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2013-1344
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION
8-1-3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR VARIOUS STREETS IN THE CITY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF COPPELL; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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 by adding the following streets and
establishing the maximum prima facie speed limits for the same, which shall read as follows:
“ARTICLE 8-1. SPEED OF VEHICLES
. . . . .
Sec. 8-1-3.Speed on Specific Streets
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED
MILES PER HOUR
. . . . .
Calcot Drive All 25
. . . . .
Chipping Way All 25
. . . . .
Ridgecrest Court All 25
. . . . .
Rosebriar Court All 25
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SECTION 2. That the traffic engineer is authorized and directed to erect signs necessary to give
notice of the speed limit adopted 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions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.
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.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the day of
, 2013.
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APPRO D:
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KAREN SELBO HUN ',MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CHRISTEL PETTINOS, CITY SEC' TARY
APPROVE II • 0 FORM:
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ROBERT E. HAGER,C / ATTORNEY
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