OR 2016-1429 Amend Speed Limit on Freeport and Sandy Lake
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-1429
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 ALL OF FREEPORT PARKWAY AND
SANDY LAKE ROAD, RESPECTIVELY, 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 repealing the prima facie speed limits for
portions of Freeport Parkway and Sandy Lake Road; and, establishing the prima facie for the entirety of
Freeport Parkway and Sandy Lake Road, 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
. . . . .
Freeport Parkway All 40
Freeport Parkway From its point of intersection with I.H. 635 north 40
to its point of intersection with Creekview Drive
Freeport Parkway From its point of intersection with Creekview 30
Drive north to its point of intersection with Sandy
Lake Road
. . . . .
. . . . .
Sandy Lake Road All 40
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Sandy Lake Road From its point of intersection with S.H. 121 east 40
to its point of intersection with Freeport Parkway
Sandy Lake Road From its point of intersection with Freeport 35
Parkway east to its point of intersection with
Denton Tap Road
Sandy Lake Road From its point of intersection with Denton Tap 40
Road east to its point of intersection with
MacArthur Blvd.
Sandy Lake Road From its point of intersection with MacArthur 40
Boulevard east to east city limits
. . . . .
. . . . . "
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with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in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.
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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 c?,3ay of
2016.
APPR I VED:
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APPR• D'AS T9 FO' :
R• '„ .HAG 7 ITY ATTORNEY
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