OR 91-523 Maximum speed limit on MacArthur Bld AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91523
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING 35 MILES
PER HOUR AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON ALL OF MacARTHUR
BOULEVARD WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, SAID
ROAD BEING A PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY;
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A VEHICLE ON
SAID PUBLIC STREET 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 FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) 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
From and after the effective date of this ordinance 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 to change the maximum prima facie speed
limit on the following designated street:
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED MILES PER HOUR
MacArthur Boulevard All 35
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 section 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 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense,
and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate
offense.
SECTION 5. 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
10th day of September , 1991.
APPROVED
Mark Wolfe
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lawrence W. Jackson
CITY ATTORNEY
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