OR 2018-1488 Temporary lowering of Speed Limit on Freeport PkwyCITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2 O) g - llg S
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS, TEMPORARILY LOWERING THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON
A CERTAIN DESIGNATED SECTION OF FREEPORT PARKWAY DURING
CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION OF THE MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMIT BY THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND MARKERS TO
REGULATE VEHICULAR SPEED ON THE DESIGNATED STREET;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE
CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas has previously established the
maximum speed limit for Freeport Parkway to be 40 mph; and
WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that whenever the
governing body of the municipality shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or
prudent under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a
street or highway within the City of Coppell taking into consideration, among other things, the
width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or
highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a
reasonable and prudent prima facie speed limit thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall
be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other
place or part of the street or highway; and
WHEREAS, the City engineers have conducted a traffic study and determined that the
portion of Freeport Parkway from Fritz Drive to Airline Drive requires a reduction in speed during
the reconstruction project pursuant to Title 43, Section 25.22(c)(3)(D) of the Texas Administrative
Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it is necessary for the
protection and safety of the citizens of the City of Coppell to declare a reasonable and prudent speed
for Freeport Parkway while construction is on-going, as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COPPELL CITY COUNCIL:
SECTION 1: Findings Incornorated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the
body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Establishment of Temnorary Prima Facie Sneed. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, and as authorized by Title 43, Section 25.22(c)(3)(D) of the Texas
Administrative Code, the speed limit on a portion of Freeport Parkway, from Airline Drive to Fritz
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Drive, is hereby temporarily modified for a maximum speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour
("Temporary Sneed Limit"l, The Temporary Speed Limit shall be in effect when construction zone
speed limit signs are displayed within the area of the Freeport Parkway reconstruction project. The
Temporary Speed Limit is automatically cancelled upon the completion and/or acceptance of the
construction project, and upon cancellation thereof, any remaining construction zone speed limit signs
shall be removed.
SECTION 3: Savings/Repealing. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any
pending prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a
prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the
ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance be declared unconstitutional and/or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect. Coppell hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section,
subsection, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of whether any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases are declared unconstitutional and/or invalid.
SECTION 5: Penalty. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum of not less than One Dollar ($1.00)
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Coppell retains all legal rights and remedies available
to it pursuant to local, state and federal law.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and
publication as required by law and the City Charter.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE COPPELL CITY COUNCIL on this 2.7 day
of 2018.
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APPROVED AS -T-0 FORM:
ROBER E. HAGER, CI ATTORNEY
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