OR 2020-1536 Speed LimitAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-1536
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 A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 121
FRONTAGE ROAD, 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 the
State Highway 121 By -Pass Frontage Road.; and, establishing anew prima facie for Eastbound and Westbound
State Highway 121 Frontage 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
State Highway 121
Frontage Road
Eastbound and Westbound, Between SH 121
Business and Eastern City Limits
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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with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in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 pan so decided
to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTIONS. 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 & 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
2020.
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APPRO A// TO O
llU �ROBERT E. HAGER, ClCI0 ATTORNEY
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