OR 98-843 40 mph as maximum speed for Royal Ln from Sandy Lake Rd to IH 635 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 98843
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION
8-1-3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH 40 MILES PER HOUR
AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ROYAL LANE FROM
SANDY LAKE ROAD TO I.H. 635; 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 ORDAINlED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 8-1-3 Of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell,
Texas be amended in part to establish the maximum prima facie speed limit for the following
street to read as follows:
SPEED
STREET PORTION OF STREET MILES PER HOUR
ROYAL LANE FROM SANDY LAKE 40
TO I.H. 635
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. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction by the Municipal Court of Coppell, Texas shall be punished by a penalty of
fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and each and
every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication
of its caption, as the law in such cases provides and after official traffic control devices have been
erected giving notice of the speed limit established herein.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the--;~5~A day of
/-Tcl cI ~- 1998.
ATTEST:
~THLEEN ROACH, CITY SEC~TARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM: