OR 89-443 30 mph speed limit for Beltline Rd AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO 89443
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING A 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR THE
PORTIONS OF EAST/WEST BELTLINE ROAD FROM THE EASTERLY
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MACARTHUR BOULEVARD TO THE EASTERLY
COPPELL CITY LIMITS; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person
to operate or drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 30
miles per hour, such speed shall be the prima facie maximum
speed limit, and any speed in excess thereof shall be prima
facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable or prudent
and that it is unlawful on the following street:
East/West Beltline Road from the easterly right-of-way line
of MacArthur Boulevard to the easterly Coppell city limits.
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
Any part of any ordinance inconsistent with this
ordinance is hereby repealed.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. This is a temporary speed limit of 30 miles
per hour due to the construction along the said East/West
Beltline Road.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texas, this the 18th day of July , 1989.
APPROVED:
MARK WOLFE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
DOROTHY TIMMONS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney_
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