OR 2000-921 establish speed limit for a new school zone on MacArthur BlvdAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000921
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 8-1,
SECTION 8-1-4 TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT FOR A NEW DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONE ON MACARTHUR
BLVD. AND ON STARLEAF STREET; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS 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 8-1-4, in part to add the following
designated school zone for MacArthur Blvd. and for Starleaf Street, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-1-4 SCHOOL ZONE - SPEED
The following streets or portions of streets are designated school traffic
zones when marked in accordance with subsection (B) :
All distances are measured from the nearest face of curb of the
perpendicular street:
Street Extent
MacArthur Blvd.
Starleaf Street
696 feet north of the cente~ine of
Starleaf Street to 619 feet south of the
cente~ine of Starleaf Street·
from the east curb line of MacArthur
Blvd. to 850 feet east of east curb line
of MacArthur Blvd."
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall erect appropriate signage
giving notice of the school zone established 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Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed,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 part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and
shall not affect the validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 subjected 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 its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide;
however the school zone established herein shall note take effect until the Director of Traffic
Control has erected appropriate signage giving notice of such school zone.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
~day of ~id~, 2000.
APPROVED:
CAND'~H'EEt~AN, lilX~'O1C
ATTEST:
LIBBY BA~ARY
APPRO~:
RO~t[iliT l~i. I-~IIER, CITY ATTORNEY
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