OR 98-853 Speed limit for school zone on Natches Trace AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 98853
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 LIM1T FOR A NEW DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONE ON
NATCHES TRACE; 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 Natches Trace, to read as follows:
"See. 8-1-4. School Zone - Speed
C. The following streets or portions of streets are designated school trat~c
zones when marked in accordance with subsection (B):
All distances are measured from the nearest face of curb of the
perpendicular street.
Street Extent
Natches Trace 105 feet south of Vista Ridge to 265
feet east of Denton Tap Road"
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall erect appropriate signage giving
notice of the school zone established herein.
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SECTION 3. That all provisions of the Code of Ordlnances 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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, finn 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 Coppeil, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed the sum of Two Hundred Doilars ($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 atter its passage and
the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide; however the school zone
established here'm shall note take effect until the Director of Traffic Control has erected appropriate
signage giving notice of such school zone.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the/~/~/Z_ day of
APPRO~D: -,
2~SYT:SHE 7 ]V~AYOR
KATHLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY
0'GS/ta 11/2/98)
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