OR 2000-925 establish speed limit for a new school zone on MacArthur BlvdAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000925
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
MAC ARTHUR BOULEVARD; 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 1T 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 Mac Arthur Boulevard, 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 Boulevard
from 235 feet north of the north curb
line of Laguna Drive to 130 feet south
of the south curb line of Village
Parkway
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 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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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
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 school
zone established herein 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 .,~_~day of
2000.
APPROVED:
~TTE~S~ :Si~j~fft~MAYOR
ROBERT E. HAIR, CITY ATTORNEY
(REt-Fcdb 09/21/00)
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