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OR 2024-1619 Blackberry Farm Speed Limit Page 1 of 3 4884-5102-2805, v. 1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 8-1-3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR VARIOUS STREETS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COPPELL; 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 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 8-1-3 by adding streets to establish the maximum prima facie speed limits for the same, which shall read as follows: “ARTICLE 8-1. SPEED OF VEHICLES . . . . . Sec. 8-1-3. Speed on Specific Streets STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED MILES PER HOUR . . . . . Black Oak Circle Blackberry Drive * All 25 Blackburn Drive . . . . . Nixon Street North Bend Court * All 25 Northshore Court . . . . . Pepperwood Street Persimmon Drive * All 25 Page 2 of 3 4884-5102-2805, v. 1 Pheasant Lane . . . . . Winding Hollow Lane Windmill Drive * All 25 Windsor Road . . . . . *These streets are private streets designated as public for speed rules only by ordinance number 24-XXXX and Chapter 542.008, Texas Transportation Code. . . . . . " SECTION 2. That the city engineer is authorized and directed to erect signs necessary to give notice of the speed limit adopted 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of the City of Coppell, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.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 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. Page 3 of 3 4884-5102-2805, v. 1 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 speed limit established herein shall not take effect until the appropriate signage giving notice of such speed limit has been erected. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the _____ day of ________________, 2024. APPROVED: WES MAYS, MAYOR ATTEST: ASHLEY OWENS, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: ___________________________________ ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY SECTION 7. T hat this ord in a nc e sha ll take effect imm edi ate ly fro m and after its passage and the publication of the caption , as the law a nd charter in such cases provid e; however, th e speed limit establi shed here in sha ll not take effect until the ap propriate s ignage g iving noti ce of such speed limi t has bee n erected . ~y PASSED by the C ity Co un cil of the City of Coppe ll , Texas, this the ~ d ay of if ,2024. Page 3 of3 4884 -5102-28 05 , V . 1 Proposed 25 MPH Speed Limit Blackberry Farm Addition City of Coppell Created in CIVIL3D 1 INCH = 1 MILE 0 S:\CAD\In_Design\MISC EXHIBITS\dwg\EXHIBITS 2024.dwg\BLACKBERRY 25 Created on: 5 August 2024 by Scott Latta 1/2 1/2 1 1 INCH = FT. 0 300 300 150 Proposed 25 MPH Speed Limit Blackberry Farm Addition City of Coppell Created in CIVIL3DS:\CAD\In_Design\MISC EXHIBITS\dwg\EXHIBITS 2024.dwg\BLACKBERRY 25 Created on: 5 August 2024 by Scott Latta 2/2WINDMILL DRBLACK B E R R Y D R P E R S I M M O N D RNORTH BEND CTWINDMILL DRBLACKBERRY FARM SUBDIVISION LIMITS