OR 2001-948 Deleting references to Bethel School RdAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-948
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8,
ARTICLE 8-1, SECTION 8-1-3 BY DELETING ALL REFERENCES TO
BETHEL SCHOOL ROAD AND REPLACING THE SAME WITH BETHEL
ROAD, BY DELETING ALL STREETS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE OR
WHICH HAVE BEEN RENAMED, AND BY CORRECTING THE
MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SANDY LAKE ROAD, IN
ITS ENTIRETY, IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COPPELL;
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.
WHEREAS, Chapter 8, Article 8-1, Section 8-1-3 provides for the maximum prima facie
speed on specific streets; and
WHEREAS, over a period of time certain streets have been abandoned or renamed and new
speed limits established based on the development of the area; and
WHEREAS, the City staff and City Council now desire to amend Section 8-1-3 to accurately
reflect said changes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of' Ordinance of` the City of` Coppe11, Texas be, and the same is
hereby amended by amending Chapter 8, Article 8-1, Section 8-1-3, in part, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-1-3. Speed on Specific Streets
STREET
PORTION OF STREET SPEED MILES PER HOUR
South Belt Line Road ...
Bethel Road 30
Bethel Road
Carter Drive
Coppell Road
County Line Road
DeForest Road
Denton Tap Road
From Denton Tap Road to
Freeport Parkway
From Freeport Parkway to
West City Limits
40
All
30
From North City Limits to
Southwestern/East Belt Line
Road
40
Freeport Parkway ....
Sandy Lake Road Ail 35
State Road ....
State Highway 121 ....
By-Pass
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall cause to be erected appropriate
signage with the appropriate street name and giving notice of the speed limits 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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
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 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 22nd day of
May ., 2001.
APPROVED:
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
AP PRO~~ORM:
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY
ATTORNEY
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