OR 203-A-2 Amends Code to establish speed limits on Moore AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 203A2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, CHANGING THE SPEED
LIMIT ON A PART OF MOORE ROAD AS FOLLOWS: AMENDING SECTION 8-1-3 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL ESTABLISHING 35 MILES
PER HOUR AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON MOORE ROAD FROM
BELT LINE ROAD NORTH TO SANDY LAKE ROAD AND ESTABLISHING 30 MILES PER
HOUR AS THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ON MOORE ROAD FROM SANDY
LAKE ROAD ROAD NORTH TO ITS TERMINUS, SAID ROAD BEING A PUBLIC STREET
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A VEHICLE ON SAID PUBLIC STREET AT A SPEED
GREATER THAN SAID DESIGNATED SPEED; PROVIDING THAT ANY SPEED IN EXCESS
OF SUCH DESIGNATED SPEED SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT SUCH SPEED
IS NOT REASONABLE NOR PRUDENT AND IS UNLAWFUL; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABLIITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDING SECTION 8-1-3 OF CITY CODE
From and after the effective date of this ordinance Section 8-1~3 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, which establishes speed limits on certain specific
streets within the city, shall be amended by changing the maximum prima facie speed
limit of the following street as follows:
STREET PORTION OF STREET SPEED, MILES PER HOUR
MOORE ROAD From Belt Line Road north
to Sandy Lake Road 35
MOORE ROAD From Sandy Lake Road north
to its terminus 30
A person commits an offense if he operates or drives a vehicle on an above
designated street at a speed greater than the speed designated by this seetion for that
street or portion thereof and any speed in excess of such designated speed shall be
prima faeie evidence that such speed is not reasonable nor prudent and is unlawful.
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SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance
shah be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, 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 invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and
separate offense.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
day of~~/.~_ , 1988.
TO RM:
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ATTEST:
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