OR 167 Establishes speed & school zones on designated streets AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 167
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ESTABLISH-
ING SPEED ZONES ON CERTAIN STREETS; ESTABLISHING SCHOOL ZONES;
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE ANY MOTOR OR OTHER
VEHICLE ON SAID STREETS AT A GREATER SPEED THAN THE SPEED DESIG-
NATED; REPEALING SPECIFICALLY ORDINANCE NUMBERS 77, 137, AND 148,
AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)
FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS.
SECTION 1. SPEED ON SPECIFIC STREETS.
That no person shall operate or drive any motor or
other vehicle on the following designated streets at a greater
speed than the speed designated for that street or portion of
that street as set forth below in this section, and any speed
in excess of the limit set forth in this section shall be prima
facie evidence that such speed is neither reasonable or prudent
and is unlawful:
STREET
Bethel School Road
Bethel School Road
Coppell Road
Esters Road
Cotton Road
County Line Road
Ruby Road
State Road
Thweatt Road
Oak Grove Lane
Belt Line Road
Sanders Loop
Heartz Road
Lodge Road
Moore Road
De Forest Road
Allen Road
Sandy Lake Road
Sandy Lake Road
Sandy Lake Road
Bethel School Road
Bethel School Road
Belt Line Road
Denton Tap Road
Denton Tap Road
PORTION OF STREET
From Coppell Road to
State Road
From State Road to West
City Limits
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
From Denton Tap Road to
East City Limits
All
All
All
All
All
All
East of Allen Road
From Allen Road West to
1500 feet East of De Forest
Road
From 1500 feet East of
De Forest Road to Coppell
Road
From Coppell Road to Moore
Road
From East intersection of
Coppell Road and Bethel
School Road to West inter-
section of Coppell Road and
Bethel School Road
From its intersection with
Cowboy Drive to its inter-
section with Coppell Road
From its intersection with
Coppell Road to its inter-
section with Sandy Lake Road
From its intersection with
Sandy Lake Road to North City
Limits
SPEED MILES
PER HOUR
30
40
30
30
30
30
30
30
40
20
50
30
30
30
35
30
30
45
35
45
30
20
40
40
50
STREET
South Howell Street
South Bullock Street
West Kay Street
Carter Drive
Christie Lane
W. Cowboy Drive
W. Cowboy Drive
South Holly
Leavalley Circle
Leavalley Lane
Meadowcreek Road
Meadowcreek Road
South Mitchell
South Nash Street
West Oakdale Street
North Oak Trail
Rocky Branch Lane
North Shadydale Lane
West Willow Lane
PORTION OF STREET SPEED MILES
PER HOUR
800 Block 10
800 Block 10
300 Block through 400
Block 15
400 Block through 500
Block 15
500 Block 15
100 Block through 200
Block 30
300 Block through 400
Block 20
100 Block 20
500 Block 15
500 Block 15
300 Block 15
500 Block 15
600 Block 10
100 Block 20
200 Block 20
100 Block 20
500 Block 15
100 Block 20
100 Block through 200
Block 20
SECTION 2. SCHOOL ZONES.
No person shall operate a motor or any other vehicle
in any school traffic zone at a greater speed than twenty miles
per hour, and any speed in excess of twenty miles per hour shall
be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or pru-
dent and it is unlawful. The Director of Traffic Control shall
designate school traffic zones with appropriate street markings
and signs. The speed limit designated for school traffic zones
shall be effe6tive only at such times as appropriate signs advising
motorists to this effect are placed in conspicuous places.
or in
repealed.
repealed.
ordinance
SECTION 3. REPEALING CLAUSE.
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
Ordinance Numbers 77, 137, and 148 are specifically
However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this
shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or the
punishment of any person for any act done or committed prior
to the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any
ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such offenses
may be instituted and causes presently pending proceeded with
in all respects as if such prior ordinance or ordinances had
not been repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause,
phrase or provision of this ordinance shall 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 5. PENALTY CLAUSE.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty
of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
for each offense, and each and every day such offense is con-
tinued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. E~RGENCY CiAUSE.
The fact that the present City regulations are inadequate
to properly protect the public health, safety and welfare, creates
an urgency and an emergency and requires that this ordinance shall
take effect immediately from and after the publication of its cap-
tion, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: