OR 148 Establishes 40 mph speed zones on Belt Line from Cowboy Dr to Coppell & Denton Tap from Coppell Rd to Sandy Lake AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 148
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING THE FOLLOWING SPEED ZONES ON THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
BELT LINE ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH COWBOY DRIVE TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH COPPELL ROAD, 40 MILES PER HOUR; AND DENTON
TAP ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH COPPELL ROAD TO ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH SANDY LAKE ROAD, 40 MILES PER HOUR; MAKING IT
UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE ANY MOTOR OR OTHER VEHICLE
ON SAID STREETS AT A SPEED GREATER THAN THE SPEED DESIGNATED;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA-
TION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT OHDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. SPEED ZONES.
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 nor prudent
and is unlawful:
STREET
Belt Line Road
Denton Tap Road
PORTION OF STREET
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
SPEED M.P.H.
40 Miles
Per Hour
40 I4iles
Per Hour
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are here-
by repealed.
However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this
Ordinance 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ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such offenses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not been repealed.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 3. 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 4. 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 fined not to exceed the
sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and each
and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new
and separate offense.
SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
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 caption as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by
the City Council of the City of Coppell,
.~.~t~_~ , 1975.
~APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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