OR 97-801 Establishes speed limit for designated school zones AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 97801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CTFY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAFFER 8,
ARTICLE 8-1, SECTION 8-1-4 TO ESTABBLISH THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONES; 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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TFIE 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 8-1-4 to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-1-4. School Zone - Speed
A. A person commits an offense if the person operates a vehicle in a
school traffic zone at a speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour
and any speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour is prima facie
evidence that the speed is not reasonable nor prudent and is unlawful.
B. The Traffic Engineer shall designate school tra~Sc zones with
appropriate street markings or signs, which street markings or signs
shall be placed at the school zones by the Tra~Sc Engineer. The speed
limit designated by the school traffic zones shall be effective only at the
times when appropriate signs advising motorists of the speed limit are
placed in conspicuous places.
C. The following streets or portions of streets are designated school traffic
zones when marked in accordance with subsection (B):
All distances are measured from the nearest face of cud9 of the
perpendicular street.
Street Extent
Mockingbird Lane 45 feet south of Oriole Lane to 115
feet north of Bethel School Road
Falcon Lane From Mocldngbird Lane to 155 feet
west of Spring Oak Lane
Heartz Road 20 feet south of Chestnut Lane to 35
feet north of Park Valley Drive
Southwestern Blvd. 1215 feet west of the west edge of
pavement of Howell Drive to 260 feet
east of the east edge of pavement of
Howell Drive
Coppell Road 150 feet south of Greenwich Lane to
105 feet south of Plantation Drive
Samuel Blvd. 95 feet south of Marlee Cimle to 605
feet south of Woodmoor Drive
MacArthurBlvd. 190 feet south of Laguna lane to 130
feet south of V'dlage Parkway
V'illageParkway From MacArthur Blvd. to 240 feet
south of Forestwood Lane
Moore Road 195 feet north of Raven Lane to 120
feet south of Havencrest Lane
Minyard Drive 85 feet east of Tanbark Circle to 195
feet east of Gibson Court"
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 mended, in effect when the offense was
committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 6. That any persen, 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 confmued 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.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the/")/~/t day of
~1 ~f~) ~, £ '/ , 1997.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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