HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 713-94 01-25-1994
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION E "SPEED LIlVIITS
ENUMERATED" OF SECTION 8 "SPEED REGULATIONS" OF
CHAPTER 10 'TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS
AMENDED, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIlVII'T ON
HANDLEY-EDERVILLE ROAD BETWEEN THE RAILROAD
CROSSING AND MIDWAY ROAD FROM 35 MPH TO 40 MPH;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, has
determined that the speed limit on Handley-Ederville Road between the railroad
crossing and Midway Road should be raised from 35 MPH to 40 MPH due to roadway
improvements in the area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
• That paragraph (9) of Subsection E "SPEED LIMITS ENUMERATED" of Section
8 "SPEED REGULATIONS" of Chapter 10 "TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended
to hereafter be and read as follows:
(9) Handley-Ederville Rd. between the
railroad crossing and Midway Rd. - - - 40 MPH
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
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IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the 25th day of January 1994, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and ~ abstentions.
APPROVED:
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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errs Wil s, City Secretary
• PRO D AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
mlib464/bh/011994
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