Ord 33-2019 Amending Section 102-108b Altered Prima Facie Speed Limits 8/6/2019
Ordinance No. 33-2019
Ordinance amending Section 102-108b, Altered Prima Facie Speed
Limits of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, to Codify
speed zone changes
WHEREAS, relevant parts of Texas Transportation Code § 545.356, Authority of
Municipality to Alter Speed Limits, provide:
(a) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in
the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the
same authority to alter by ordinance prima facie speed limits from the results
of an engineering and traffic investigation as the Texas Transportation
Commission on an officially designated or marked highway of the state
highway system. The governing body of a municipality may not modify the
rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more
than 75 miles per hour.
(b) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in
the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the
same authority to alter prima facie speed limits from the results of an
engineering and traffic investigation as the commission for an officially
designated or marked highway of the state highway system, when the
highway or part of the highway is under repair, construction, or
maintenance. A municipality may not modify the rule established by Section
545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 75 miles per hour.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds the amendments to these speed zones have
by the Texas Transportation Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 102-108 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls is amended
at Table 102-108(b) to read as follows:
Table 102-108(b)
Speed Zones
Altered
Prima
Facie
Name of Zone Street Location of Zone
Speed
Limit
(MPH)
From 69 feet east of the intersection of
Alamo Elementary Zone
11th Street Harrison and 11th to 33 feet west of the 20
School #1
intersection of Denver and 11th
From 224 feet south of the intersection
Alamo Elementary Zone Van Buren
of Van Buren and 11th to the 20
School #2 Street
intersection of Van Buren and 11th
From 120 feet south of the intersection
Houston
Zone Kemp of Kemp and Avenue N to 238 feet
Elementary 25
#1 Boulevard south of the intersection of Kemp and
School
Avenue O
Houston From 35 feet east of the intersection of
Zone Miami
Elementary Miami and Garfield to the intersection of 20
#2 Avenue
School Miami and Grant
Houston From 11 feet south of the intersection of
Zone Grant
Elementary Grant and Avenue N to 42 feet north of 20
#3 Street
School the intersection of Grant and Avenue O
Altered
Prima
Facie
Name of Zone Street Location of Zone
Speed
Limit
(MPH)
From 500 feet west of the intersection
John Tower
Missile of Missile and Hooper to 505 feet east 20
Elementary Zone #1
Road of the intersection of Missile and 30
School
Hooper
Altered
Prima
Name of Facie
Street Location of Zone
Zone Speed
Limit
(MPH)
Zundy Junior
From 135 feet southeast of the intersection of
High Zone Avenue
Avenue G and Fillmore to 173 feet southeast 20
Elementary #1 G
of the intersection of Avenue G and Monroe
School
Zundy Junior From 30 feet southeast of the intersection of
Zone Avenue
High Avenue H and Fillmore to 180 feet northwest of 20
#2 H
Elementary the intersection of Avenue H and Monroe
School
Zundy Junior
From 229 feet northeast of the intersection of
High Zone Polk
Polk and Avenue G to 94 feet southwest of the 20
Elementary #3 Street
intersection of Polk and Avenue H
School
Altered
Prima
Facie
Name of Zone Street Location of Zone
Speed
Limit
(MPH)
Barwise
Zone
Middle Kemp 25
#1
School intersection of Kemp Blvd. & Carter Ave.
th
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6 day of August, 2019.
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M A Y O R
ATTEST:
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City Clerk