Ord 35-2024 Amend Section 102-108b to Codify Speed Limits 08/06/2024 Ordinance No. 35-2024
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
been prepared in accordance with the "Procedure for Establishing Speed Zones" adopted
by the Texas Transportation Commission; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. Amendment to Sections 102-108 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita
Falls are amended to read as follows:
Section 102-108. Altered Prima Facie Speed Limits
Table 102-108(b)
Speed Zones
Altered
Prima Facie
Name of Zone Zone Location of Zone Speed
Limit
i (MPH)
From 477 feet south of the
McNeil Junior intersection of Barnett and
High School Zone #2 Barnett Rd Montreal to 347 feet north of the 25 MPH
intersection of Barnett and
i Langford
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6th day of August, 2024.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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City Clerk