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Ord 1401 7/25/2023of C/o � O U � O Tf%�S -Cxy of Uiake' ORDINANCE NO. N oI AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 74 (TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ESTABLISHING A SPEED ZONE FOR PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF CIBOLO. WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code Section 545.352 establishes the prima facia speed limits for streets inside and outside an urban district; and WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 authorizes the City Council to alter the speed limits on city roadways based on the results of an engineering and traffic investigation; and WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 provides that absent an engineering and traffic investigation the City Council may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour on a two-lane undivided highway, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe; and WHEREAS, Main Street between FM 1103 and Loop 539 is a two-lane undivided roadway; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a prima facie speed greater than 25 mph is unsafe on this section of Main Street and the City Council desires to establish the speed limit of 25 mph on this section of roadway. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the city council of the city of Cibolo, Texas, that section 74-124 of the Code of Ordinances as amended: SECTION 1: Findings. The recitals are hereby found to be true and correct and are hereby incorporated as part of this Ordinance. SECTION 2: Amendments to Chapter 74. Chapter 74 ("Traffic and Vehicles") shall be amended as set forth herein and incorporated by reference, which is entitled "Operation of Vehicles" and which shall have the full force of law and shall be amended by amending Section 74-187 (b) (1) as follows: That the Cibolo Code of Ordinances Section 74-124 is hereby amended by adding a speed zone for Main Street as follows: 200 South Main Street, P.O. Box 826, Cibolo, Texas 78108 Phone: 210-658-9900 Fax: 210-658-1687 Main Street: (a) From the Intersection of FM 1103 in a southerly direction to the intersection of Loop 539, a distance of approximately 0.82 Miles, 25 miles per hour SECTION 3. The Public Works Director and City Engineer are hereby authorized and directed to erect the appropriate signs indicating the herein enacted speed limit. SECTION 4. Penal . It shall be unlawful to do or perform any act prohibited in this Ordinance, and it shall be unlawful to fail to do or perform any act required in this Ordinance. Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a class "C" misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or illegal, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subsections, clauses, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared void. SECTION 6. Conflicting Ordinances or Resolutions. All resolutions or ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance as adopted and amended herein, are hereby REPEALED to the extent of such conflict. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this ordinance and any other resolution, code or ordinance of the City, or parts thereof, the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall govern. SECTION 6. Effective Date. The City shall publish this Ordinance in the local newspaper as required by Section 3.13 (3) of the City Charter. PASSED APPROVED, THIS X!�DAV OF JULY 201x Mark Allen Mayor ATT Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary AS TO FORM 200 South Main Street, P.O. Box 826, Cibolo, Texas 78108 Phone: 210-658-9900 Fax: 210658-1687