(a) Speed limit.
The maximum prima facie speed limit within
the same block of any school, church, park or hospital shall be 20
miles per hour. It is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle
at a speed greater than this limit during the times indicated on the
signs. The chief of police shall erect appropriate signs giving notice
of such speed limit, and no such limit shall be effective unless such
signs are erected at such intersection or other place or part of such
street.
(b) Specific locations.
The prima facie maximum reasonable
and prudent speed on the portion of the streets designated below is
the speed limit in miles per hour also designated below, at A.V. Cato
Elementary and Castleberry Elementary Schools between the hours of
7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and again from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, when school is in session, effective when appropriate
signs giving notice of the limit are erected. These reduced speed
limits are enforced between the signs which are erected designating
the beginning and end of each school zone.
SCHOOL ZONE
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Street
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Speed Limit
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Ohio Garden Rd. from Hartford Dr. west to Roberts Cut Off Rd.
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20
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Merritt Street from River Oaks Blvd. to Almena Rd.
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20
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1000 through 1200 Blocks of Roberts Cut Off Road for northbound
traffic on Roberts Cut Off Rd. (from the station point 329 feet south
of the intersection with Ohio Garden Rd. north to its intersection
with Almena Rd. on the northeast corner of Almena Rd.)
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20
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1200 through 1000 Blocks of Roberts Cut Off Road for southbound
traffic on Roberts Cut Off Rd. (south from the station point on Auburn
Street located on the northwest side of the intersection of Roberts
Cut Off Rd. and Auburn St. back south on Roberts Cut Off Rd. to the
station point 329 feet south of the intersection of Roberts Cut Off
Rd. with Ohio Garden Rd.)
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20
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5000 through 5300 blocks of Tulane Ave. (from 261 feet west
of Roberts Cut Off Rd. to 175 feet east of Merritt Street.
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20
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5000 Block of Sherwood Dr. (248 feet east from Merritt St)
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20
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5300 Block of Baylor (west 284 feet from Roberts Cut Off Rd.)
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20
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(c) Churchill Rd./4500-4600 Barbara Rd./700 block of Springer Rd. Special
School Zone.
(1) A special school zone is hereby established at a prima facie speed
of 20 miles per hour as plotted on exhibit A of Ordinance 930-2012
during the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and then 2:45 p.m. until
3:45 p.m. on school days only as follows:
(A) From station 23+35 and station 30+59 at the intersection of Churchill
Road with Barbara Road north 490 feet on Churchill Road and from station
23+35 and station 30+59 at the intersection of Churchill Road with
Barbara Road south 560 feet on Churchill;
(B) From station 23+35 and station 30+59 at the intersection of Churchill
Road with Barbara Road west 225 feet on Barbara Road and from station
23+35 and station 30+59 at the intersection of Churchill Road with
Barbara Road east 1,125 feet on Barbara Road to its intersection with
Isbell Road;
(C) From station 00+00 on Springer Road north 600 feet; and
(2) In accordance with this chapter, the police chief hereby directs the city public works department to place signs designating the school zone and prima facie speed of 20 m.p.h. as established in subsection
(c)(1) above from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and again from 2:45 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. only on school days.
(d) Special locations.
The prima facie maximum reasonable
and prudent speed on the portion of the streets designated below is
the speed limit in miles per hour also designated below, between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and again 3:00 p.m. until 4:30
p.m. only on school days in the established school zone, Monday through
Friday, when school is in session, effective when appropriate signs
giving notice of the limit are erected. These reduced speed limits
are enforced between the signs which are erected designating the beginning
and end of each school zone.
SCHOOL ZONE
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Street
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Speed Limit
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On Churchill Road in the 300 block at station 1+68 north to
a point 560 feet south from station 30+59 at the intersection of Churchill
Road with Barbara Road establishing a reasonable maximum prima facie
speed limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and
again 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days in the established
school zone.
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20
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On Blackstone Drive 242 feet east of the intersection of Blackstone
Drive and Frontier Street extending in an easterly direction to its
intersection with Churchill Road establishing a reasonable maximum
prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until
8:30 a.m. and again 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days
in the established school zone.
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20
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In the 4700 block of Doyle Drive east from its intersection
with Churchill Rd. to the point where the street dead-ends into the
Irma Marsh Middle School property establishing a reasonable maximum
prima facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until
8:30 a.m. and again 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days
in the established school zone.
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20
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In the 4700 block of Shear Drive east from its intersection
with Churchill Rd. to the point where the street intersects with the
300 block of Worthview Drive establishing a reasonable maximum prima
facie speed limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
and again 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days in the established
school zone.
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20
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In the 400 block of Hagg Street; south to north from the intersection
of Hagg Street with Shear Drive to the intersection of Hagg Street
and Doyle Drive establishing a reasonable maximum prima facie speed
limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and again
3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days in the established school
zone.
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20
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In the 300 block of Harrisdale Avenue from its intersection
with Blackstone Drive on the south to its intersection with Shear
Drive on the north establishing a reasonable maximum prima facie speed
limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and again
3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days in the established school
zone.
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20
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In the 300 block of Worthview Drive from its intersection with
Blackstone Drive on the south to its intersection with Shear Drive
on the north establishing a reasonable maximum prima facie speed limit
of 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. and again 3:00
p.m. until 4:30 p.m. only on school days in the established school
zone.
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20
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(Ordinance 930-2012 adopted 6/26/12; Ordinance 937-2012 adopted 8/14/12; Ordinance
1040-2014 adopted 9/9/14; Ordinance 1119-2016 adopted 8/23/16)
Whenever the speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour is, by
the provisions of this article or other ordinance of the city council,
increased or decreased at any intersection or other place or upon
any part of a street, the chief of police shall erect appropriate
signs giving notice of such speed limit, and no such limit shall be
effective unless such signs are erected at such intersection or other
place or part of such street.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-103)
(a) A speed limit of forty (40) miles per hours is hereby established
starting from State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) proceeding west
along State Highway 183 to the West Fork of the Trinity River.
(b) Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore
made as authorized by the provisions of the Texas Transportation Code,
chapter 545, paragraph 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits
hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared
to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed
at the rate of speed, indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named
streets and highways, or parts thereof described as follows:
Control–Section 0094-05
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Highway: State Highway 183
City: River Oaks
County: Tarrant
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Control–Section 0094-05
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(1) MP 4.595 northeast 1.907 miles to MP 6.502, zoned at 40 mph.
(2) The city council declares and fixes the above maximum speed limits
and the police chief of the city is hereby authorized and directed
to coordinate with the state department of transportation and proceed
with the erection and maintenance of the appropriate signs on SH 183
(River Oaks Blvd.).
(c) The prima facie reasonable and prudent speed on the portion of the
streets or highways designated in this subsection shall be the speed
in miles per hour (mph) designated, as follows, provided that an appropriate
sign giving notice of such speed zone is erected:
(1) From station 214.17 5 (western boundary of the city limit boundary
at the intersection of State Highway 183 officially named River Oaks
Boulevard and Sam Calloway Road) easterly 0.6 mile to station 248+81.5
at the intersection of Roberts Cut Off and River Oaks Boulevard, then
north 0.6 mile along the western boundary of Roberts Cut Off to the
intersection of Roberts Cut Off and Sam Calloway Road at station 31+88
and then northwestwardly 0.4 mile back to the original west boundary
line at River Oaks Blvd. and Sam Calloway at the beginning station
point 214.17 5, which includes all of the residential streets between
those station number points and includes all of the residential streets
of Taylor Road, Thomas Lane, James Avenue, Coates Drive, Schieme Street,
Andrea Court, Club Oak Drive, Shady Oaks Drive, Cahill Oval, Makarwich
Court, Asbury Drive, and Sam Calloway Road as the chart indicates
below, at 20 miles per hour.
Street Name
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Present Prima Facie Speed Limit
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Adopted Prima Facie Speed Limit
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Taylor Road
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30
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20
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Thomas Lane
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30
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20
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James Avenue
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30
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20
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Coates Court
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30
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20
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Scheme Street
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30
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20
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Andrea Court
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30
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20
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Club Oak
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30
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20
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Shady Oaks
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30
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20
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Cahill Oval
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30
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20
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Makarwich
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30
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20
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Asbury
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30
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20
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Sam Calloway
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25
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20
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(2) The city council declares and fixes the above maximum speed limits
and the police chief of the city is hereby authorized and directed
to proceed with the erection and maintenance of the appropriate signs
for the residential streets of Taylor Road, Thomas Lane, James Avenue,
Coates Drive, Schieme Street, Andrea Court, Club Oak Drive, Shady
Oaks Drive, Cahill Oval, Makarwich Court, Asbury Drive and Sam Calloway
Road.
(d) Inspiration Lane.
The prima facie maximum reasonable
and prudent speed of 25 mph on Inspiration Lane approximately 0.455
miles from Miller Street north to the end of the street at the cul-de-sac
effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected.
These reduced speed limits are enforced between the signs which are
erected.
Speed Limit Zone
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Street
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Speed Limit
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On Inspiration Lane from its intersection with Miller Street
on the south and continuing north from there approximately 0.455 miles
in the 1700 and 1800 blocks of Inspiration Lane to the dead end cul-de-sac
on the far north end of Inspiration Lane establishing a reasonable
maximum prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour at all times.
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25
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(e) Yale Street.
The prima facie maximum reasonable and
prudent speed of 25 mph on Yale Street approximately 1.425 miles in
street roadway length from River Oaks Blvd south to its intersection
with Roberts Cut Off Road through the 2100 block of Yale Street, a
distance of 7,524 feet effective when appropriate signs giving notice
of the new speed limit are erected. These reduced speed limits are
enforced between the signs which are erected.
Speed Limit Zone
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Street
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Speed Limit
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On Yale Street from its intersection with River Oaks Blvd. on
the south and continuing north from there approximately 1.425 miles
to its intersection with Roberts Cut Off Road that extends through
the 2100 block of Yale Street, a distance of approximately 7,524 feet
establishing a reasonable maximum prima facie speed limit of 25 miles
per hour at all times.
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25
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(1965 Code, sec. 21-102; Ordinance 611-02 adopted 7/9/02; Ordinance 769-07 adopted 11/13/07; Ordinance 1196-2018 adopted 8/14/18; Ordinance 1299-2021 adopted 1/26/21)