(a) 
Use restricted.
The city council does hereby establish that it shall be unlawful for any driver of any vehicle to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated, within the corporate city limits, any mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in braking or deceleration of any vehicle that results in excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from such vehicle, otherwise known as engine braking or “jake braking.”
(b) 
Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine in the amount established by the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 2012-16-4 adopted 4/16/12; Ordinance adopting 2020 Code)
(a) 
All of the streets of this city, and all portions of any such streets, are hereby declared to be public streets and the driving or operating of any motor vehicle on or along any portion of any street of this city at a rate of speed that is greater than the maximum rate of speed for said portion of said street, as fixed by city ordinance, shall be a misdemeanor, which is named “the offense of speeding,” and the said offense is punishable by a fine in the amount established by the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. The use of the word “speeding” shall be sufficient to designate the said offense, and shall mean that a motor vehicle has been driven upon a public street at a greater rate of speed than fixed by city ordinance for the street and for the zone thereof that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned.
(b) 
In prosecutions under this section for the offense of speeding, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense be sufficient if it in substance alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in the city commit the offense of “speeding.”
(Ordinance 2018-33 adopted 11/19/18; Ordinance adopting 2020 Code)
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of the Texas Transportation Code, chapter 545, section 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:
(1) 
FM 1542:
MP 4.226 east 1.928 miles to MP 6.154, 50 mph.
MP 6.154 east 0.906 miles to MP 7.060, 35 mph.
MP 7.060 east 1.786 miles to MP 8.846, 50 mph.
School zone: MP 6.516 east 0.227 miles to MP 6.743, 20 mph when flashing, 35 mph all other times.
(2) 
FM 2257:
Control Section 2737-1, 7.516 miles, MP 9.980 to MP 17.496, 55 mph.
Control Section 2737-2, 0.063 miles, MP 0.000 to MP 0.063, 55 mph.
(3) 
South Cardinal Road: Within the city limits, 20 mph.
(4) 
State Highway 199: Within the city limits, 60 mph.
(5) 
All other roads within the city, 30 mph.
(Ordinance adopted 9/9/96; Ordinance adopted 11/2/98; Ordinance adopted 4/5/02; Ordinance 02-20-2012 adopted 2/20/12; Ordinance 2018-16 adopted 7/16/18)
The prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of streets in Scenic Wood Estates routed in the city, which prima facie maximum speed limit shall be effective at all times, shall be as described in the following table. Signs will be erected giving notice of the prima facie maximum speed limit so declared.
Signs
Latitude
Longitude
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.97
-97.5566
Stop
32.97
-97.5566
Speed limit 25
32.9702
-97.5579
Slow children playing
32.97
-97.5587
Slow children playing
32.9699
-97.5603
Speed limit 25
32.9737
-97.5619
Speed limit 25
32.9752
-97.5668
Speed limit 25
32.9733
-97.5685
Speed limit 25
32.9725
-97.5631
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9724
-97.5624
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9724
-97.5624
Stop
32.9724
-97.5624
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9751
-97.5637
Wooded Way
32.9751
-97.5637
Stop
32.9751
-97.5637
Speed limit 25
32.9729
-97.5637
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9725
-97.5638
Wooded Way
32.9725
-97.5638
Stop
32.9725
-97.5638
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9725
-97.5656
Shady Pond Ln.
32.9725
-97.5656
Stop
32.9725
-97.5656
Speed limit 20
32.9729
-97.5656
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9751
-97.5656
Shady Pond Ln.
32.9751
-97.5656
Stop
32.9751
-97.5656
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9872
-97.5385
Hidden Branch Ln.
32.9872
-97.5385
Stop
32.9872
-97.5385
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9729
-97.5678
Hidden Branch Ln.
32.9729
-97.5678
Stop
32.9729
-97.5678
Scenic Wood Dr.
32.9707
-97.5626
Horizon View Ct.
32.9707
-97.5626
Stop
32.9707
-97.5626
Backwood Ct.
32.9751
-97.5691
Stop
32.9751
-97.5691
(Ordinance 2018-33 adopted 11/19/18)