It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any
vehicle at a speed greater than the speed designated or posted, or
to overtake or pass any other vehicle in any school zone as may be
marked or designated within the city during the hours indicated upon
signs erected in such zone, or during the time when signal lights
on such signs are flashing, or whenever children are present in such
zones.
[Code 1984, ch. 10, § 8(A)]
Whenever the chief of police shall determine upon the basis
of an investigation, as required in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code
§ 545.356, that the 30 miles per hour speed set forth in V.T.C.A.,
Transportation Code § 545.352 is greater or less than is reasonable
or safe under conditions found to exist at any intersection or other
place or upon any part of any street or highway, the chief of police
shall determine what he considers to be a reasonable and safe speed
limit which shall be adopted, as required in V.T.C.A., Transportation
Code § 545.356.
[Code 1984, ch. 10, § 8(B)]
The maximum legal speed of vehicular traffic is hereby designated
as set forth below on the following described streets:
|
Street
|
Miles Per Hour
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Ash Park
|
20
| |
|
Birch Park
|
20
| |
|
Burns Street
|
20
| |
|
Cedar Park
|
20
| |
|
Dogwood Park
|
20
| |
|
Elm Park
|
20
| |
|
Fir Park
|
20
| |
|
Gumwood Park
|
20
| |
|
Handley-Ederville Road between the railroad crossing and Midway
Road
|
40
| |
|
Latham Drive between S.H. 183 and Ash Park
|
20
| |
|
Maple Park
|
20
| |
|
Oak Park between Spruce Park and Elm Park
|
20
| |
|
Pine Park between Ash Park and the north lane of State Highway
121 frontage road
|
20
| |
|
Rufe Snow Drive from station 18+90 (North Richland Hills/Richland
Hills city limits) southerly 0.472 miles to station 43+84 (intersection
with S.H. 183) otherwise known as blocks 3300, 3400, and 3500
|
40
| |
|
SH 121 (Control Section 363-03)—From city limits at mile
point 3.095 northeast 1.595 miles to city limits at mile point 1.500
|
60
| |
|
State Highway 121 frontage roads:
|
| |
|
(a)
|
Northeast frontage road—From Kingsbury Avenue northeasterly
1.438 miles to station 374+95 (Richland Hills/Hurst city limits)
|
35
|
|
(b)
|
Southeast frontage road—From station 335+98 northeasterly
0.652 miles to station 10+17 (Richland Hills/Hurst city limits on
southeast road)
|
35
|
|
State Highway 183:
|
| |
|
(a)
|
North lane only—From station 343+50 (west city limits
of Richland Hills/Haltom City on north lane) easterly 0.923 miles
to station 392+58
|
40
|
|
(b)
|
North lane only—From station 392+58 easterly 0.937 miles
to station 442+07 (east city limits of Richland Hills/Hurst on north
lane)
|
45
|
|
(c)
|
South lane only—From station 341+5l (west city limits
of Richland Hills/Haltom City on south lane) easterly 0.918 miles
to station 392+58
|
40
|
|
(d)
|
South lane only—From station 392+58 easterly 0.937 miles
to station 442+07 (east city limits of Richland Hills/Hurst on south
lane)
|
45
|
|
Vivian Lane between S.H. 26 and Willman Avenue
|
20
| |
[Code 1984, ch. 10, § 8(E); Ord. No. 886-00, § I, 10-24-2000; Ord. No. 1055-06, § 1, 6-13-2006]
School zones speed limits shall be as follows:
|
Street
|
Miles Per Hour
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Bridges Avenue between Hovenkamp Avenue and Norton Drive
|
20
| |
|
Glenview Drive from 150 feet east of the intersection of Glenview
Drive and London Lane to 200 feet west of the intersection of Glenview
Drive and Oxley Drive
|
20
| |
|
Hardisty Street between the intersections of London Lane and
Oxley Drive
|
20
| |
|
Hovenkamp Avenue between the intersections of Popplewell Street
and Bridges Avenue
|
20
| |
|
Labadie Drive from the intersections of Bridges Avenue to Evelyn
Lane
|
20
| |
|
Labadie Drive between the intersections of Hardisty Street and
Evergreen Road
|
20
| |
|
Norton Drive between the intersections of S.H. 183 and Hovenkamp
Avenue
|
20
| |
|
Norton Drive between the intersections of Evergreen Road and
Glenview Drive
|
20
| |
|
Scranton Drive between the intersections of Dover Lane and Hovenkamp
Avenue
|
20
| |
|
Scranton Drive from Hardisty Street to Evergreen Road
|
20
| |
|
Scruggs Park Drive from S.H. 183 south to Park Place Drive
|
20
| |
|
State Highway 183 from station 377+40 easterly 0.182 miles to
station 387+00
|
30
| |
|
(a)
|
Eastbound lane—Starts 54 feet two inches east of 3200
Kingsbury Avenue and ends 603 feet west of 3200 Ash Park
|
|
|
(b)
|
Westbound lane—Starts 520 feet seven inches west of 3300
Vance Road and ends 370 feet east of 3300 Kingsbury Avenue.
|
|
[Code 1984, ch. 10, § 8(F); Ord. No. 1176-10, § 1, 9-14-2010]
