No person shall drive a vehicle on any street in the city limits at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with [any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with] legal requirements, and it shall be the duty of all persons to use due care. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle within the city limits on any street at a speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour, unless signs are erected designating another speed limit (see section 12.03.052), or in any alley at a speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.801)
(a)
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore
made as authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code,
section 545.356, the following prima facie limits hereinafter 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:
(2)
State Highway 95.
(A)
On S.H. 95 (Penn Street) from a point at its intersection with U.S.
90 (Main Street) to a point nine hundred ninety-eight feet (998')
north, a distance of approximately 0.189 of a mile: Thirty-five (35)
miles per hour.
(B)
On S.H. 95 (Penn Street) from a point nine hundred ninety-eight feet
(998') north of its intersection with U.S. 90 (Main Street) to a point
one thousand three hundred sixty feet (1,360') north, a distance of
approximately 0.258 of a mile: Forty-five (45) miles per hour.
(C)
On S.H. 95 (Penn Street) from a point at the north city limit to
a point four hundred eighty feet (480') south, a distance of approximately
0.091 of a mile: Forty-five (45) miles per hour.
(D)
On S.H. 95 (Faires Street) from a point at its intersection with
U.S. 90 (Main Street) to a point one thousand fifty-one feet (1,051')
south, a distance of approximately 0.199 of a mile: Thirty-five (35)
miles per hour.
(E)
On S.H. 95 (Faires Street) from a point one thousand fifty-one feet
(1,051') south of its intersection with U.S. 90 (Main Street) to a
point one thousand fifty-six feet (1,056') south, a distance of approximately
0.200 of a mile: Forty (40) miles per hour.
(F)
On S.H. 95 (Faires Street) from a point at the south city limit to
a point one thousand one hundred fourteen feet (1,114') north, a distance
of approximately 0.211 of a mile: Forty-five (45) miles per hour.
(3)
Twelfth Street.
Twelfth Street beginning at a point
in the intersection of Twelfth Street and Converse Street to a point
three hundred and fifty feet (350') east of the intersection of 12th
Street and Converse Street: Fifteen (15) miles per hour.
(4)
U.S. Highway 90.
(A)
On U.S. 90 (Main Street) from a point six hundred thirty-three feet
(633') west of its intersection with S.H. 95 (Penn Street) to a point
eight hundred ten feet (810') east, a distance of approximately 0.273
of a mile: Thirty (30) miles per hour.
(B)
On U.S. 90 (Main Street) from a point at the east city limit to a
point two thousand three hundred thirteen feet (2,313') west, a distance
of approximately 0.438 of a mile: Thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
(C)
On U.S. 90 (Main Street) from a point at the west city limit to a
point one thousand two hundred fifty-one feet (1,251') east, a distance
of approximately 0.237 of a mile: Fifty (50) miles per hour.
(D)
On U.S. 90 (Main Street) from a point one thousand two hundred fifty-one
feet (1,251') east of the west city limit to a point one thousand
fifty-six feet (1,056') east, a distance of approximately 0.200 of
a mile: Forty (40) miles per hour.
(5)
I.H. 10 Frontage Road.
(A)
On I.H. 10 Frontage Road on south side of main lanes from a point
at its intersection with S.H. No. 95 to a point 2,344 feet east, a
distance of approximately .444 of a mile, 45 miles per hour.
(B)
On I.H. 10 Frontage Road on north side of main lanes from a point
at its intersection with S.H. No. 95 to a point 2,043 feet east, a
distance of approximately .387 of a mile, 45 miles per hour.
(b)
School zone.
There shall be a school zone, during the
school year of the Flatonia Independent School District, or any successor
thereto, during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to and 9:00 a.m. and during
the hours of 1:00 p.m. to and including 4:00 p.m., Mondays through
Fridays, defined as follows:
(3)
East Third Street.
East Third Street from South Market
Street to South Converse Street: Twenty (20) miles per hour.
(4)
East Fifth Street.
East Fifth Street from South Market
Street to South Converse Street: Twenty (20) miles per hour.
(5)
East Sixth Street.
East Sixth Street from South Market
Street to South Converse Street: Twenty (20) miles per hour.
(6)
South Middle Street.
South Middle Street from East Fourth
Street to East Second Street: Fifteen (15) miles per hour.
(7)
South Converse Street. South Converse Street from East Second Street
to East South Main Street: Twenty (20) miles per hour.
(8)
South Market Street. South Market Street from East Second Street
to East South Main Street: Twenty (20) miles per hour.
(c)
Other specific street speed designations.
(1)
South Converse Street.
(A)
South Converse Street beginning at a point seventy feet (70') south
of the south intersection of East Twelfth Street and South Converse
Street to a point two hundred feet (200') north of the north intersection
of East Twelfth Street and Converse Street: Fifteen (15) miles per
hour.
(B)
Converse Street form East Fourth Street to South Main Street: Twenty
(20) miles per hour.
(2)
F.M. 609.
F.M. 609 (La Grange Street) from a point at
its intersection with U.S. 90 (East North Main Street) to a point
north at the north city limit, a distance of 0.533 of a mile: Forty
(40) miles per hour.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.802; Ordinance 2010.4.2 adopted 5/11/10; Ordinance 2010.4.3 adopted 5/11/10; Ordinance 2011.8.1, secs. 2,
3, adopted 8/9/11)
The provisions of this division regulating speeds of vehicles
shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles responding to calls,
nor to police patrols, nor to physicians and/or ambulances responding
to emergency calls.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.803)
