(a) Authority.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation made as authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code §
545.351 et seq., Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the city is authorized to determine reasonable and safe speeds on public streets.
(b) Speed limits on specific streets.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation made as authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code §
545.351 et seq., Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima facie speed limits 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:
STREET/HIGHWAY | SPEED LIMIT (miles per hour) |
|---|
1. | Amundson Drive from its intersection with Main Street northeast parallel with the railroad right-of-way to its intersection with Eden Road and then east to its intersection with Precinct Line Road | 35 mph |
2. | Bedford-Euless Road, 7700 block—8200 block | 35 mph |
3. | Boulder Drive, 5100 block—5200 block, from Iron Horse Boulevard to Loop 820 | 30 mph |
4. | Briley, 6500 block, and Diamond Loch North, 4500 block | 20 mph |
5. | Browning Drive from Rufe Snow Drive west to the city limits of Haltom City (6000 block—6700 block) | 30 mph |
6. | Chapman Drive, 6700 block—7800 block, from Rufe Snow Drive to Smithfield Road | 30 mph |
7. | Combs Road from Boulder Drive to Rufe Snow Drive | 30 mph |
8. | Control 8-13, Interstate Highway 820, from mile point 23.966 east 0.341 mile to the city limits at mile point 24.307 | 60 mph |
9. | Control 8-14, Interstate Highway 820, from the west city limits at mile point 21.502 east 2.464 miles to mile point 23.966 | 60 mph |
10. | Control 8-14 Interstate Highway 820 North Frontage Road from mile point 21.735 east 2.200 miles to mile point 23.935 | 45 mph |
11. | Control 8-14 Interstate Highway 820 South Frontage Road from mile point 21.735 east 2.2 miles to mile point 23.966 | 45 mph |
12. | Control 8-13 Interstate Highway 820 South Frontage Road from mile point 23.966 east to City Limits at mile point 24.265 | 45 mph |
13. | Control 363-01, State Highway 26, from Station 464+94 northeasterly 0.317 mile to Station 481+70 (7800 block—7900 block of State Highway 26) | 40 mph |
14. | Control 363-01, State Highway 26, from Station 481+70 northeasterly 2.0 miles to Station 7+28 (7900 block—9900 block of State Highway 26) | 45 mph |
15. | Control 364-01, State Highway 121, from the city limits at mile point 20.206 east 0.412 mile to the city limits at mile point 19.794 | 60 mph |
16. | Control 364-01 State Highway 121 East and Westbound Frontage Road from mile point 20.389 east .616 miles to City Limits at mile point 19.773 | 45 mph |
17. | Davis Boulevard: | |
| a. Control 1978-01, Davis Boulevard, FM Road 1938, North Richland Hills/Keller City Limit to 900 feet north of Odell Street as described by TxDOT Mile Point (MP) 21.712 south 2.910 miles to MP 24.622, excluding school zone times | 50 mph |
| b. Control 1978-01, Davis Boulevard, FM Road 1938, 900 feet north of Odell Street to Smithfield Road as described by TxDOT Mile Point (MP) 24.622 south 1.320 miles to MP 25.942, excluding school zone times | 45 mph |
18. | Control 1978-01, Davis Boulevard, FM Road 1938, Smithfield Road to State Highway 26 (Boulevard 26) as described by TxDOT Mile Point (MP) 25.942 south 1.572 miles to MP 27.514 | 40 mph |
19. | FM Road 3029 (Precinct Line Road) from MP 6.161 south 1.490 miles to MP 7.651 | 50 mph |
20. | FM 3029 (Precinct Line Road) from MP 8.120 south 1.530 miles to MP 9.650 | 45 mph |
21. | Galway Lane and Northridge Boulevard beginning at a point 139 feet south of the centerline of Lynda Lane for a distance of 271 feet north to a point 410 feet north of the centerline of Lynda Lane, all within the city | 15 mph |
22. | Harwood Road from its intersection with Davis Boulevard to the intersection of Harwood Road with Grapevine Highway (State Highway 26) | 35 mph |
23. | Harwood Road from its intersection with Grapevine Highway (State Highway 26) to the intersection of Harwood Road and the 8800 block of Harwood Road (the city limits) | 40 mph |
24. | Holiday Lane East, 4600 and 4700 blocks, from Riviera Drive to Blaney Street | 20 mph |
25. | Iron Horse Boulevard: | |
| a. Northeast Loop 820 to Rufe Snow | 30 mph |
| b. Rufe Snow to Mid-Cities Boulevard | 35 mph |
26. | Lewis Road, 6800 block | 20 mph |
27. | Lola Drive, 7416—7500 sections, from Christopher Court to Scott Drive | 20 mph |
28. | Martin Drive, 6300 block—7800 block, from Cardinal Lane to Precinct Line Road | 30 mph |
29. | Mid-Cities Boulevard from its intersection with Davis Boulevard east to the intersection of Mid-Cities Boulevard with Precinct Line Road, all within the city limits | 40 mph |
30. | Mid-Cities Boulevard from its intersection with Rufe Snow Drive to its intersection with Davis Boulevard (FM Road 1938) | 40 mph |
31. | North Tarrant Parkway: | |
| a. From its intersection with Precinct Line Road west past Smithfield Road to a point 800 feet east of the Keller City Limits, all within the city | 45 mph |
| b. From a point 800 feet east of the Keller City Limits to the Keller City Limit Line, all within the city | 40 mph |
32. | Onyx Drive South from its intersection with Wendell Drive to the intersection of Onyx Drive South and 3500 Billie Faye Drive | 30 mph |
33. | Rufe Snow Drive, 5100 block—7400 block | 40 mph |
34. | Rufe Snow Drive, 7500 block—7900 block | 35 mph |
35. | Rufe Snow Drive northbound and southbound lanes from Mid-Cities Boulevard to Ridgetop Road, a distance approximately 6,388 feet | 30 mph |
36. | SH 121/183, Station 464+94 (at the centerline of Interstate Highway 820) northeasterly to Station 481+70, the intersection of State Highway 26 and Ash Street, a distance of 0.317 mile | 40 mph |
37. | SH 121/183, Station 481+70 northeasterly to Station 535+00 (approximately 750 feet east of Walker's Branch Creek), a distance of 0.990 mile | 50 mph |
38. | Along Davis Boulevard, Northbound and Southbound lanes from 750 feet South of Mid-Cities Boulevard to 750 feet North of Mid-Cities Boulevard, a distance of approximately 1,400 feet | 45 mph |
(c) Penalty.
Any person operating a motor vehicle upon the streets described in subsection
(b) of this section at a speed in excess of the limits set forth in such subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not in excess of $200.00.
(Code 1975, § 16-38; Ordinance 948, § 1, adopted 3/22/1982; Ordinance 951, adopted 5/10/1982; Ordinance 959, adopted 6/14/1982; Ordinance 993, adopted 12/14/1982; Ordinance 1068, adopted 10/10/1983; Ordinance 1069, adopted 10/10/1983; Ordinance 1070, adopted 10/10/1983; Ordinance 1089, § 1, adopted 2/13/1984; Ordinance 1150, § 1, adopted 8/27/1984; Ordinance 1356, adopted 3/24/1986; Ordinance 1548, adopted 6/13/1988; Ordinance 1593, adopted 2/13/1989; Ordinance 1662, adopted 2/26/1990; Ordinance 1839, adopted 9/14/1992; Ordinance 1846, adopted 10/12/1992; Ordinance 1851, adopted 10/26/1992; Ordinance 1886, adopted 5/24/1993; Ordinance 1980, adopted 4/25/1994; Ordinance 2031, adopted 1/23/1995; Ordinance 2097, adopted 1/22/1996; Ordinance 2100, adopted 2/26/1996; Ordinance 2123, adopted 6/10/1996; Ordinance 2191, adopted 4/14/1997; Ordinance 2229, adopted 8/11/1997; Ordinance 2318, adopted 7/27/1998; Ordinance 2411, adopted 9/27/1999; Ordinance 2547, adopted 3/26/2001; Ordinance 2909, § 1, adopted 10/23/2006; Ordinance 3195, § 1, adopted 5/14/2012; Ordinance 3411, § 1, adopted 5/9/2016; Ordinance 3438, § 2, adopted 2/13/2017; Ordinance 3511, § 2, adopted 3/26/2018; Ordinance 3519, § 2, adopted 7/23/2018; Ordinance 3670, § 2, adopted 10/26/2020; Ordinance 2854, § 2, adopted 10/24/2005; Ordinance 3832, § 2, adopted 12/11/2023; Ordinance 3839, § 2, adopted 2/12/2024)