Ord 2023-022/reducing the speed limit on State Highway 123 from 60 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour; authorizing the installation of signs and traffic control devices reflecting the new speed limits;

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY SAN MARCOS,TEXAS,ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN,ON SH 123 IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS;DEFINING SPEEDING AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFORE;DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS HEREUNDER;WITH A SAVING CLAUSE REPEALING CONFLICTING LAWS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS: Section 1 It is hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of SH 123 routed in the city of San Marcos,is hereby stated,which prima facie maximum speed limit shall be effective at all times and signs will be erected giving notice of the prima facie maximum speed limit so declared towit. Speed Zone FOR SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC Beginning under Control-Section 0366-01 starting from milepoint 11.632(RM 12-Wonder World Dr- Redwood Rd)to milepoint 13.662(Rattler Rd.),a distance of 2.030 miles,a prima facie maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC Beginning under Control-Section 0366-01 starting fi•om milepoint 13.662(Rattler Rd.)to milepoint 11.632 (RM 12-Wonder World Dr-Redwood Rd),a distance of 2.030 miles,a prima facie maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. SECTION II That all of the streets of this city,and all portions of any such streets,are hereby declared to be public streets and that 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 this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,which is named"The Offense of Speeding"and that the said offense is punishable by a fine in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred dollars($200.00).That 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. That in prosecutions under this ordinance,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 said city commit the offense of "Speeding".