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l30 ORDINANCE 1983-9 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN .f\1ARCOS, TEXAS, N1ENDING SECTION 29-132 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAN ~1ARCOS, TEXAS, TO SET ZONES AND RATES OF SPEED ON PORTIONS Q OF STATE HIGHWAY 80 LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: DEFINE SPEEDING AND FIX A PENALTY THEREFOR; DECLARE WHAT .f\1AY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS HEREUNDER; PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEAL CONFLICTING LAWS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 167 of the Texas Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, Article 6701d, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, the State Highway Commission may alter prima facie maximum speed limits with respect to any part of any high- way, road or street officially designated or marKed by said Commission as part of the State Highway System on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, said investigation taking into consideration the width and condition of the pave- ment and other circumstances on such portion of said highway as well as the usual traffic thereon; and, ~vHEREAS, such an engineering and traffic investigation has been conducted on a portion of State Highway 80 within the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas; and, WHEREAS, on the basis of said investigation, said Commission has determined that the prima facie maximum speed limit on portions of State Highway 80 located within the corporate limits of the City of San Harcos, Texas, should be altered as set out on the attached Exhibit A; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ~IARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That it is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of State Highway 80 located within the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall be as follows: (a) For Eastbound Traffic on State Highway 80. (1) Beginning at the west access road to Inter- state Highway 35, said point being milepoint 0.000 on the Attached Exhibit A, for a distance of 0.340 miles in a southeasterly direction on said State Highway 80, said point being mile- point 0.340 on the attached Exhibit A, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.