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ORDINANCE 2009 - 4 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING THE TRAFFIC <br />REGISTER MAINTAINED UNDER SECTION 82.067 OF THE <br />SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY AMENDING THE SPEED <br />LIMITS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A SCHOOL ZONE <br />SPEED LIMIT, ALONG CERTAIN SECTIONS OF F.M. 621 <br />(STAPLES HIGHWAY) BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN THE <br />CITY LIMIT LINE AND SH 123; ELIMINATING THE SCHOOL <br />ZONE FOR THE FORMER BOWIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; <br />PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT ALL <br />CONFLICTING ORDINANCES ARE REPEALED; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. Pursuant to Sections 82.003 and 82.066 of the City Code, on the basis <br />of an engineering and traffic investigation performed by the Texas Department of <br />Transportation finding that the current speed limit is unsafe, the traffic register maintained <br />under Section 82.067 of the City Code is amended by adding the following speed limits in <br />the locations described: <br />• a. F.M. 621 southbound: beginning at milepoint 0.000 (at SH 123) to <br />milepoint 0.513, a distance of 0.513 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 <br />miles per hour, and from milepoint 0.513 to milepoint 0.590 (at the city limit), a <br />distance of 0.077 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour; <br />b. F.M. 621 northbound: beginning at milepoint 0.590 (at the city limit) to <br />milepoint 0.513, a distance of 0.077 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 <br />miles per hour, and from milepoint 0.513 to milepoint 0.000 (at SH 123), a distance <br />of 0.513 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour. <br />SECTION 2. Pursuant to Sections 82.003 and 82.066 of the City Code, due to the <br />closure of former Bowie Elementary school to which the school zone speed limit applied, <br />the traffic register maintained under Section 82.067 of the City Code is amended by <br />eliminating the school zone and adding the following school zone speed limits in the <br />locations described: <br />a. F.M. 621 southbound: beginning at milepoint 0.513 to milepoint 0.590 <br />(at the city limit), a distance of 0.077 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 <br />miles per hour when flashing, and 50 miles per hour at all other times; <br />b. F.M. 621 northbound, beginning at milepoint 0.590 (city limit line) to <br />milepoint 0.513 to, a distance of 0.077 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of <br />•