(A) Maximum limits generally. No person shall operate or drive any vehicle on any street within the city at a greater speed than 30 mph unless signs are erected designating another speed in accordance with this schedule or state law.
(2012 Code, § 84-131)
(B) Specific speed limits.
(1) The section of highway described as follows: on FM 219 from the west city limit to the east for a distance of 0.559 mile, the speed limit shall be 40 mph; then for a distance of 0.200 mile, the speed limit shall be 30 mph, except during times of egress and ingress to the school, in which case the speed limit shall be 25 mph; then for a distance of 0.485 mile, the speed limit shall be 30 mph; then for a distance of 0.250 mile (to the east city limit), the speed limit shall be 40 mph; is regulated as to the speed of motor vehicles traveling within such section in any direction as evidenced by the plan attached to the ordinance from which this division (B)(1) derives; which is hereby approved and made a part of the ordinance from which this division (B)(1) derives; and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in the ordinance from which this division (B)(1) derives when signs are in place giving notice of such speed.
(2) The section of highway described as follows: on SH 6, beginning at the north city limit and proceeding to the south, the speed limit shall be 50 mph for a distance of 0.300 mile; then the speed shall be 45 mph for a distance of 0.474 mile; then the speed limit shall be 35 mph for a distance of 0.350 mile; then the speed limit shall be 30 mph for a distance of 0.310 mile; then the speed limit shall be 35 mph for a distance of 0.310 mile, except in a section during periods of ingress and egress to the school, the speed limit shall be 25 mph for a distance of 0.155 mile; then to the south city limit, the speed limit shall be 45 mph for a distance of 0.320 mile; is regulated as to the speed of motor vehicles traveling within such section in any direction as evidenced by the plan attached to the ordinance from which this division (B)(2) derives, which is approved and made a part of the ordinance from which this division (B)(2) derives; and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in the ordinance from which this division (B)(2) derives, when signs are in place giving notice of such speed.
(3) The section of street described as follows: the speed limit on Hillside Drive, beginning at the intersection with 13th Street, and proceeding to the intersection of 9th Street shall be 15 mph. On Hillside Drive, within 50 feet of the intersection with 9th Street, the speed limit shall be five mph. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in excess of these speeds when signs giving notice are in place.
(2012 Code, § 84-132)
(C) Criteria for establishment of school zones.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of a reduced speed school zone is to increase driver awareness and to promote lower vehicle speed at a location where school children are crossing a roadway. Reduced speed school zones are generally located on major thoroughfares and where there are no other traffic- control devices to slow or halt the major flow of traffic. Except where determined by an engineering investigation, reduced speed school zones should not be installed at crossings protected by a traffic signal or an all-way stop since these devices provide a higher degree of crossing protection.
(2) Criteria for installation.
(a) Reduced speed school zones may be installed at an established school crossing that exhibits any of the following conditions:
1. On streets directly adjacent to elementary school grounds when considered necessary for pedestrian safety;
2. At an uncontrolled intersection or mid-block crossing where an adult school crossing guard has been assigned; or
3. At an uncontrolled intersection or mid-block crossing where an adult crossing guard or student safety patrol has not been assigned and where:
a. Forty or more school aged pedestrians cross during a contiguous two-hour period or 20 or more school aged pedestrians during a one-hour period;
b. Two hundred or more vehicles per hour (total for both directions) during the same period that students are crossing;
c. The posted speed limit or the eighty-fifth percentile speed is 35 mph or greater on the street being crossed; and
d. There are no other crossings controlled by a traffic signal, an all-way stop, adult crossing guard or reduced speed school zone within 800 feet of the proposed location on the same street.
(b) Other factors to be considered in determining when to install a reduced speed school zone at a proposed location include:
1. The age of the children utilizing the proposed crossing;
2. The available sight distance to the proposed crossing; and
3. The availability and proximity of sidewalks to the proposed crossing.
(3) School zone speed limits generally. Reduced speed school zones should be operated at 20 mph or 15 mph below the normal speed limit for the street, whichever is higher.
(2012 Code, § 84-133)
(D) Speed limits through school zones. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, heretofore made, as authorized by the provisions of Tex. Transportation Code § 545.357, the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the prima facie speed limit of 20 mph, for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be prima facie reasonable and prudent, and the rate of 20 mph is hereby fixed for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets, or parts thereof, during the hereinafter designated hours, either when such hours are described on official school zone speed limit signs located at said zones, or when the school zone signs bearing a flashing amber light and located at said zones are in operation. The location of said school zones and the hours during which said speed zones shall be in effect are as follows: regular school days, as published by the city’s Independent School District for the current school year. All streets in school zones are 20 miles per hour at all times.
(2012 Code, § 84-134) Penalty, see § 10.99