08-20-22-Ordinance-Amending Chapter 12 Special Speed Zone FM 455 Construction-08/01/2022CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 08-20-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, CREATING A
CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONE AND TEMPORARILY REDUCING THE RATE OF
SPEED TO 45 MILES PER HOUR FOR VEHICLES FARM TO MARKET HIGHWAY
455, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANGER, AS SET OUT IN
THIS ORDINANCE; TEMPORARILY AMENDING CHAPTER 12 TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES, ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS, SECTION 12.505 SPECIAL SPEED
ZONES, CONCURRING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT IN TWO CONSTRUCTION ZONES; DEFINING THE
SPEED LIMIT; REQUIRING THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS; DECLARING WHAT
MAY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTION HEREUNDER;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING
A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1.109 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR VIOLATIONS, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger received a request from TxDOT to lower the speed limit
in a construction zone located along FM 455 from FM 2450 east to N Tejas Dr and from 400 feet
west of Sable Creek Blvd to 813 feet east of Marion Rd, hereinafter described in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto and made a part hereto for all purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that FM 455 within the corporate limits of
the City of Sanger is currently under construction by the Texas Department of Public Safety
(TXDOT) and TXDOT has recommended to reduce the speed limit from 55 miles per hour to a
speed limit of 45 miles per hour for the duration of the construction project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined the 45 miles per hour speed limit
would provide for and would be in the best interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the
City of Sanger; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that it is necessary to reduce the
prima facie speed limit, as set by ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS and SECTION 12.505
SPECIAL SPEED ZONES, during such construction period, and that the increased penalties
provided by State Law for the violation of such speed limits should be imposed to more effectively
enforce such speed limits; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is in the best interest
of the citizens of Sanger.
Ordinance -Construction Zone Speed Limit
Page 1 of 3
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION I. That the above findings are hereby found to be true and correct and are
incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. That a construction work zone is hereby established in accordance with
Section 472.022 of the Texas Transportation Code for all lanes of traffic on FM 455 by temporarily
amending Section 12.505 Special Speed Zones to add the following:
(25) FM 455 Construction Zone,
(A) FM 2450 east to N Tejas Drive — 45 mph
(B) 400 feet west of Sable Creek to 813 feet east of Marion Road — 45 mph
SECTION 3. That from the date of passage of this speed zone ordinance, a prima facie
maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour is hereby established.
SECTION 4. Such speed limits will be effective for a period of three (3) years or until the
construction work zone and speed limit signs erected by TXDOT are removed, whichever is
sooner. Thereafter, the speed limit on FM 455 within the City corporate limits will revert to a speed
limit of 55 miles per hour, as provided in ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS and SECTION
12.505 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES.
SECTION 5. That ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS, SECTION 12.505 SPECIAL
SPEED ZONES of the City of Sanger Code of Ordinances, as amended, shall be and remain in
full force and effect save and except as amended by this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. That if any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional
by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect, for any reason, the validity of
the remaining portions of ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS, SECTION 12.505 SPECIAL
SPEED ZONES of the City of Sanger Code of Ordinances, and the remaining portions shall remain
in full force and effect. Section 9. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with
the general penalty provision found in the Code of Ordinances, Section 1.109 General Penalty for
Violations of Code.
SECTION 8. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any word,
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same would have been
enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such
unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
Ordinance -Construction Zone Speed Limit
Page 2 of 3
SECTION 9. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and
the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this 1 st
day of August, 2022,
ATTEST:
Kelly
City Secretary
y pF AN '
U;
�EXP
IS\\�`.
Ordinance -Construction Zone Speed Limit
APPROVED:
C�
Thomas EMuirM . ,ayor
T
RM:
Coleman, City Attorney
Page 3 of 3
�
@
_
j
�
! �
k
00
o
i
%
\
_e
\ 19
4A
�
�
�
s
m
NEWS at ADVERTISING SOLUTIONS
One company delivers it all.
3555 Duchess Drive
P.O. Box 369
Denton, TX 76202
940-387-381 1
Publication(s): Denton Record -Chronicle
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
Being duly sworn (s)he is the Publisher/authorized designee of
Denton Record -Chronicle, in City of Denton/surrounding areas in
Denton County; Newspaper of general circulation which has been
continuously and regularly published for a period of not less than
one year preceding the date of the attached notice, and that the
said notice was published in said newspaper Denton Record -Chronicle
on the following dates below:
08/04/2022 08/05/2022
C
(signature of Authorized Designee)
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of August, 2022 by
C��c oj\j
(printed name of Designee)
Witness my hand and official seal:
(signature name of Designee)
Notary Public, Denton County, T
PRY p�
�01 sin
N��rFort��Pyft
BANGER CITY OF
P O BOX 1729
BANGER TX 76266
Ad Number: 46948 Price: 586.60
PATRICIA LAGARD
Notary Public
State of Texas
ICJ # 13027960-6
Comm. Expires 0&05-2023
CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 08.20422
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF BANGER, TEXAS,
CREATING A CONSTRUCTION
WORK ZONE AND
TEMPORARILY REDUCING THE
RATE OF SPEED TO 45 MILES
PER HOUR FOR VEHICLES
FARM TO MARKET HIGHWAY
455, WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
BANGER, AS SET OUT IN THIS
ORDINANCE; TEMPORARILY
AMENDING CHAPTER 12
TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,
ARTICLE 12,500 SPEED LIMITS,
SECTION 12,505 SPECIAL
SPEED ZONES, CONCURRING
WITH THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATIONTO
REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT IN
TWO CONSTRUCTION ZONES;
DEFINING THE SPEED LIMIT;
REQUIRING THE PLACEMENT
OF SIGNS; DECLARING WHAT
MAYBE A SUFFICIENT
COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTION
HEREUNDER; PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
OF FINE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 1,109 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR
VIOLATIONS; AND PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION;
AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, SECTION 7.
Any person, firm or corporation
who shall violate any of the
provisions of This article shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined in
accordance with the general
penalty provision found in the
Code of Ordinances, Section
1.109 General Penally for
Violations of Code, PASSED
AND APPROVED by the City
Council of the City of Sanger,
Texas, on this 1st day of August,
2022.
dre 08/0412022 & 08/05/2022
Ad Copy:
CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 08-20-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, CREATING A CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONE
AND TEMPORARILY REDUCING THE RATE OF SPEED TO 45 MILES PER HOUR FOR VEHICLES
FARM TO MARKET HIGHWAY 455, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; TEMPORARILY AMENDING CHAPTER 12 TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES, ARTICLE 12.500 SPEED LIMITS, SECTION 12.505 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES,
CONCURRING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THE SPEED
LIMIT IN TWO CONSTRUCTION ZONES, DEFINING THE SPEED LIMIT, REQUIRING THE
PLACEMENT OF SIGNS, DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTION
HEREUNDER, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
OF FINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1.109 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR
VIOLATIONS; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, SECTION 7.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in
accordance with the general penalty provision found in the Code of Ordinances,
Section 1.109 General Penalty for Violations of Code. PASSED AND APPROVED by
the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this 1 st day of August, 2022.
dre 08/04/2022 & 08/05/2022