HomeMy WebLinkAbout033603 ORD - 03/25/2025Ordinance amending Section 53-254 of the City Code to reduce the speed
limit on Weber Road (FM 43), between Saratoga Boulevard (SH 357) and
Oso Creek Bridge, and reduce the speed limit of Ennis Joslin Road (Spur
3), between South Padre Island Drive and Ocean Drive; providing for
penalty and publication
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Texas Transportation Code and City Code
of Ordinances, the maximum reasonable and prudent speed upon the streets of
the city is 30 miles per hour;
WHEREAS, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, City
Council can declare a different speed to be the maximum reasonable and
prudent speed;
WHEREAS, speed studies determine the 85th percentile speed, which
represents the speed most drivers will be traveling at or below, but the final
speed limit may be reduced up to 10 miles per hour based on engineering
judgment and other factors considered during the traffic investigation;
WHEREAS, the speed study on FM 43(Weber), from Saratoga(SH 357) to the
city limits, determined that the 85th percentile speed was 42 miles per hour;
WHEREAS, based on the engineering and traffic investigation, the final speed
limit on FM 43(Weber), from Saratoga(SH 357) to the city limits, should be
reduced 2 miles per hour below the 85th percentile speed to be 40 miles per
hour.
WHEREAS, trial runs were conducted to determine if the speeds were
appropriate on Ennis Joslin(Spur 3), from SH358 to Ocean Drive, and factors
considered were (1) the higher than average crash rate, (2) horizontal curves, (3)
dense driveways,(4) the presence of pedestrians and cyclists, (5) bus stops,
(6) multiple cross-overs, and (7) location to a college community;
WHEREAS, based on the trial runs, the final speed limit on Ennis Joslin, from
SH358 to Ocean Drive should be reduced to be 35 miles per hour;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. All of the Recitals are hereby found to be true and correct
legislative and factual findings of the City of Corpus Christi Texas, and they
are hereby approved and the Recitals are incorporated for all purposes as if
they were fully recited herein.
SECTION 2. City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53 Traffic, Article VIII
Schedules, Section 53-254 Schedule V, increase of state speed limit in certain
zones is revised as follows:
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SCANNED
Sec. 53-254. - Schedule V, increase of state speed limit in certain zones
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is
necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of widely spaced
intersections, and it is hereby declared that the speed limit shall be as hereinafter
set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at the time
specified and they shall become effective when signs are erected giving notice
thereof:
Ennis Joslin Road:
From a Ocean Drive to South Padre Island Drive(SH 358)-35 mph —At all times
times
Drive 10 mph At all times
From a poin
mph At all times
From Wooldridge Road to Holly Road-35 mph —At all times
Weber Road:
From Saratoga(SH 357) to the city limits line-40 mph —All times
From South Staples Street to Saratoga Boulevard-35 mph— All times
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional
by final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other
section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this
ordinance, for it is definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect
for its purpose.
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SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the
City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating the purpose of the
ordinance. This ordinance to become effective upon such publication.
SECTION 5. A violation of this ordinance, or requirements implemented under this
ordinance, constitutes an offense punishable as provided in Section 1-6 of the
Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances.
Introduced and voted on the I (6 day of ' In , 2025.
PASSE r and APP' • ED on the 2 day of 9 v ` 1\ , 2025.
A EST:
Paulette Guajardo, May
EFFECTIVE DATE
Reb cca Huerta, City Secretary
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033603
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Texas/New Mexico PO Box 631667 Cincinnati,OH 45263-1667
GANNETT
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE
MarATTN: RAccounez
ts NO. 033603, Ordinance
ATTN:Accounts Payable
City of Corpus Christi-Secretary amending Section 53-254 of
Po Box 9277 the City Code to reduce the
Corpus Christi TX 78469-9277
speed limit on Weber Road
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN ( FM 43), between Saratoga
Boulevard (SH 357) and Oso
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a newspaper published in the city Creek Bridge, and reduce the
of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, State of Texas, generally
circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, speed limit of Ennis J os I i n
Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio,and San Patricio Counties, Road (Spur 3), between
and personal knowledge of the facts herein state and that the
notice hereto annexed was Published in said newspapers in the South Padre Island Drive
issue: and Ocean Drive; providing
03/31/2025 an effective date of March
and that the fees charged are legal. 31 , 2025, and providing for
Sworn to and subscribed before on 03/31/2025 penalty and publication. This
ordinance was passed and
approved on second reading
by the Corpus Christi City
WCouncil on March 25, 2025.
Legal Clerk /s/ Rebecca Huerta
ktittiCity Secretary
Notary. State of WI.County of Bro
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Publication Cost: $115.66
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Payment Cost: $115.66
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Notary Public
State of Wisconsin
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