HomeMy WebLinkAbout033807 ORD - 11/18/2025Ordinance amending the Corpus Christi Code to reduce the speed limit on
Staples Street between Saratoga Boulevard and 250 feet north of King Trail
and reduce the speed limit on Whitecap Boulevard between Park Road 22
and Windward 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 Whitecap Boulevard, from Park Road 22 to the
Windward Drive, determined that the 85th percentile speed was 39 miles per hour;
WHEREAS, based on the engineering and traffic investigation, the final speed limit
on Whitecap Boulevard, from Park Road 22 to Windward Drive, should be reduced
4 miles per hour below the 85th percentile speed to be 35 miles per hour for the
accommodation of the roadway alignment, driveways, and the use of golf carts;
WHEREAS, trial runs were conducted to determine if the speeds were appropriate
on Staples Street, from Saratoga Boulevard to the south city limit, and factors
considered were the high volume of traffic, drive -way density, and the approaches
to the traffic signals;
WHEREAS, based on the trial runs, the final speed limit on Staples Street, from
Saratoga Boulevard to approximately 250 feet north of King Trail Drive should be
reduced to be 45 miles per hour, from approximately 250 feet north of King Trail
Drive to Gilead Road should be reduced to 55 miles per hour, from Gilead Road
to the south city limit should be reduced to 65 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.
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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:
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:
Staples Street:
From the south right-of-way line of Saratoga Boulevard to a point approximately
250 feet north of King Trail Drive-45 mph -At all times
From a point approximately 250 feet north of King Trail Drive to Gilead Road-55
mph -At all times
From Gilead Road to the south city limit(County Road 47)-65 mph -At all times
south 15 mph At all times
line to a point approximately 250 feet north of King Trail Drive 50 mph At all
times
From a point approximately 250 feet north of King Trail Drive to the south city
limit 55 mph At all times
Whitecap Boulevard:
From Windward Drive to Park Road 22(South Padre Island Drive)-35 mph -At all
times
From Windward Drive to Park Road 22 (South Padre Island Drive) 40 mph At
all times
SECTION 3. City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53 Traffic, Article VIII Schedules,
Section 53-255 Schedule VI, decrease of state speed limit in certain zones is
revised as follows:
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Sec. 53-255. - Schedule VI, Decrease of state law maximum speed
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 greater than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets and it is
hereby declared that the speed limit shall be as herein set forth on those streets
or parts of streets herein designated at the times specified when signs are
erected giving notice thereof:
times
SECTION 4. 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.
SECTION 5. 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 will become effective upon such publication.
SECTION 6. 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 [SC1 day of Notrvlbv , 2025.
PASSED and APPROVED on the 1 day ofA,M\AK- , 2025.
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Paulette Guajardo,
EFFECTIVE DATE
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ebecca Huerta, City Secretary
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033807
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
��*•• ^-• - it Action Date: November 18, 2025 Legistar Number: 25-1662
_ Authorizing execution of an ordinance amending the Corpus Christi Code to reduce the
speed limit on Rodd Field Road between Saratoga Boulevard and Yorktown Boulevard, establish a
speed limit on Rodd Field Road between Yorktown Boulevard and Adler Drive, reduce the speed
limit on Staples Street between Saratoga Boulevard and 250 feet north of King Trail Drive, and
reduce the speed limit on Alameda Street between Texas Trail and Ropes Street; providing for
penalty and publication.
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