AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider approval of Ordinance 2022-16, on the second of two readings, reducing the speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour in the Vista De Los Santos Neighborhood; authorizing the installation of signs and traffic control devices reflecting the new speed limits; directing that the traffic register maintained under Section 82.067 of the San Marcos City Code be amended to reflect the new speed limits; and including procedural provisions.
Body
Meeting date: March 1, 2022
Department: Public Works - Traffic (Sabas Avila)
Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: $900
Account Number: 10006147.53230
Funds Available: $30700.83
Account Name: Traffic-Signs
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Background Information:
Pursuant with Texas Transportation Code Sec. 545.356. (b-1), the governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in the municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe.
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