File #: 21-1795    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Regular Hearing
File created: 7/19/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/2/2021 Final action:
Title: Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Lewisville City Code, Section 15-36, Maximum Speed Limits Near Schools; Establishing School Zone Speed Limit on Josey Lane, from 500 Feet North of the Memorial Elementary School North Driveway to 500 Feet South of Lake Falls Terrace of 35 Miles Per Hour.
Attachments: 1. Staff Memo - School Zone Memorial Elem Josey Ln, 2. Location Map Memorial Elementary School Zone Josey Lane, 3. T Board Minutes July 06, 2021, 4. Ordinance - School Speed Zone - Memorial Elementary on Josey Ln

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Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Lewisville City Code, Section 15-36, Maximum Speed Limits Near Schools; Establishing School Zone Speed Limit on Josey Lane, from 500 Feet North of the Memorial Elementary School North Driveway to 500 Feet South of Lake Falls Terrace of 35 Miles Per Hour.

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:

 

LISD plans to open a new Elementary School on Josey Lane, Memorial Elementary School, for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. The school creates a need for the establishment of a school zone on Josey Lane. Because the proposed speed limit on Josey Lane is 50 mph, a 35-mph school zone speed limit is proposed 500 feet on either side of the school boundary. Similar 35 mph school zones exist on FM 544 and on FM 3040, which are both 50 mph speed roadways. The Transportation Board considered this item at the July 6, 2021 meeting and voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the recommendation to the City Council.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

That the City Council approve the ordinance as set forth in the caption above.

 

AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS:

 

David Salmon, P.E., City Engineer