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 The Colony
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 19. TRAFFIC

  § 19-10. Speed limits—Generally.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, motor-driven cycle, motor-assisted cycle, or any other vehicle of any kind upon a public street, highway, parkway or alley within the corporate limits of the city at any speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. Except as otherwise provided herein, the following are established as the lawful speed limits of the city and any speed in excess of the limits so specified and established shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable or prudent and is unlawful:

    (1)

    Thirty miles per hour in any urban district, "urban district" meaning the territory contiguous to and including any highway or street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses, situated at intervals of less than 100 feet for a distance of one-quarter of a mile or more on either side;

    (2)

    Fifty-five miles per hour on any other highway outside any urban district, including farm to market roads.

    (3)

    Fifteen miles per hour on all public alleyways within the city.

    (b)

    Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the city council hereby alters the maximum prima facie speed limits upon the following named public streets, highways and alleys of the city, and determines and declares such speed limits to be reasonable and safe, having regard to the actual and potential hazards, for vehicles traveling thereon:

    Street Extent Speed(mph)
    Anderlan Drive All of Anderlan Drive within city limits 20
    Destination Drive All of Destination Drive within city limits 35
    Grandscape Boulevard All of Grandscape Boulevard within city limits 35
    Lebanon Road All of Lebanon Road within city limits 35
    Main Street (FM 423) From the northern city limits to Lake Highlands Drive 55
    Main Street (FM 423) Lake Highlands Drive to State Highway 121 Northbound frontage road 45
    McKamy Trail All of McKamy Trail within city limits 35
    Memorial Drive From the west city limits to Paige Road 40
    Memorial Drive From Paige Road to South Colony Boulevard 40
    Memorial Drive From South Colony Boulevard to the east city limits 40
    Morning Star Drive From State Highway 121 Southbound frontage road to Memorial Drive 35
    Nebraska Furniture Mart Drive All of Nebraska Furniture Mart Drive within city limits 35
    North Colony Boulevard From Sample Drive to Ethridge Drive 35
    North Colony Boulevard From Ethridge Drive to Pecan Crossing 30
    North Colony Boulevard From Pecan Crossing to cul-de-sac in Stewart Creek Park 20
    Oak Street All parts of Oak Street within city limits 20
    Paige Road All of Paige Road within city limits 40
    Plano Parkway From State Highway 121 to 1000' south of Destination Drive 45
    Plano Parkway From 1000' south of Destination Drive to the south city limits 50
    South Colony Boulevard All of South Colony Boulevard within city limits 35
    State Highway 121 All of State Highway 121 within city limits 55
    Stewart Creek Park Roads All roads in Sewart Creek Park, except North Colony Boulevard 10
    Sunset Circle All of Sunset Circle within city limits 20
    Windhaven Parkway All of Windhaven Parkway within city limits 40

     

    (c)

    A person commits an offense if such person operates a vehicle on any public street or highway named or specified in this section at a speed greater than that indicated herein. Any speed in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and is unlawful.

(Ord. No. 147, § 5, 3-23-1981; Ord. No. 184, § 1, 11-16-1981; Ord. No. 274, § 1, 1-16-1984; Ord. No. 361, § 2, 7-29-1985; Ord. No. 434, § 2, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 461, § 2, 11-17-1986; Ord. No. 466, § 2, 1-5-1987; Ord. No. 518, § 2, 1-18-1988; Ord. No. 749, § 2, 4-6-1992; Ord. No. 564, § 2, 11-7-1994; Ord. No. 99-1160, § 1, 12-6-1999; Ord. No. 99-1161, § 1, 12-6-1999; Ord. No. 00-1181, § 1, 3-20-2000; Ord. No. 02-1406, § 1, 10-7-2002; Ord. No. 04-1548, § 1(19-10), 4-5-2004; Ord. No. 04-1582, § 1, 11-15-2004; Code 1983, § 19-10; Ord. No. 07-1714, § 1, 4-16-2007; Ord. No. 07-1733, § 1, 8-20-2007; Ord. No. 08-1751, § 1, 3-3-2008; Ord. No. 08-1769, § 1, 8-4-2008; Ord. No. 08-1778, § 1, 9-15-2008; Ord. No. 08-1785, § 1, 12-1-2008; Ord. No. 09-1807, § 1, 6-1-2009; Ord. No. 09-1825, §§ 1—3, 9-8-2009; Ord. No. 2015-2129 , § 2, 4-7-2015; Ord. No. 2015-2188 , § 2, 12-1-2015; Ord. No. 2017-2266 , § 2, 7-18-2017; Ord. No. 2018-2309 , § 2, 2-6-2018)