To amend Section 12-74(b), Maximum Limits on Specific Streets, of Article IV, Speed, Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, Texas to lower the prima facie maximum speed limit from fifty-five (55) miles per hour to forty-five (45) miles per hour on Preston Road (State Highway 289) approximately 1,200 feet north of Legacy Drive to its intersection with State Highway 121, within the city limits of the City of Plano; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2023-9-25

On February 13, 1989 by Ordinance No. 89-2-7, the City Council of the City of Plano set the prima facie maximum speed limit at fifty- five (55) miles per hour on Preston Road (State Highway 289) approximately 1,200 feet north of Legacy Drive to its intersection with State Highway 121, and such Ordinance was codified as subsection “Preston Road (State Highway 289)” of Section 12-74(b) of Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano.

Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway within the City, taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an Ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the street or highway.

Based on a traffic engineering study, the Texas Department of Transportation requested that the City of Plano adopt an Ordinance to decrease the prima facie maximum speed limit on Preston Road (State Highway 289) approximately 1,200 feet north of Legacy Drive to its intersection with State Highway 121.

The Transportation Engineering Division of the City of Plano reviewed the study and determined that the proposed reduction in the prima facie maximum speed limit is warranted and proposes to amend a certain section of the Code of Ordinances to lower the prima facie maximum speed limit for the said section of Preston Road (State Highway 289).

This item may impact revenue collected from fines due to the implementation of a revised speed limit; however, the exact change in revenue is indeterminable and will have minimal impact on the General Fund budget.

Approval of this item to revise the speed limit along Preston Road supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of Safe, Vibrant Neighborhoods.