To amend Section 12-73(d), Same — Specific zones, of Article IV, Speed, of Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the City of Plano Code of Ordinances, to amend the effective times of school zones on Coit Road at Denham Way and on Legacy Drive at Archgate Drive, 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 2025-9-3

Changes in Plano Independent School District (“PISD”) school bus service and attendance boundaries have prompted the need for modifying school zones serving Gulledge Elementary. Specific changes include PISD updating their hazardous roadway guidelines, which eliminated a number of bus routes, and suspended bus routes for students who reside within two miles of their assigned campus.

Gulledge Elementary is one of these campuses that lost hazardous bus services for students who reside east of Coit Road. The Transportation Engineering Division also found that the attendance boundary for Gulledge Elementary is now south of Legacy Drive.  The existing school zone on Legacy Drive, which currently serves elementary, middle, and high schools, needs to only serve middle and high school times.

Additionally, the Transportation Engineering Division has received requests to adjust the effective times of the existing school zone on Coit Road at Denham Way to assist Gulledge Elementary students who now have to cross the roadway. The existing school zone currently only provides for Robinson Middle School students.

The Transportation Engineering Division has spoken with PISD staff, has evaluated these school zones, and now recommends that the effective times of the school zones on Coit Road and Legacy Drive be adjusted to serve elementary and middle schools, as well as middle and high schools, respectively.

This item has no immediate financial impact; however, some revenue may be collected as fines resulting from violation of this ordinance. The exact change in revenue is indeterminable and will have minimal impact on the General Fund budget.

Approval of this item supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of Multi-Modal Transportation and Mobility Solutions.