SPEED AND RELATED MATTERS

San Antonio City Code ch. 19, art. V, div. 2

in effect

San Antonio City Code § 19-131 Thirty miles per hour speed limit in certain districts.

Sec. 19-131. - Thirty miles per hour speed limit in certain districts. As a result of an engineering and traffic investigation by the city department of traffic and transportation, the city council has determined that the prima facie reasonable and safe maximum speed limit on the public streets of the city, except as provided in section 19-132, is thirty (30) miles per hour. No person shall drive a vehicle on a city street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. The limit of thirty (30) miles per hour shall be lawful but any speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour, except as provided in section 19-132, shall be prima facie evidence that speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful. (Code 1959, § 38-46; Ord. No. 39861, § 1, 8-26-71; Ord. No. 53255, § 1, 1-15-81)

San Antonio City Code § 19-132 Maximum speed limits other than thirty miles per hour.

Sec. 19-132. - Maximum speed limits other than thirty miles per hour. As a result of a traffic and engineering survey, conducted by the traffic engineer, the maximum, reasonable, safe and prudent speed limits have been found and are hereby declared to be in force on all streets designated by separate ordinance of the city. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the provisions of this chapter relating to allowable speeds in school zones. (Code 1959, § 38-47; Ord. No. 31666, § 1, adopted 8-14-63, effective 8-23-63)

San Antonio City Code § 19-133 Minimum speed limits.

Sec. 19-133. - Minimum speed limits. The minimum, reasonable, safe and prudent speed limit for the interstate highways and expressways within the city limits are hereby declared to be uniformly ten (10) miles per hour less than the maximum reasonable, safe and prudent speed limit for said highways. (Code 1959, § 38-48; Ord. No. 47786, 3-24-77)

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