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ORDINANCE NO. 7L"
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18,
SECTION 18-109, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL DISABLED PARKING SPACE
ON THE WEST SIDE OF CEDAR STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH WEST
HICKORY STREET; AMENDING SECTION 18-109(a) TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 18-96 of the Code of
Ordinances, the city engineer is directed to designate and mark
parking spaces in areas where parking is to be limited.
SECTION II. That Section 18-109(a) of Chapter 18 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(a) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be
unlawful for any person at any time to stop, stand, park or
leave standing any vehicle not displaying special license
plates or a parking placard issued pursuant to the
requirements of the Texas Department of Transportation
indicating that the owner or a passenger thereof is
permanently or temporarily disabled at any of the following
locations:
SECTION III. That Section 18-109(a)(1)-(24) shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION IV. That Section 18-109 (a) (25) shall be added to
create a new disabled parking space on the corner of Cedar Street
and West Hickory Street and subsection (25) shall read as follows:
(25) One (1) parking space on the west side of Cedar Street,
immediately north of West Hickory Street.
SECTION V. An individual adjudged guilty of violating any
provisions of this ordinance when signs are erected giving notice
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION VI. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force
when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained
in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the
conflict.
SECTION VII. That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas,
hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions
despite any such invalidity.
SECTION VIII. That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City
Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this
ordinance to be published twice in the Denton -Record Chronicle,
the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within (10)
days of the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of 1996.
JACKAdLLER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CI Y SECRETARY
BY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUT�Y/,, CITY ATTORNEY
BY.�/'/,