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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-273FILE REFERENCE FORM 96-273 X Additional File Exists Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act Other FILE(S) Date Initials Repealed by Ordinance No. 2004-103 04/06/04 J R J \WPDOCS\ORD\TEASPEED ORD ORDINANCE NO CA Lo - an AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 545 356 OF THE TRANSPORTA- TION CODE, V T C A , UPON HIGHWAY NO 2181 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00), PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A REPEALING CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, Section 545 356 of the Transportation Code, V T C A , provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investiga- tion 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, NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 545 356 of the Transportation Code, V T C A , the following prima facie speed limits are hereby determined and declared to be prima facie reasonable and prudent, and such speed limits are hereby fixed for vehicles, traveling upon the following named highways, or parts thereof, described as follows That from and after the effective date o nance, no motor vehicle shall be operated No 2181 within the corporate limits of excess of the speeds now set forth in the Highway Extent f this speed zone ordi- along and upon Highway the City of Denton in following limits Speed Limit FM 2181 From its intersection with the 35 mph centerline of U S 77 south for 0 455 miles From 0 455 miles south of its intersection with the centerline of U S 77 to the intersection of Lillian Miller and Teasley Lane From the intersection of Teasley Lane and Lillian Miller south for 0 400 miles 45 mph 50 mph From 0.400 miles south of the 60 mph intersection of Teasley Lane and Lillian Miller to the southern city limits. SECTION II. The regulation of the speed of a vehicle under this ordinance does not apply to: (1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a call; (2) a police patrol; or (3) a physician or an ambulance responding to an emergency call. SECTION III. 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 IV. 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 any such conflict, except for school zone ordinances which limit the speed of vehicles for designated time periods. SECTION V. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance 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 VI. 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 ten (10) days of the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of a., 1996. JAC ILLER, MAYOR ATTEST: JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY: APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY BY.