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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES ON LOOP 288
FROM AUDRA LANE TO THE I-35E WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00),
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That based upon an engineering and traffic in-
vestigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Tex Rev Civ Stat Ann , art 6701d, section 169 Vernon 1977),
the following speed limits are hereby determined and declared to
be prima facie the maximum reasonable and safe speeds for north
and south bound traffic on Loop 288, and such speed limits are
hereby fixed for vehicles traveling upon the following portions
of Loop 288, and parts thereof
(a) Beginning at a point approximately 260 feet north of
Audra Lane thence continuing in a southerly direction for
a distance of approximately 2 871 miles, a maximum speed
of 50 miles per hour,
(b) Thence continuing in a southerly direction for a distance
of 0 563 miles, said point being I H 35E West Frontage
Road, a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour
SECTION II Based upon an engineering and traffic investi-
gation e�t�ore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facie speed limits for
the above listed portions of Loop 288 are hereby determined and
declared to be prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed
limits are hereby fixed for vehicles traveling upon such street
SECTION III That any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not
exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00), and each day and every
day that the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall
constitute a separate offense This penalty is in addition to
and cumulative of, any other remedies as may be available at law
and equity
SECTION IV That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, Tuse, 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 V That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen 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 of1�0.�„
1989
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A PROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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