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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONES
ON PORTIONS OF EVERS PARKWAY AND GARDENVIEW STREET, REDUCING THE
MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS
FROM THIRTY (30) TO TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR DURING CERTAIN
HOURS, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200 00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION
Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation hereto-
fore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 169, Article
6701d, V T C S , the prima facie speed limit of twenty (20) miles
per hour for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be
prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby
fixed for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets and
highways, or parts thereof during the hereinafter designated
hours The location of said school zones and the hours during
which said speed zones shall be in effect are as follows to -wit
Location Extent Hours in Effect
A Evers Beginning 225 feet south of 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
Parkway its intersection with Garden- 3 00 p m -4 00 p m
view Street and ending at its
intersection with Robbie "0"
Street
B Evers
Beginning 100 feet east of
7
30
a m
-9
00
a m
Parkway
its intersection with Ashcroft
3
00
p m
-4
00
p m
Lane and ending at its inter-
section with Evers Parkway
C On Garden-
Beginning with its inter-
7
30
a m
-9
00
a m
View Street
section with Evers Parkway
3
00
p m
-4
00
p m
for a distance of 100 feet
west of its intersection
with Gardenview Street
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed limit,
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 III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstance 1s 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 IV
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 thee��" day of t987
O�
RAY 6VhFHhNb4 MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
E I E W LTER
A ITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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