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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST AND
WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ON U S HIGHWAY 380 PROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
BELL AVENUE rO MAYHILL ROAD FOR A DISTANCE OF 1 80 MILES, PROVIDING
FOR 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 I Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation
hereto ore ma a as authorized by the provisions of Section 169,
Article 6701d, V T C S , the following prima facie speed limits for
east and west bound traffic on U S Highway 380 are hereby deter-
mined and declared to be prima facie reasonable and safe, and such
speed limits are hereby fixed for vehicles traveling upon the
following named highway, or parts thereof
Location
Extent
A On U S Beginning from its intersection
Highway 380 with Bell Avenue eastward for a
distance of 0 10 miles
Speed Limit
30 Miles Per Hour
B On U S Beginning 10 miles east of inter- 40 Miles Per Hour
Highway 380 section with Bell Avenue continu-
ing eastward for a distance of
0 90 miles
C On U S Beginning 1 mile east of its in- 45 Miles Per Hour
Highway 380 tersection with Bell Avenue con-
tinuing eastward for a distance
of 1 80 miles to a point 220 feet
east of Mayhill Road
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed limit, when
signs are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, 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 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 IV That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14 ays rom the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be pub-
lished 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 thea(` Iday of �, 1987
RAY STUPOCNS, MAYOR
CITY 0 DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
J N WAL ERS
TY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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