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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST
AND WEST' BOUND TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 77 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
INTERSTATE 35-E SERVICE ROAD 300 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION
WITH ORR STREET, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
rHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 Based upon an engineering and traffic investiga-
tion eri—} eto ore made 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 determined 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 Speed Limit
A On Highway 77 Beginning from its inter- 45 Miles Per Hour
section with Interstate 3SE
Service Road and continuing
eastward for a total distance
of 0 30 miles
B On Highway 77 Beginning 0 30 miles east of 55 Miles Per Hour
its intersection with I-3SE
Service Road and continuing
eastward for a total distance
of 1 6S miles
C On Highway 77 Beginning 1 95 miles east of 45 Miles Per Hour
its intersection with I-35E
Service Road and continuing
eastward to 300 feet west of
Orr Street for a distance of
0 SO miles
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 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 14days 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, 1987
RAY S HENS, MAYOR
CITY 9 DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
JE IFEMALTERS
Y SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DhNTON, TEXAS
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