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NOTE THIS ORDINANCE HAS BY AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO 87-100
NO $2-d5-3
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST
AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ON U S HIGHWAY 380 FROM ITS INTERSECTION
WITH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 TO WESTERN CITY LIMITS FOR A DISTANCE
OF 2 592 MILES, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 83-03, 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 investiga-
tion eri�etoofore 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 U S
From
its intersection
with Inter-
45
MPH
Highway 380
state
Highway 35E to
a point 200
feet
east of Marshall
Road
B On U S
From
200 feet east of
Marshall
50
MPH
Highway 380
Road
to approximately
400 feet
west
of Cindy Lane
C On U S
From
400 feet west of
Cindy Lane
55
MPH
Highway 380
to the western City limits
SECTION II Based upon an engineering and traffic invest-
igation ereto ore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facie speed limit of 20
miles per hour for east and west bound traffic US Highway 380
beginning 730 feet west of the Santa Fe Railroad crossing going
west for a total distance of 800 feet, is hereby determined to be
prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby
fixed for vehicles travelling upon such road, during the hours of
7 30-9 00 a m and 2 30-4 00 p m when school is in session
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SECTION IV That Ordinance No 83-03 is hereby repealed
SECTION V 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 dQ�day of g • 1987
RAY—SMHENSF, MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
JEN1 FE A TER
S t
ACT G CI SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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