HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-075AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 24-134 AND 24-135
OF CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF DENTON, TEXAS, RELATING TO PARKING NOR DISABLED PERSONS,
PROVIDING FOR THE MARKING OF PARKING SPACES FOR DISABLED
PERSONS, PROVIDING FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF SUCH SPACES BY
VEHICLES WITH SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE DEVICES OR IDENTIFICATION
CARDS ISSUED BY 1HE TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR DISABLED PERSONS, PROVIDING A PENALLY
OF A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFPY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENFON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 24-134 of Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby repealed and
reenacted in its entirety to hereafter as follows
Section 24-134 DESIGNATION OF PARKING SPACES FOR DISABLED
PERSONS
(a) A person who owns or controls property used for parking
may designate one or more parking spaces for the exclusive use
of vehicles transporting temporarily or permanently disabled
persons Such parking spaces shall be designated by posting
immediately adjacent to and visible from each space a nonmovable
sign that
(1) has a notice of the penalty for a violation of
Section 10, Article 6675a-5e 1, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes,
(2) is permanently mounted on a pole at least five
feet in height,
(3) has a profile view of a wheelchair with an
occupant in white on a blue background, and
(4) meets the design criteria established by the
Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation
(b) Illustrations of sign design criteria of the Texas State
Department of Highways and Public transportation is depicted by
Figures 1 as follows
[Instructions to the Editor Insert Figure 1 attached
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SECTION II
That Section 24-135 of Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby repealed and
reenacted in it entirety ato hereafter read as follows
Section 24-135 PARKING OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES IN SPACES
DESIGNATED FOR DISABLED PERSONS PROHIBITED,
PENALTY
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle
not displaying a specially designed symbol, tab, or other device
issued by the Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation affixed to the license plates of such vehicle
indicating the operator thereof or a passenger therein is
permanently disabled nor any vehicle not displaying an
identification card issued by the Department indicating the
operator of such vehicle or a passenger therein is temporarily
disabled in any parking space designated as exclusive parking
for disabled persons pursuant to Section 24-134 of this Article
(b) Any person adjudged guilty of parking a vehicle in
violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50 00) nor
more than 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)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
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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 1983
CIT OF D NTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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IN THEiMATTER OF
CITY OF DENTON
CHARLOTTE ALLEN
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Denton
Roy Appleton, Jr
being duly sworn, says he is the General Manager of the Denton Record - Chronicle, a
newspaper of general circulation which has been continuously and regularly published
for a period of not less than one year in the County of Denton, Texas, preceding the date
of the attached notice, and that the said notice was published in said paper on the follow-
ing dates
ORDINANCE NO. 83-75 relating to Parking for disabled Persons
ORDINANCE NO. 83-76 RELATING TO PARKING ON &BLIC PROPERTY FOR DISABLED
PERSONS
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$36.00
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