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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SLCTION 24-62 OF CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED
(RUCK ROUTES AND REGULATIONS FOR DLPARTURL THEREFROM, PROVIDING
FOR EXCEPTIONS, PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENfON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 24-67 of Chapter 24 "fraffic" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended to read as
follows
SECTION 24-67 REGULATION OF VLHICLLS WEIGHING OVER
12,000 POUNDS
(a) Definitions
The following words and phrases, when used in this Section
shall mean as follows
1 "Vehicle" means every mechanical device, in, upon
or by which any person or property may be trans-
ported or drawn upon a public highway or street,
including motor vhicles, truck -tractors, road -
tractors, trailers, semi -trailers, and commercial
motor vehicles as those terms are defined by state
law regulating registration of vehicles (Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6675a-1)
2 "Truck" is any vehicle whose gross body weight or
whose combined gross body and load weight exceeds
twelve thousand (12,000) pounds
3 "Gross Body Weight" means the actual weight of the
vehicle as registered by the governmental authority
which has licensed the vehicle for operation
4 "Truck Route" is a way over certain streets, as
designated herein, over and along which trucks
coming into, traveling within and going out of the
City must operate
(b) Application of Regulations
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or park a
truck over, on, along or upon any city street which is not a
designated truck route except in accordance with and for the
purposes expressly allowed by this Section
(c) Exceptions to Regulations_
This ordinance shall not prohibit
1 Origin or Destination The operator of a truck
from departing from a designated truck route
for the purpose of
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(a) leaving or reaching a truck terminal,
(b) loading or unloading cargo,
(c) repair or modification of such truck, or
(d) reaching or leaving any place where such truck
is used or to be used for the purpose for which
it was designed,
provided, however, that in departing from a designated truck
route the operator of said truck shall use the shortest
practical route, which is consistent with the reasonable
operation of the vehicle, between the truck route and the point
of origin or destination
2 Emergency Vehicles The operation of emergency
vehicles upon any street in the City
3 Utilities, Sanitation The operation of utility
or sanitation trucks while engaged in the
purpose or business for which the truck is used
or designed
4 Detoured Trucks The operation of trucks upon
any officially established detour in any case
where such truck would lawfully be operated upon
the street for which such detour is established
5 Moving Buildings The operation of trucks used
in moving structures or a building where such
moving is done pursuant to permit
(d) Multiple destination Points
All trucks entering the City and operating therein which
have multiple destination points shall, after leaving the first
destination point, proceed to other destination points by the
shortest route using streets upon which such truck is permitted
(e) Truck Routes Designated
The following truck routes, to be used in accordance with
the provisions of this Section are hereby established
1 Airport Road from Interstate 35E and Interstate
35W to Municipal Airport
2 Bell Avenue from Dallas Drive to Mingo Road
3 Bell Avenue from Windsor Drive to Sherman Drive
4 Bonnie Brae from U S Highway 77 to Santa Fe
Railroad Crossing
5 Carroll Boulevard from Sherman Drive to Fort
Worth Drive
6 Dallas Drive from Eagle to Interstate 35E
7 Eagle Drive from Interstate 35E to Dallas Drive
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8 Fort Worth Drive from Eagle to South City Limits
Line
9 Interstate 35E from South City Limits Line to
Junction of Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W
10 Interstate 35 from North City Limits Line to
Junction of Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W
11 Interstate 35W from South City Limits Line to
Junction of Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W
12 Locust Street from Eagle North to North City
Limits Line
13 Loop 288 from University Drive to Interstate 35E
14 McKinney Street from Carroll Street to East City
Limits Line
15 Shady Oaks from Willow Springs to Woodrow Lane
16 Sherman Drive from Carroll East and North to
North City Limits Line
17 Teasley Lane from Dallas Drive to South City
Limits Line
18 University Drive from West City Limits Line to
East City Limits Line
19 U S Highway No 77 from Interstate Highway 35
to Eagle
20 U S Highway 377 from South City Limits Line to
University Drive
21 Willow Springs Road from Dallas Drive to Shady
Oaks
22 Windsor Drive from Bonnie Brae to East End near
Old Orchard Lane
23 Woodrow Lane from East McKinney to Shady Oaks
(f) Signs
The City may cause to be posted appropriate signs and
markings on designated truck routes
SECTION II
Any person who shall violate a provision of this ordinance,
or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00) Each such person
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day or portion thereof during which any violation of this
ordinance is committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any
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such violations such person shall be punished within the limits
above
SECTION III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereot
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
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
CITY 0 DENTON, TEXAS
ATTFST
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CHA VUT79LLEN, Y SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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