HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-003NO 91.7'D3
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE
ON U S HIGHWAY 380 BEGINNING 250 FEET EAST AND 250 FEET WEST
OF THE EXTRANCE TO SELWYN SCHOOL, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROM FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR TO THIRTY-FIVE
(35) MILES PER HOUR, PROVIDING 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, the
City Council hereby designates and establishes a school zone on
U S Highway 380 beginning at a point approximately 250 feet
east and west of the entrance to Selwyn School and hereby
determines that the reasonable and safe maximum prima facie
speed limit on said portion of U S Highway 380 be reduced from
fifty (50) to thirty-five (35) miles per hour when school is in
session between the hours of 8 00-9 00 A M and 3 00-4 00 P M
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
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not less than Ten Dollars ($10 00) nor more than 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 such violations such
person shall be punished within the limits above
SECTION IV
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 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 day of 1983
CITY UF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CHMIL T ALLEN, CITY S ttGl.AR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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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 _'�L day of January, 1983
4RIHA14RDtNLTON
STEWA T, MAY
OF, TEXAS
ATTEST
CHAR LO A N, CITSECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY