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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-67 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEXAS PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES HAVING A
GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TWELVE (12,000) THOUSAND POUNDS ON
BELL AVENUE BETWEEN SHERMAN DRIVE AND WITHERS STREET AND ON
GREENWOOD STREET FROM SHERMAN DRIVE TO CHERRYWOOD STREET,
PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Section 24-67 of the Code of the City of Denton, Texas is
hereby amended to read as follows
Section 24-67 12,000 POUND VEHICLES PROHIBITED
ON CERTAIN STREETS
(a) Unless otherwise provided herein, no motor vehicle,
truck -tractor, farm -tractor, road -tractor, commercial motor
vehicle or motor bus having a gross vehicle weight in excess of
twelve (12,000) thousand pounds shall be operated over or on
the following portions of the following public streets in
Denton, Texas, to -wit
1 Bell Avenue between Sherman Drive and
Withers Street
2 Greenwood Street from Sherman Drive to
Cherrywood Street
(b) As used in this section, "gross vehicle weight" means
the manufacturer's recommended gross vehicle weight or the
total gross weight for which the vehicle is registered,
whichever is greater
(c) The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to
any emergency vehicle of the city or state, or to any motor
vehicle, truck -tractor, farm -tractor, road -tractor, commercial
motor vehicle or motor bus making deliveries and/or taking
loads to destinations on Bell Avenue between Sherman Drive and
Withers Street or in the immediate area of a street which
intersects Bell Avenue betwen Sherman Drive and Withers Street
which requires travel over Bell Avenue between Sherman Drive
and Withers Street
SECTION II
Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred ($200 00)
Dollars Each day such a violation shall continue or be
permitted, shall be treated as a separate offense
SECTION III
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 --Z= day of April, 1981
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OX9 HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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