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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR CURB LOADING ZONES, REPEAL-
ING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Sections 24-127 through 24-129 2 of Chapter 24, Article V of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton are hereby repealed and shall
hereafter be amended to read as follows
Section 24-127 LOADING AND UNLOADING OF FREIGHT TRUCKS
All freight trucks shall be, and are hereby required, to be loaded
and unloaded from the alley entrance, if practicable Where conditions
are such as to make the loading or unloading thereof from an alley
impracticable, such trucks shall be parked on the street in accordance
with all applicable provisions of this article
Section 24-128 PERMIT REQUIRED, APPLICATION, WHEN AUTHORIZED
(a) Loading zones may be granted to any business where said
loading zone is necessary for the conduct of the business, subject to
the provisions provided below
(b) The owner or manager of a business desiring a loading zone
shall make written application to the Traffic Safety Support Commission
The application shall state
(1) The name and address of the business
(2) The types of goods and/or services provided by the business
(3) The types and number of commercial vehicles operated by the
business
(4) The types of commercial vehicles making deliveries to the
business and the frequency of the deliveries made by said
vehicles
(5) A statement of the specific use to be made of the proposed
loading zone
(c) If the application for the loading zone is approved by the
Traffic Safety Support Commission they shall cause the loading zone to
be installed upon receipt of an advance payment of One Hundred Fifty
Dollars ($150 00)
(d) Loading zone applications shall be reviewed annually by the
Traffic Safety Support Commission who shall determine whether a need
for each loading zone still exists If the Traffic Safety Support
Commission determines such a need still exists, the loading zone
shall be renewed upon the receipt of Seventy Five Dollars ($75 00)
renewal fee prior to October 1st of each year Failure to pay the
renewal fee prior to October 1st will result in the need for reappli-
cation at the cost of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150 00)
(e) The denial of a loading zone or loading zone renewal may
be appealed to the City Council
(f) Loading zones shall be non -transferable unless authorized
by the Traffic Safety Support Commission
(g) Loading zones may only be used for the actual loading and
unloading of commercial vehicles except that the owner of the load-
ing zone may register with the Traffic Safety Support Commission and
Chief of Police each vehicle with very properly affixed signs identi-
fying it as a commercial vehicle Such vehicle may remain parked
within the loading zone between deliveries
Section 24-129 LOADING ZONES - MARKING
Every loading zone shall have painted on the curb adjacent there-
to and/or signs adjacent thereto, the words "Loading Zone "
Section 24-129 1 LOADING ZONES - PARKING RESTRICTIONS
(a) No commercial vehicle marked in accordance with Section 24-
128 (g) shall be parked in any loading zone for a longer continuous
time than is reasonably necessary to load or unload goods or merchan-
dise for the business for which such loading zone is reserved except
in accordance with Section 24-128 (g)
(b) It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle not having properly
affixed signs attached thereto identifying the vehicle as a commercial
vehicle within a loading zone at any time for any purpose
SECTION II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person
or circumstances 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, here-
by declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any
such invalidity
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 in
the Denton Record -Chronicle within ten (10) days of the date of its
passage
PASSED and APPROVED this the Z sr day of
A D 1976
EL NOR UUGG-IES, MAUR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
BRUUKS HOLT, CITY SECRETRY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C ISHAM, CITYATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS