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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING TWO-WAY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON THE PORTIONS
OF ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET SITUATED BETWEEN UNIVERSITY DRIVE
AND HENRY STREET, WHICH PORTIONS ARE FURTHER DESCRIBED THEREIN IN
FULL, AFTER FINDING THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE REQUIRES
ONE-WAY THEREUPON, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF,
PROVIDING ~HE INSTALLATION OF PROPER SIGNS~AND MARKINGS, AND DEC-
LARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
The City Council hereby finds and determines that the public
safety and welfare requires the termination of two-way traffic up-
on the street portions described below, and providing a one-way
vehicular traffic pattern in lieu thereof, therefore, the follow-
ing portions of public streets within the City of Denton are here-
by declared to be for one direction vehicular traffic only, in
accordance with the design plan therefor as indicated below, to-wit
a Elm Street from University Drive (Highway 24) to Henry
Street shall be for south bound travel only,
b Locust Street from University Drive (Highway 24) to
Henry Street shall be for north bound travel only
SECTION II
It shall be unlawful for any person to drmve or operate a ve-
hicle upon any portion of street described above in a direction
other than as posted or indicated, and all signs installed pursuant
hereto shall be official traffic control devices
SECTION III
The violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of not exceeding Two Hundred ($200 00) Dollars,
and Section 1-5 of the Code of Ordinances is incorporated herein
and made a part hereof
SECTION IV
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 validmty of the re-
maining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City
of Denton, Texas~ hereby declares it would have enacted such remain-
ing portions despite any such invalidity
SE,CTION V
~ That this ordinance shall become effective on and after the
~ day o~ Mt~ , 1971, and the City Secretary is
here~y direcsed to ~ause the caption of this ordinance to be pub-
lished 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 and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th day of June, A D 1971
ALEX~J~DER M ~//IN'L~[Y, j~R/,~ ~AYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXA~/ "
~~ARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED Aa TO LEGAL FORM
J~fK-Q BARTON, CITY ATTORNE
/TY OF DENTON, TEXAS