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Home My WebLink About25-351ORDINANCENO. 25-351 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC", ARTICLE III "SPEED OF VEHICLES", SECTION 18-73 "SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAnq ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", “TXDOT ROADS” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF TIE CITY OF DENTON, TO CHANGE THE LOCATIONS, EXTENT, AND SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN T)noT ROADS; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVRqGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDnqG A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Denton’s Development Services/Engineering Services routinely reviews the speed limits in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, as amended, in order to make corrections, additions, or amendments, where appropriate; and WHEREAS, Development Services/Engineering Services desires to amend the speed zone tables included in the City Code to provide for adjustments as a result of development and to make text, speed limit, and road extent range corrections; and WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 specifies the procedures for a municipality to set speed zones and to post speed limits; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the the proposed changes to Chaper 18 “Motor Vehicles and Traffic“, Article III “Speed of Vehicles”, Section 18-73 “Speed Limits on Certain Roads and Highways”, incorporates the above studies and recommendations by Development Services/Engineering Services; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed revisions are in the interest of the public health and safety; NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The recitals contained in the preamble of this ordinance are incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if set out fully herein. SECTION 2. The City Council hereby amends the existing Section 18-73 “Speed Limits on Certain Roads and Highways,” in Chaper 18 “Motor Vehicles and Traf:fic,” Article III “Speed of Vehicles”, which shall read as follows: Sec. 18-73. Speed limits on certain roads and highways. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of V.C.T.A., Transportation Code § 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby axed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: TxDOT ROADS ROADWAY FROM TO SPEED LIMrr SS 45 50 45 AirTort Rd./FM 1515 Airport Rd./FM 1515 Barrel Strap/FM 2499EaMCluFm 1830 Country Club Rd./FM 1830 Country Club Rd./FM 1830 Dallas Dr./US 77 [i;l!=;Frm--T7- Elm St./US 77 Elm St./US 77 Elm St./US 77 Elm St./US 77 FM 1173 FM 1830 FM 2153 FM 2449 Fort Worth Dr./US 377 Fort Worth Dr./US 377 Fort Worth Dr./US 377 Masch Branch Rd. Corbin Rd. IH35E SB Frontage Rd. Fort Worth Dr./US m Corbin Rd. IH35E FM 2181 Sanders Rd. Sanders Rd.Country Club Rd.45 50Country Club Rd.Southern City Limits SB Main Lanes Teas ley Ln /FM 2181 Eagje Dr./US 77 Sherman Dr./FM 428 Locust St./FM 2164 Donna Rd. IH3 5N Country Club Rd. Sherman Dr./FM 428 IH-35W -FileT IH 35E SB Frontage Rd. 550' N of Massey la Teasley Ln./FM 2181 Smith St. Sherman Dr./FM 428 Locust St./FM 2164 Donna Rd. IH 35E SB Frontage Rd. Western City Limit; Southern Citim Northern City Limits y Limits TaTIFgb–tritiieTa 550’ N of Massey Rd. 250' S of Country Club Rd,/FM 1830 Southern City Limits 40 30 25 35 40 50 60 45 55 55 30 40 45 55Fort Worth Dr./US 377 2501 S of Country Club Rd./FM 1830 Northern City Limits Elm St./US 77 North Texas Blvd. Northern City Limits IH 35E Frontage Rd. NB IH 3SE Frontagmiam==;ge Rcm IH 35E Frontage Rd. SB Elm St./US 77 North Texas Blvd. ST=cjty timits Elm St./US 77/Barthold Rd North Texas Blvd. Southern CiR’ L illlils University/US 380 SITa;;icT;aTi; Elm St./FM 2 164/US 77 Loop 288t:yLT;ii Spencer TniveEREn IH 35 Monterrey St. 55 45 50 55 45 50 75 70 35 40 55 35 45 60 35 45 60 IH 35E Frontage Rd. SB TR-BETiiiiag;RNa IH 35 Main LaI=e IH 35/IH 35E Main Lanes Locust St./US 77 Locust St/FM2 164 Locust St./FM2 1 64 Loop 288 Loop 288 iTip 288 iRlr=r =1 min Rar ;;rEFM 428 Sherman DrJFM 428 Elm St./US 77/Bartho Id North Texas Blvd. Northern City Limits T;ii=R/uga-a Sherman Dr./FM 428 Locust St./FM 2164/US Loop 288 IH 35E SB Main Lane SDencer Rd. Universjty/US 380mJS 77 Monterrey St. nT=m. Rd.-t a 77 at; LinE Teasley Ln/FM 2181mle):Lnm Teasll LT/m218T meyTn7mm Te;ey mmm Univet Dr./Umnm80Univ B./us 380UniMemvijtyDmm Uni Dr./US 380 tJm';;;jymTslammyBmKm S]Oaks Dr, BT35E3m p Rd -S=;annah Tr, 30' W of PeI 'lvania Ema linerSManISlit; ma ml anaM 500' NV of Western Blvd Bonnie Brae St,M Ave. Loop 288 NB Ram R;ckhm< IH 35E SB Frontage Rd 35 35Savannah Tr. 40mv=mava= Lillian Miller P]40 City Limits 45 Bonnie Brae St.45 40Bell Ave Loop 288 NB Ram Kckhill Rd. Easterly City Limits SECTION 3. Any rnrson violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be Sued a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00), unless the violation occurs in a work zone when workers are present and then the penalty shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00). SECTION 4. This ordinance shall supersede and replace an previous confIIcting provisions of City ordinances and Code, including Sections 18-210 through 18-214, and such previous conflicting provisions are hereby repealed. All other non-conflicting provisions, including those of Chapter 18 of the Code of the City of Denton, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jw5sdiction, such uncoilsfitufionalily shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION 6. The City Secretary is hereby directed to record and publish the above revised section in the City’s Code of Ordinances as authorized by Section 52.001 of the Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 7. it is hereby onscially found and determined that the meeting at whIch this Ordinance was passed was open to the public, and that public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. Notice was also provided as required by Chapter 52 of the Texas Local Government Code. SECTION 8. This Ordinance, providing for a penalty, 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, a daily newspaper published in the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage. The nrotion to approve this ordinance was made by Brandon Chase McGee and seconded by Joe Holland , the ordinance was passed and approved by the following vote U- D: Aye X Nay Abstain Absent Mayor Gerard Hudspeth: Vicki Byrd, District 1 : Brian Beck. District 2: Paul Meltzer. District 3: Joe HoIM, District 4: x Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5: X Jill Jester, At Large Place 6: X X X X PASSED AND APPROVED this, the 4th day of March , 2025. .4g:Z= ATrEST: LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY \\\\1111111/0 C#rllK„k jn = >:IPr+/APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY