HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-730ORDINANCE NO. 25-730
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC",
ARTICLE III ”SPEED OF VEHICLES", SECTION 18-73 "SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ", “SCHOOL ZONES", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DENTON. TO CnANGE THE LOCATIONS, EXTENT, AND SPEED
LIMITS ON CERTAIN PARTS OF N. LOCUST AND N. BONNIE BRAE STREET IN THE
VICINITY OF EVERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION SCHOOL; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING CODIFICATION;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Denton’s Development Services/Transportation 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, in 2022, staff completed a Citywide Speed Study and made
recommendations to Council and was adopted on December 6, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Evers Park Elementary School and Immaculate Conception School requested the
installation of school zone speed signs to enhance safety for students and pedestrians; and
WHEREAS, Development Services/Transportation 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. Staff recommends to put the speed limit
signs for Evers Park Elementary School on North Locust Street at 300 feet north and south of
Cobblestone Row, and for Immaculate Conception School on Bonnie Brae Street at 300 feet north
and south of east-west Bonnie Brae Street during the school pick up and drop off hours; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds the proposed changes to Chapter 1 8 “Motor Vehicles
and Traffic”, Article III “Speed ofVehiclu”, Section 18-73 “Speed Limits on Certain Roads and
Highways”, incorporates the above studies and recommendations by Development
Services/Transportation 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.
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SECTION 2. The City Council hereby amends the existing Section 18-73 “Speed Limits
on Certain Roads and Highways,” in Chapter 1 8 “Motor Vehicles and Traffic,” Article III “Speed
of Vehicles”, “School Zones”, which shall read in Exhibit 1.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall upon conviction,
be fined a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars (8200.00), 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 all previous conflicting
provisions of City ordinances and Code. 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. 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 hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any invalidity.
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 officially 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 ofthe date of its passage.
The motion to approve this ordinance was made by Joe Holland and seconded by Jill Jester. This
ordinance was passed and approved by the following vote [ 7 - 0 ] :
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Paul Meltzer, District 3 :
Joe Holland. District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5 :
Jill Jester, At Large Place 6:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 20th day of May, 2025.
GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY L\\\\ it III III/+
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK RE[NWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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Exhibit 1
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 S 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 fixed at the rate of speed
indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows:
School Zones
With regard to school zone speed limits set forth below, the time periods for the reduced school zone speed limits shall
apply on school days when signs are posted giving notice of the school zone times or when school zone lights are
activated giving notice of the active school zone.
SCHOOL NAME ROADWAY
Double Oak
St.
Longmeadow
St.
FROM TO 1 SPEED LIMIT
Longmeadow
St.
TIMES
Mack Dr.
Double Oak
St.
Double Oak
St.
Alexander
Elementary
School
Paisley St.
20 7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pmMack Dr.Paisley St.
Paisley St.
200’ W of
Mack Dr.
70’ E of
Longmeadow
St.
525’ E of Billy
Ryan High
School’s
Driveway
500’ W of
Billy Ryan
High School’s
Driveway
150’ W of
McCormick
St.
200’ N of
Riney Rd.
146’ W of
Kingsview Dr.
Billy Ryan High I McKinney
School 1 St./FM 426
30 8am – 9am & 4pm –
5pm
Borman
Elementary
School
Parvin St.100’ E of
Mercedes St.20
25
20
7am – 8a, & 2:30pm
– 3:30pm
Bonnie Brae
St.
964’ N of
Windsor Dr
Bonnie Brae
St.
170’ E of
Ashcroft Ln.
Denton High
School
8am – 9am & 4pm –
5pmBronco Way
Cobblestone
Row Evers Pkwy.
: re:se n t a W P a r k E v e r s P k w y +
School
350’ S of
Gardenview
St.
300’ N of
Cobblestone
Row
50’ S of
Robbie-O St.
20
7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pm300’ S of
Cobblestone
Row
N Locust St 25
4
Cross
Timbers St.
Cross
Timbers St.
! : 0 / S o f M i 1 1 M1 i 1 1 S t e
20
30Mill St.Wye St.
Fred Moore
High School
150’ W of
Cross Timber
St
150’ W of
Cross Timber
St.
250’ N of
Imperial Dr.
7am – 8am &
2:30pm –3:30pmMill St.100’ W of
Robertson St.
20
Wye St.
Cross Timber
St.
Stuart Rd.175’ N of Sun
Valley Dr.
200’ E of
Yellowstone
PI.
Ginnings
Elementary
School
Sun Valley Dr.Stuart Rd.20 7am – 8am &
2:30pm –3:30pm
Yellowstone
PI.
300’ N or
Imperial Dr.Sun Valley Dr.
Gonzalez
School for
Young Children
Long Rd.
150’ NE of
Stuart Rd.
650’ E of
Ridgepoint
Dr.
200’ N of
Grant Pkwy.
20
7am – 8am &
2:30pm –3:30pm
Hodge
Elementary
School
Farris Rd.Silver Dome
Rd
Deer Forest
Dr.
20 7am – 8am &
2:3C)pm – 3:30pmGrant Pkwy.Farris Rd.
Immaculate
Conception
School
N Bonnie
Brae St
300’ N 1 300’ S Bonnie
Bonnie Brae I Brae
20
30
25
20
20
7am – 8am &
2:30pm –3:30pm
Teasley
John H. Guyer I Ln./FM 2181
High School
Old Alton Rd.
1100’ S of
Leatherwood
Rd.
1090’ N of
Leatherwood
Rd
500’ S of
Teasley Ln.
8am – 9am & 4pm –
5prn
Teasley Ln.
LaGrone
Advanced
Technology
Complex
McMath
Middle School
650’ E of
Ridgepoint
Dr.
7:30am – 8:30am &
10:30am – 11:15am
& 12pm – 12:35pm
& 2:35pm – 3:40pm
7:30am – 8:30am &
3pm – 4pm
Long Rd.
150’ NE of
Stuart Rd.
Londonderry
Ln.Teasley Ln.
100’ E of Sam
Bass Blvd
430’ E of
Montecito
Dr.
50’ N of
Hickory Creek
Rd
Hickory Creek
Rd.
765’ W of
Montecito
Dr
700’ S of
Hickory Creek
Rd
McNair
Elementary
School
20 7am – 8am &
2:30pm –3:30pmMontecito
Dr
5
Nelson
Elementary
School
Teasley Ln.350’ S of 1 900’ N of
Ryan Rd. I Ryan Rd.
30 7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Emerson Ln.150’ E of
Glenwood Ln.
350’ W
Rockwood
of
Ln.
Nette Shultz I Glenwood Ln
Elementary
School I Hanover Dr.
150’ S
Emerson Ln
of E Windsor Dr.7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pm450’NW 20
Emerson Ln E Windsor Dr.
150’ W
Longfellow
Ln.
of
Windsor Dr.275’E
Hanover Dr.
of
Newton Rayzor
Elementary
School/Calhoun
Middle School
Bryan St.
Crescent St.
Crescent St.150’ N
Linden St
150’ E
Fulton St.
of
Bryan St.
of 20 7am – 8:30am &
2:3C)pm – 4pm
Fulton St.150’ N
Crescent St.
of Linden St.
Lakeview
Blvd.Pecan Creek
Elementary
School
Black Walnut 300’ S of Burr
Oak Ln.7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pmPockrus Page
Rd.
270’
Post
Blvd
W of 170’ E of Post
Oak Blvd.
20
Oak
Rivera
Elementary
School
Newton St.
Wilson St.
200’ N
Morse St.
350’ E
Newton St.
of 225’ N
Wilson St.
of
7am – 8am &
2:30pm – 3:30pmof20
Newton St.
Sam Houston
Elementary I Teasley Ln.
School
325’ E
Pennsylvania
Dr.
of 465’
Lillian
Pkwy.
W of
Miller 25
7am – 8a m &
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Bell Ave.
Stricklan
Middle SchooI Windsor Dr.
Driftwood Tr.225’ N
Windsor Dr.
of
560’ E of N
Locust St./FM
2164
7:30am – 8:30am &
3pm – 4pm225’ E of Bell
Ave.
20
Davis St.100’ W
Wood St
100’ S
Davis St.
100’ S
Davis St
550’ S
Ryan Rd.
of Ruddell St.
The
School Davis md of 300’ N
Davis St.
300’ N
Davis St.
of 20 6:30am – 7:30am &
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Wood St.of of
Creekside Dr of
Ryan Rd.20 7am – 8am &
2:3 Opm – 3:30pm
W.S,Ryan
Elementary Ryan Rd
School
500’ W of
Creekdale Dr,
500’ E of
Forrestridge
Dr
Windle School
for Young
Children
Audra Ln 150’ N of
Paisley St
400’ N of
Paisley St
Oak Tree Dr
150’ N of Oak
Tree Dr
7am – 8am & 3pm –
4prnMulkey Ln