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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN LANES ON BOTH
SIDES OF HERCULES FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STUART ROAD TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH REDSTONE ROAD, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $200 00, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 That the City Traffic Engineer shall designate bicycle and pedestrian lanes
established by the City Council by the placement of appropriate signs and road markings
SECTION 2 That the following streets or portions of streets are hereby designated bicycle
and pedestrian lanes
Two lanes approximately four feet in width measured from the curb on each side of Hercules
from its intersection with Stuart Road to its intersection with Redstone Road
SECTION 3 That when signs and markings are in place giving the existence of any bicycle
and pedestrian lane established by this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person
(1) To operate a bicycle along any portion of the roadway except within the portion of said
roadway which is designated as a bicycle lane,
(2) To operate a motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, motor-dnven cycle, or motorcycle along
and within a bicycle lane,
(3) To park a motor vehicle across or on a bicycle lane, except to obtain emergency parking,
where signs are posted prohibiting such parking, or
(4) To make or execute a turn when driving a motor vehicle across a bicycle lane without
yielding the right-of-way to all bicycles operated within the lane
SECTION 4 That any person who violates a provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred ($200 00) Dollars
SECTION 5 That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance 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, hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite such invalidity
SECTION 6 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 A14f day of 12000
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JACI IL ER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPi OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY