1999-309AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 25,
ARTICLE IV "PARADES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON
TO PROVIDE FOR FEES FOR FUNERAL ESCORTS BY THE DENTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest to set fees for police escorts
for funerals, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
~ That Article IV "Parades" of Chapter 25 "Streets, Sidewalks, and Public
Places" is hereby amended by adding a new Section 25-211, which shall read as follows
See 25-211. Funeral Eseorts.
The following fees for funeral escorts by the Denton Police Department shall be charged
for any funeral procession within the City of Denton, Texas
Funeral Escort 1 police unit, up to 1 hour = $40 00
Family/Funeral Escort 1 police unit, up to 1 25 hours = $75 00
Additional Umt per Escort Per each police umt, up to 1 hour = $35 00
Escorts Exceeding Mlmmum Time
Limits Stated Above Each Police Unit per 0 25 hour = $10 00
~ That save and except as amended hereby, all the sections, sentences,
clauses, and phrases of Chapter 25 of the Code of Or&nances of the City of Denton shall remmn
in full force and effect
~ 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 jtmsdlctlon, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remmmng
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it
would have enacted such remmmng portions despite any such validity
~uG._T.!.Q]:~L~ That this ordinance shall become effective lmme&ately upon its passage
and approval, and the funeral escort fees shall become effective on and after October 1, 1999
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7''~/~ day of ~t~_~ 1999
JAC~LLER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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