1997-157J. \WPDOCS\ORD\U-TURN ORD
O DINANCE NO. 9 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROHIBITING U-TURNS AT
TWO MEDIAN OPENINGS ON TEASLEY LANE BETWEEN INTERSTATE 35 EAST AND
U.S. 77 (DALLAS DRIVE); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE cOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
~ When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no
person shall make a U-Turn at any time at any median opening on
Teasley Lane from Interstate 35 East to its intersection with U.S.
77 (Dallas Drive).
S_~ That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentenOe, 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 any such invalidity.
~ Any person who shall violate a provision of this
ordinance, or falls to comply therewith or with any of the
requirements thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued
thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Each such person
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day
or portion thereof during which any violation of this ordlnance is
committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any such violations
such person shall be punished within the l~mlts above.
~ 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 ordlnance
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 1ts passage. /%
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~A~day of , 1997.
JA~/MILLER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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