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ORDINANCE NO. ~
AN ORDINANCE REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR A
PORTION OF OAKLAND STREET FROM THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR TO TWENTY
(20) MILES PER HOUR; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 169, Ar-
ticle 6701d, V.T.C.A., the prima facie speed limit of twenty (20)
miles per hour for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be
prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby
fixed for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets, or
part thereof. The location of said speed zones are as follows:
Both directions of Oakland Street from its intersection with
Texas Street to its intersection with Locust Street.
SECTION II. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, an
individual adjudged guilty of exceeding these speed limits shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION III. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sen-
tence, 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 valid-
ity 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.
SECTION IV. 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 7~day of~, 1995.
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