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1995-229 E:\WPDOCS\ORD\WINDSOR.O 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. ..... AIRPORT _~ LEGAL _ _ CDBG ..... DATA PROCESSING E?~ERGENCY zMA~A GE~fENT ______ FINANCE ------ F IRE __ _ LIBRARY -- MUNICIPAL COURT __ _ PARKS & RECREATION ~ _ PERSONNEL -- PLANNING ~ POLICE ~_ PUBLIC WORKS -----__ PURCtLAS ING .... UTILITIES --- OPERATIONS ANALYSIS -- OTtIERS __ CITY SECRETARY