1994-093E:\NPDOCS\ORD\LINDEN.SCH
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON PORTIONS OF CONGRESS STREET, DENTON STREET AND MOUNTS
STREET NEAR THE CALHOUN MIDDLE SCHOOL; REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS FROM THIRTY
(30) MILES PER HOUR TO TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR DURING CERTAIN
HOURS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That based upon an engineering and traffic investi-
gation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 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 parts thereof during the hereinafter designated hours.
The location of said school zones and the hours during which said
speed zones shall be in effect are as follows to-wit:
Location Hours in Effect
Both sides of Congress Street 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
from 130 feet west of the 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
center line of Mounts Street to Monday through Friday
200 feet east of the center
line of Denton Street
Both sides of Denton Street 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
from its intersection with 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Congress Street to 100 feet Monday through Friday
south of the center line of
Pearl Street
Both sides of Mounts Street 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
from its intersection with 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Congress Street to 190 feet Monday through Friday
south of the center line of
Anderson Street
SECTION II. That an individual adjudged guilty of exceeding
this speed limit, when signs are erected giving notice thereof,
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
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.
SECTION IV. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
force when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which
are inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions
contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
any such conflict.
SECTION V. 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 pub-
lished 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 ITem"day of ~ , 1994.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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