1993-205E:\NPD0CS\0R0\SCN00L.20N
ORDINANCE NO. ! ail d,6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DESIGNATING AND
ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONE ON PORTIONS OF LINDEN
STREET, FULTON STREET AND CRESCENT STREET NEAR THE DENTON HIGH
SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS; 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. Based upon an engineering and traffic investigation
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
part 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
Both sides of Fulton Street
from its intersection with Lin-
den Street to its intersection
with Crescent Street
Hours in Effect on School Days
7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
3:00 p.m. until 4:15 p.m.
Both sides of Linden Street
from its intersection with
Fulton Street to its intersec-
tion with Alice street
7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
3:00 p.m. until 4:15 p.m.
Both sides of crescent Street 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
from its intersection with 3:00 p.m. until 4:15 p.m.
Fulton Street to its intersec-
tion with Bryan Street
SECTION II. 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 day of 91 4 , 1993.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
CITY ATTORNEY
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