1993-069E:\WPDOCS\ORD\WINDSOR.O
ORDINANCE NO. 3 C% /
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON PORTIONS OF WINDSOR DRIVE AND BELL AVENUE ADJACENT TO
STRICKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL 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 FOR A LIMITED ACCESS LANE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINDSOR
DRIVE BETWEEN INGLEWOOD AND BELL AVENUE; 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 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 directions of Windsor On school days from 7:30 a.m.
Drive from its intersection until 9:00 a.m. and from
with Bell Avenue to a point 250 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
feet east of Farm-to-Market
Road 2164 (also known as Locust
Street).
Both directions of Bell Avenue On school days from 7:30 a.m.
from its intersection with until 9:00 a.m. and from
Driftwood Trail to its inter- 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
section with Windsor Drive.
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. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, it
shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle other
than a school bus on a portion of the sough side of Windsor Drive
from its intersection with Inglewood to its intersection with Bell
Avenue on a school day at designated times. An individual adjudged
guilty of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION IV. 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 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 thejay of 1993.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALhTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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