1993-068E:\WPDOCS\0RD\Schoo1
ORDINANCE NO. ad-
AN ORDINANCE 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;
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 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 Fulton
on school
days
from
7:30 a.m.
Street from
its intersection
until 13:30
a.m.
and
from
with Linden
Street to its
2:30 p.m.
until
3:30
p.m.
intersection
with Crescent
Street
On school
days
from
7:30 a.m.
Both directions of Linden
until 8:30
a.m.
and
from
Street from
its intersection
2:30 p.m.
until
3:30
p.m.
with Fulton
Street to its
intersection
with Alice Street
On school days from 7:30 a.m.
Both directions of Crescent until 8:30 a.m. and from
Street from its intersection 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
with Fulton Street to its
intersection with Bryan Street
SECTION II. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, an
individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed limit 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 va-
lidity 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 four-
teen (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 news-
paper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of
, 1993.
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY-
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
D BRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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