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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES ON INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY 35 AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 EAST FRONTAGE ROADS FROM THE
SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS TO THE NORTHERN CITY LIMITS FOR A DISTANCE OF
APPROXIMATELY 14 716 MILES, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT
EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That based upon an engineering and traffic
investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Tex Rev Civ Stat Ann , art 6701d sec 169 (Vernon 1977), the
following speed limits are hereby determined and declared to be
prima facie the maximum reasonable and safe speeds for north and
south bound traffic on Interstate Highway 35 and Interstate Highway
35 East frontage roads from the southern city limits to the
northern city limits, and such speed limits are hereby fixed for
vehicles travelling upon the following portions of said frontage
roads, and parts thereof
1 Beginning at the Denton south city limits (M P 15 078 NB
and MP 15 140 SB) thence continuing along Interstate Highway
35 East frontage roads for a distance of 2 122/NB and 2 060/SB
miles, approximately, a maximum speed of 50 miles per hour,
2 Thence continuing along Interstate Highway 35 East and
Interstate Highway 35 frontage roads for a distance of 4 544
miles, approximately, a maximum of 45 miles per hour,
3 Thence continuing along Interstate H~ghway 35 frontage
roads for a distance of 3 471 mlles, approximately, a maximum
speed of 50 miles per hour,
4 Thence continuing along Interstate Highway 35 frontage
roads for a distance of 4 579 miles, approximately, a maxlmum
speed of 55 miles per hour
SECTION II That any person violating any of the provisions
of thls ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not
exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00), and each day and every day
that the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute
a separate offense This penalty is in addition to and cumulative
of, any other remedies as may be available at law and equity
Pa~u~Q~LL~ That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, 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 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
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BO~ CASTLEBERRY, MAY7
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ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
DEBRA AD'MI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY