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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON STATE HIGHWAY FM 426 (MCKINNEY STREET) FOR BOTH DIRECTIONS
OF TRAVEL BETWEEN STATION 160 + 40 AND STATION 170 + 40 MEASURING
A TOTAL DISTANCE OF ONE THOUSAND (1,000) FEET IN LENGTH AND BEING
CENTERED A DISTANCE OF FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE
MAIN ENTRANCE TO BILLY RYAN HIGH SCHOOL, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SUCH PORTION OF SAID STREET FROM FIFTY-FIVE
(55) MILES TO THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILES PER HOUR DURING CERTAIN HOURS,
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
L USE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA-
($200 00), PROVIDING AN EEFFEC B DATE
TION,
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 S , the prima facie speed limit of thirty-five
(35) 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 street
and highway, or part thereof during the hereinafter designated
hours The location of said school zone and the hours during which
said speed zone shall be in effect are as follows to-wit
Location Extent Hours in Effect
State Highway Both directions of travel 7 30 a m -S 30 a m
FM 426 between Station 160 + 40, 2 30 p m -3 30 p m
(McKinney Street) and Station 170 + 40
measuring a total distance
of one thousand (1,000)
feet in length and being
centered a distance of five
hundred (500) feet on each
side of the main entrance to
Billy Ryan High School
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 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 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/2e day of , 1991
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPR ED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA A DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
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