1990-084 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 ~retofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann., art. 6701d §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 Bonnie Brae Street from Scripture Street to
U.S. Highway 77, and such speed limits are hereby fixed for
vehicles travelling upon the following portions of Bonnie Brae
Street, and parts thereof:
(a) Beginning from Scripture Street, to its inter-
section with Panhandle Street for a distance of
1,000 feet, 30 miles per hour;
(b) Thence continuing northward to a point 644 feet
north of U.S. Highway 380 for a distance of
3,724 feet, 35 miles per hour, and;
(c) Thence continuing northward to its intersection
with U.S. Highway 77 for a distance of 8,841
feet, 40 miles per hour.
SECTION II. That any person violating any of the provisions
of this 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.
SECTION III. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~'/day of~ ~ , 1990.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
29056. ORD