1988-1712493L
NO 22-/ 7/
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR NORTH
AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC ON SHERMAN DRIVE FROM ITS INTERSECTION
WITH BELL AVENUE TO THE NORTH CITY LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED 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 Based upon an engineering and traffic investiga-
tion hereto Tore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the following prima facie speed
limits for Sherman Drive are hereby determined and declared to be
prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limits are hereby
fixed for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets, or
parts thereof
Location
Extent
Speed Limit
30 MPH
A On Sherman From its intersection with Bell
Drive Avenue to its intersection with
Lynwood Drive
B On Sherman From its intersection with Lynwood
Drive Drive to its intersection with
Buckingham Drive
C On Sherman From its intersection with Bucking-
Drive ham Drive to a point 500 feet north-
west of Loop 288 east frontage road
D On Sherman From a point 500 feet northwest of
Drive Loop 288 east frontage road to the
northern city limits
3.5 MPH
45 MPH
1) SMPH
SECTION II Based upon an engineering and traffic investiga-
tion ereto ore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facie speed limits for
Sherman Drive as set forth above in Section I are hereby deter-
mined to be prima facie reasonable and safe, and such speed
limits are hereby fixed for vehicles travelling upon such street
SECTION III That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, c ause, 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 ays 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 , 1988
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