1988-1482453L
NO
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 169(b) OF ARTICLE
6701d, VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES, UPON PORTIONS OF MINGO
ROAD, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON, AS SET
OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO
EXCEED $200 00 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 169(b) of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes, provides that whenever the governing body of the
City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is
greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions
found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any
part of a street or highway within the City, taking into
consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other
circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well
as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine
and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat
or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected at such intersection or other place or part of the street
or highway, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
invest gat on eretofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Section 169(b) of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes,
the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for
vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and
safe, and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed
indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and
highways, or parts thereof, described in Section II
SECTION II No motor vehicle shall be operated along and
upon M ngo Roa within the corporate limits of the City of Denton
in excess of the speeds set forth as follows
(a) Beginning from Frame Street and going eastward to a
point 100 feet east of Ruddell Street, both
directions, for a total distance of 0 568 miles,
approximately, a maximum speed of 35 MILES PER HOUR
(b) Thence continuing along Mingo Road to a point 50
feet east of Old North Road, both directions, for a
total distance of 1 222 miles, approximately, a
maximum speed of 40 MILES PER HOUR
(c) Thence continuing along Mingo Road to the east side
of Cooper Creek Road, both directions, for a total
distance of 0 616 miles, approximately, a maximum
speed of 45 MILES PER HOUR
SECTION III That the City Manager of the City of Denton,
Texas s ere y authorized to cause to be erected appropriate
signs indicating such speed zones
SECTION IV That any person violating any of the provisions
of t ski oar nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed
Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00)
SECTION V That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen 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 , 1988
RAY ST PH S, MAYOR
ATTEST
NI WAL EtS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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