1988-0281999L
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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON FARRIS ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH SILVER DOME ROAD
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH GRANT PARKWAY AND ON GRANT PARKWAY FROM
ITS INTERSECTION WITH FARRIS ROAD TO A POINT SOUTH OF THE FIFTH
DRIVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,150 FEET, REDUCING THh MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS FROM THIRTY
(30) TO TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR DURING CERTAIN HOURS,
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500 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 heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facie speed limit of
twenty (20) 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 streets and highways, or parts thereof during the herein-
after designated hours The location of said school zones and
the hours during which said speed zones shall be in effect are as
follows to-wit
Location Extent Hours in Effect
A Farris Beginning at its intersection 7 30 a m -8 30 a m
Road with Silver Dome Road and 2 30 p m -3 30 p m
ending at its intersection
with Grant Parkway
B Grant Beginning at its intersection 7 30 a m -8 30 a m
Parkway with Farris Road and ending 2 30 p m -3 30 p m
at a point south of the fifth
driveway on the south and east
side of Grant Parkway for a
total distance of 1,150 feet
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
Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00)
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,9A4 day of ~I 1988
RAY E ENS, MAYOR
ATTEST
J N FE W L ERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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