1988-0272069L
NO 9r.,Q l--f
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON HICKORY CREEK ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH MONTECITO
DRIVE AND CONTINUING FOR A DISTANCE OF 790 FEET, AND ESTABLISHING
A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONE ON MONTECITO DRIVE FROM ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH HICKORY CREEK ROAD AND CONTINUING A DISTANCE OF 775
FEET, REDUCING THE 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 Hickory Beginning at its intersection 7 30 a m -8 30 a m
Creek Road with Montecito Drive and con- 2 30 p m -3 30 p m
tinuing west for a distance
of 790 0 feet
B Montecito Beginning at its intersection 7 30 a m -8 30 a m
Drive with Hickory Creek Road and 2 30 p m -3 30 p m
continuing to a point 775 0
feet south of its intersection
with Hickory Creek Road
SECTION II An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this
speed emit, 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 the4&d day of 1988
RAY PHEN , MAYOR
ATTEST
+JEIFAEOW 4TERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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