1987-1001696l
No
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 87-043 DBSIGNATIN6 AND
ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST AND WES~ BOUND TRAFFIC ON U S
HIGHWAY 380 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH INTERSfATE HIGHWAY 35 TO
WESTERN CITY LIMITS FOR A DISTANCE OF 2 592 MILES, PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED ~WO 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 heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the follow~ng prima facle speed
l~m~ts for east and west bound traffic on U S Highway 380 are
hereby determined and declared to be prima facle reasonable and
safe, and such speed limits are hereby fixed for vehicles
traveling upon the following named h~ghway, or parts thereof
Location Extent Speed Limit
A On U S From its intersection w~th Inter- 45 MPH
Highway 380 state Highway 35 to a point 200
feet east of Marshall Road
B On U S From 200 feet east of Marshall 50 MPH
Highway 380 Road to approximately 400 leer
west of Cindy Lane
C On U S From 400 feet west of C~ndy Lane 55 MPH
Highway 380 to the western City limits
SECTION II Based upon an engineering and tralflc invest-
lgatlon heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facle speed limit of 35
miles per hour for east and west bound traffic on US Highway 380
beginning 730 feet west of the Santa Fe Railroad crossing and going
west for a total distance of 800 feet, ~s hereby determined to be
prima facle reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby
fixed for vehicles travelling upon such road, during the hours of
7 45-8 45 a m and 2 45-4 15 p m when school is in session
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 ~urlsdlctlon, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of th~s ordinance, and the Llty
Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would
have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION IV That any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not
exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($200 00), and each day and every
day that the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense This penalty is in
addition to and cumulative of, any other remedies as may be
available at law and equity
S~CTION V That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14J 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 ~d ~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ay of , 1987
ATTEST
JENN~kFhR 3~ALTI~RS
ACTI~ CITY SECRETARY
CITY'0F DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVIrCH, CITY ATTORNEY
LITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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