1987-0731774L
NO
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONES
ON PORTIONS OF EVERS PARKWAY AND GARDENVIEW STREET, REDUCING THE
MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS
FROM THIRTY {$0) TO TWENTY (g0) MILES PER HOUR DURING CERTAIN
HOURS, PROVIDING 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 investigation hereto-
fore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 169, Article
670ld, V T C S , the prima facle speed limit of twenty (20) miles
per hour for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be
prima facle 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 hereinafter 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 Evers Beginning 225 feet south of 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
Parkway its intersection w~th Garden- 3 00 p m -4 00 p m
view Street and ending at its
intersection with Robble "O"
Street
B Evers Beginning 100 feet east of 7 50 a m -9 00 a m
Parkway ~ts intersection with Ashcroft 5 00 p m -4 00 p m
Lane and ending at its inter-
section with Evers Parkway
C On Garden- Beginning with ~ts inter- 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
View Street section with Evers Parkway 3 00 p m -4 00 p m
for a d~stance of 100 feet
west of its intersection
with Gardenvlew Street
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed l~mlt,
when signs are erected giving not~ce thereof, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200 00)
SLCTION III
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word In this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or c~rcumstance 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 ~t would have enacted such
remaining port~ons despite any such invalidity
SECTION IV
That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days
from the date of its passage, and the Cxty Secretary is hereby
ordinance to be published
directed to cause the captxon of thxs
twice xn the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of
the C~ty of Denton, Texas, wxthxn ten (10) days of the date of ~ts
passage e~/J~ ~
PASSED AND APPROVED this th day of , 1987
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
A~IFEP~ WALTERS
:;~ ~ITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DLBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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