1987-0711772L
NO
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST AND
WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ON U S HIGHWAY 380 ~ROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
BELL AVENUE fO MAYHILL ROAD FOR A DISTANCE OF 1 80 MILES, PROVIDING
FOR 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 LITY OF DBNTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SEC£ION I Based upon an engineering and traffic ~nvestIgatlon
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 169,
Article 6701d, V T C S , the following prima facle speed limits for
east and west bound traffic on U S Highway 380 are hereby deter-
mined and declared to be prima facle reasonable and safe, and such
speed limits are hereby fixed for vehicles traveling upon the
following named highway, or parts thereof
Location Extent
bpeed Limit
A On U S Beginning from its intersection 30 M~les
Highway 380 with Bell Avenue eastward for a
distance of 0 10 miles
Per Hour
B On U S Beginning 10 miles east of inter- 40 Miles
ttlghway 380 section with Bell Avenue continu-
ing eastward for a distance of
0 90 miles
Per Hour
C On U S Beginning 1 mile east of its in- 45 Miles
Highway 580 tersectlon with Bell Avenue con-
tlnulng eastward for a distance
of 1 80 miles to a point 220 feet
east of Mayhlll Road
Per Hour
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed limit, when
signs are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200 00)
SECTION III That if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
tttereof 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 C~ty
Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such ~nval~d~ty
S~CTION IV That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14) days from the date of Its passage, and the C~ty Secretary ~s
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be pub-
l~shed twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of
~ts passage
CITY 017 DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
~WALTERS
C'fTY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
PA6E TWO