1987-0701773L
NO
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST
AND west BOUND TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 77 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
INTERSTATE 35-5 SERVICE ROAD 300 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION
WITH ORR STREET, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A ~INE NOT TO EXCEED
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND DELLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
fHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 Based upon an engineering and traffic tnvestlga-
txon heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the followtng prima facle speed
limits for east and west bound traffic on U S Highway 580 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 highway, or parts thereof
Location Extent
Speed Limit
A On Highway 77
Beginning from its inter-
section with Interstate 3SE
Service Road and continuing
eastward for a total d~stance
of 0 30 mzles
45 Miles Per Hour
B On Highway 77
Beginning 0 30 miles east of
its intersection with 1-35E
Service Road and contlnuzng
eastward for a total distance
of I 65 miles
55 M~les Per Hour
C On Highway 77
Beginning 1 95 miles east of
its intersection with 1-35E
Service Road and continuing
eastward to 300 feet west of
Orr Street for a distance of
0 50 miles
45 Miles Per Hour
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guzlty of exceeding this speed limit,
when s~gns are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, 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
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 C~ty
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~/J~day of ~, 1987
ATTEST
JE~I~I FE~ ~A]~TERS
AC~30FTY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DhNTON, TEXAS
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