1987-044
1692L
NO ð'?-tYfII
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONES
ON FULTON STREET BEGINNING 200 FEET SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
LINDEN DRIVE AND ENDING AT ITS INTER~ECTION WITH CORDELL STREET,
ON BRYAN STREET BEGINNING 180 FEET NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
LINDEN DRIVE AND ENDING AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH CRESCENT STREET,
ON LINDEN DRIVE BEGINNING 150 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
FULTON STRbET AND ENDING 190 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
ALICE STREET, ON CRESCENT STREET BEGINNING 370 FEET EAST OF ITS
INTERSECTION WITH BRYAN STREET AND ENDING 150 FEET EAST OF ITS
INTERSECTION WITH FULTON STREET, 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 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 00),
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THb COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Based upon an engIneering and trafflc inVeStIgation hereto-
fore made as authorIzed by the provIsIons of SectIon 169, Artlcle
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 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
A On Fulton
Street
B On Bryan
Street
C On LInden
Drlve
D
On Crescent
Street
Extent
BegInnIng 200 feet south of
ItS IntersectIon with LInden
DrIve and endIng at ItS Inter-
sectIon WIth Cordell Street
BegInnIng 180 feet north of
ItS intersection wIth LInden
DrIve and endIng at itS Inter-
sectIon WIth Crescent Street
BegInnIng 150 feet west of ItS
IntersectIon WIth Fulton
Street and endIng 190 feet
west of ItS Intersectlon WIth
A1lce Street
BegInnIng 370 feet east of itS
IntersectIon With Bryan Street
and endIng 150 feet east of
ItS IntersectIon WIth Fulton
Street
Hours In Effect
7 30 a m -9 00 a m
3 00 P m -4 00 P m
7 30 a m -9 00 a m
3 00 P m -4 00 P m
7 30 a m -9 00 a m
3 00 P m -4 00 P m
7 30 a m -9 00 a m
3 00 P m -4 00 P m
SECTION I I
An IndIvIdual adJudged gUIlty of exceedIng thIS speed lImIt,
when sIgns 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 I II
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 offlclal newspaper of
the CIty of Denton, Texas, wIthIn ten (10) days of the date of ItS
passage
PASSED AND APPROVED thIS the~ð~ay of ~ , 1987
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNbY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY ~ >4 ;;nO-! F L