1987-043
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NOTE THIS ORDINANCE HAS BY AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO 87-100
NO
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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES FOR EAST
AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ON U S HIGHWAY 380 FROM ITS INTERSECTION
WITH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 TO WESTERN CITY LIMITS FOR A DISTANCE
OF 2 592 MILES, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 83-03, 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 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 followIng prima faCIe speed
lImIts for east and west bound traffIC on U S Hlghway 380 are
hereby determIned and declared to be prima faCIe 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 U S From ItS Intersectlon WIth Inter- 45 MPH
Hlghway 380 state HIghway 35E to a poInt 200
feet east of Marshall Road
B On U S From 200 feet east of Marshall 50 MPH
Hlghway 380 Road to approxImately 400 feet
west of CIndy Lane
C On U S From 400 feet west of CIndy Lane 55 MPH
HIghway 380 to the western CIty lImIts
SECTION II Based upon an engineering and traffIC Invest-
19ation heretofore made as authorIzed by the provIsIons of Section
169, Article 6701d, V T C S , the prima facIe speed lImIt of 20
mIles per hour for east and west bound traffIC US Hlghway 380
begInnIng 730 feet west of the Santa Fe Ral1road crosSIng going
west for a total dIstance of 800 feet, IS hereby determIned to be
prIma facIe reasonable and safe, and such speed lIml t lS hereby
fixed for vehIcles travellIng upon such road, durIng the hours of
7 30-9 00 a m and 2 30-4 00 P m when school IS In seSSion
SbCTION III That If any section, subsectIon, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word In thiS ordInance, or applIcatIon
thereof to any person or cIrcumstance lS held InvalId by any court
of competent JurlsdictIon, 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 I t would
have enacted such remaInIng portions despIte any such InvalIdIty
SbCTION IV
That OrdInance No
83-03 IS hereby repealed
SECTION V 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-Chronlcle, the offiCIal
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 ¡1{~ , 1987
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CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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