1987-042
1689L
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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED
ZONE ON WOOD STREET 300 FEET NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH DAVIS
STREET, RUDDELL STREET 300 FEET NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
DAVIS STREET, DAVIS STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH WOOD STREET
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH RUDDELL 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
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
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 ~ Hours In Effect
A On Wood BegInnIng at the IntersectIon 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
Street of Wood wIth DavIs Street and 3 00 pm -4 00 P m
endIng 300 feet north of ItS
IntersectIon WIth DavIs Street
B On Ruddell BegInnIng at ItS IntersectIon 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
Street wIth DavIs Street and endIng 3 00 P m -4 00 P m
300 feet north of ItS Inter-
sectIon with DaVIS Street
C On DaVI s BegInnIng at ItS IntersectIon 7 30 a m -9 00 a m
Street wIth Wood Street and endIng 3 00 P m -4 00 P m
at ItS IntersectIon WIth
Ruddell Street
SECTION II
An IndIvIdual adJudged guIlty of exCeedIng thIS speed lImIt,
when sIgns are erected glVIng notIce thereof, shall be gUIlty of
a mIsdemeanor, and punIshed by a fIne not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200 00)
SbCTION II I
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 offIcla1 newspaper of
the CIty of Denton, Texas, wIthIn ten (10) days of the date of
ItS passage
PASSED AND APPROVED thIS the~ay Of~~ ' 1987
ATrE~T
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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