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1985-1701153L NO gs-76 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE, ON WINDSOR FROM A POINT 250 FEET EAST AND 250 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH LOCUST AND ON NORTH LOCUST 250 FEET NORTH AND 250 FEET SOUTH OF WINDSOR, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROM THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR TO TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR, 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, the City Council hereby designates and establishes a school zone on Windsor from a point 250 feet east and 250 feet west of its intersection with North Locust and on North Locust 250 feet north and 250 feet south of its intersection with Windsor and hereby determines that the reasonable and safe maximum prima facie speed limit on said streets be reduced from thirty (30) miles per hour to twenty (20) miles per hour when school is in session between the hours of 7 30-9 00 A M and 2 30-4 00 P M SECTION II 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 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 City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity PAGE ONE 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 day of , 1985 C WARY, MAYOR -V CIT OF D' TON, TEXAS ATTEST HARL ELAL o UITY 'SECRET CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BY PAGE TWO _r _