1983-076AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 24-136 O~ ARTICLE
V) CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF fHE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, RELATING TO PARKING ON PUBLIC PROPERLY FOR DISABLED
PERSONS, DESIGNATING WHERE SUCH PARKING IS SO REbFRILTED,
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE OF NOr LESS THAN ~IFTY DOLLARS NOR
MORE fHAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, PROVIDIN6 A SEVkRABILITY CLAUSE
AND DECLARING AN B~FECTIVB DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 24-136 of Chapter 24, Artxcle V of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, xs hereby repealed and
reenacted in its entirety, to read as follows
Section 24-136 DESIGNATION OF PARKING SPACES FOR EXCLUSIVE
USE OF DISABLED PERSONS UPON PUBLIC PROPERTY
(a) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person
shall, at any time, stop, stand, park, or leave standing any
vehicle not displaying a specially designed symbol, tab, or
other device Issued by the Texas State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation affixed to the license plates of such
vehicle indicating the owner thereof or a passenger there~n ~s
permanently disabled or any vehicle not displaying an
identification card issued by said Department indicating the
operator of such vehicle or a passenger therein is temporarily
disabled, at any of the following places, to-wit
(1) One (1) parallel parking space adjacent to the
elevator entrance to the F~rst Methodist Church
on Mulberry Street,
(2) One (1) parallel parking space adjacent to the
elevator entrance to the Texas Building on
Locust Street
(3) One (1) 45 degree angle parking space on Elm
Street in front of the premises located at 115
North Elm Street,
(4) One (1) 45 degree angle parking space on
Hickory Street in front of the premises located
at 151 West H~ckory Street,
(5) One (1) 45 degree angle parking space in the
middle of the 100 block of North Elm Street
adjacent to the curb ramp,
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(6) One (1) 45 degree angle parking space in the
middle of the 100 block of North Locust Street,
(7) Two (2) parallel parking spaces in the parking
lot of the Denton C~vlc Center near the
handicapped access ramp,
(8) Three (3) parking spaces at the Denton Senior
Center, 509 North Bell street, on the north
side of the building and adjacent to the access
ramp,
(9) Two (2) parking spaces at the Texas hmployment
Commission, Sl0 I-Hwy 35~, in front of the
access ramp leading to the entrance of the
building
(10) One (1) parking space nearest the handicapped
access ramp at the Denton Public Library,
(11) One (1) parking space adjacent to the hand~-
capped access ramp at the southwestern entrance
to the Municipal Building at 215 ~ McK~nney
Street in the U S Post Office/Municipal
Parking Lot,
(12) One (1) parking space at Mack Park on the south
s~de of McK~nney Street adjacent to the side-
walk leading to the tennis courts,
(13) One (1) parking space at Mack Park on the north
side of McKlnney Street adjacent to the sidewalk
leading to the park's concession stand,
(14) Two (2) parking spaces at North Lakes Park
nearest the access ramp and entrance to said
park,
(15) Two (2) parking spaces adjacent to the
handicapped access ramp at Denla Park
(b) The provisions of th~s section prohibiting the parking
of unauthorized vehicles shall apply at all times to the parking
space and any part of the parking space as designated herein
except when ~t is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict
w~th other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a
police officer or official traffic control device
(c) Any person adjudged qullty of parking a vehicle in
wolat~on of th~s ordinance shall be qullty of a misdemeanor and
punished by a f~ne of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50 00) nor
more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00)
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SECT ION I I
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof
to any person or circumstance ~s held ~nval~d by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of th~s ordinance, and the
C~ty Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
~nval~d~ty
bECTION III
That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary ~s
hereby directed to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be
published twice ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, w~th~n ten (10) aays of
the date of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the J~ day of~
' LITY OF P~rON, fhXAS
ATTEST
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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