1983-075AN ORDINANCE REPEALIN6 AND REENACTING SECTIONS 24-134 AND 24-135
OF CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF DENTON, TEXAS, RELATING TO PARKING ~OR DISABLED PERSONS,
PROVIDING FOR THE MARKING OF PARKING SPACES FOR DISABLED
PERSONS, PROVIDING FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF SUCH SPACES BY
VEHICLES WITH SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE DEVICES OR IDENTIFICAFION
CARDS ISSUED BY IHE TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR DISABLED PERSONS, PROVIDING A PENALLY
OF A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE FHAN TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENfON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 24-134 o~ Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, ~exas, is hereby repealed and
reenacted xn its entirety to hereafter as follows
Section 24-134 DESIGNATION OF PARKING SPACES FOR DISABLED
PERSONS
(a) A person who owns or controls property used for parking
may designate one or more parking spaces for the exclusive use
of vehicles transporting temporarxly or permanently disabled
persons Such parking spaces shall be designated by posting
immediately adjacent to and visible from each space a nonmovable
s~gn that
(1) has a notice of the penalty for a violation of
Section 10, Article 667Sa-Se 1, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes,
(2) ~s permanently mounted on a pole at least f~ve
feet in height,
(3) has a profile view of a wheelchair with an
occupant in white on a blue background, and
(4) meets the design criteria established by the
Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation
(b) Illustrations of sign design criteria of the Texas State
Department of Highways and Public lransportatlon is depicted by
Figures 1 as follows
[Instructions to the Editor Insert F~gure 1 attached
hereto and ~ncorporated here~n by reference ]
SECTION II
That Section 24-135 of Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of
Ordxnances of the C~ty of Denton ~s hereby repealed and
reenacted ~n it entirety ato hereafter read as follows
Section 24-135 PARKING OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES IN SPACES
DESIGNATED FOR DISABLED PERSONS PROHIBITED,
PENALTY
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, f~rm, or
corporation to stop, stand, park or leave stand~ng any vehicle
not d~splay~ng a specially designed symbol, tab, or other device
~ssued by the Texas State Department of H~ghways and Public
Transportation affixed to the l~cense plates of such vehicle
~nd~cat~ng the operator thereof or a passenger there~n ~s
permanently d~sabled nor any vehicle not d~splay~ng an
~dentxf~catxon card xssued by the Department xnd~catxng the
operator of such vehxcle or a passenger therexn xs temporarxly
dtsabled xn any parking space desxgnated as exclusxve parkxng
for d~sabled persons pursuant to Sectton 24-134 of thxs Article
(b) Any person adjudged guilty of parkxng a vehicle ~n
v~olat~on of thxs ordinance shall be guxlty of a m~sdemeanor and
punished by a f~ne of not less than Fxfty Dollars ($50 00) nor
more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00)
SECTION III
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or applicatIon thereof
to any person or c~rcumstance ~s held ~nval~d by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such hold~ng 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
~nvalld~ty
SECTION IV
That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary ~s
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hereby directed to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be
published twice ~n the Denton Record~Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days o£
the date of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~ day of , 1983
~IC~/tRD 07STeWAtitr, ~U
'CIr~ OF DI~NTON, T~XAS
ATTEST
CFi;IRLOTTEVALI.EN, -CIT¥ SE(JRIfI'AR¥
CIIY OF DENTON, tEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY AfTORNBY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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IN THEIMATTER OF
CITY OF DENTON
CHARLOTTE ALLEN
THE STATE OF TEXAS Roy Appleton, Jr
County of Denton
being duly sworn, says he :s the General Manager of the Denton Record- Chron:cle, a
newspaper of general e:rculat:on wh:ch has been continuously and regularly pubhshed
for a period of not less than one year tn the County of Denton, Texas, preced:ng the date
of the attached not:ce, and that the smd not:ce was pubhshed :n sa:d paper on the follow-
mg dates
ORDINANCE NO, 83-75 relat~n~ to oarkin~ for d~sahled oersons
ORDINANCE NO, 83-76 RELATINg TO PARKING ON~U~LIC PROPERTY FOR DISABLE9
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~ubscr~b~ and sworn to before me~ ~..~thls 27 day of d U LY . 83
~tness my hand and officml seal ~~
'Nmao '~ Pubhc, Denton County, Texas