1983-004AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE
ON U S HIGHWAY 380 BEGINNING AT THE EXISTING FIFTY (50) MILES
PER HOUR SPEED ZONE CHANGE NEAR HIGHWAY STATION 617, EXTENDING
285 FEET WEST OF THE WEST DRIVEWAY AND 315 FEET EAST OF THE WEST
DRIVEWAY AT BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROM FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR TO THIRTY-FIVE
(35) 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
U S Highway 380 at the existing fifty miles per hour speed
zone change near Highway Station 617, extending 285 feet west of
the west driveway and 315 feet east of the west driveway at
Bethel Christian Academy and hereby determines that the
reasonable and safe maximum prima fac~e speed limit on said
portion of U S Highway 380 be reduced from fifty (50) miles
per hour to thirty-five (35) miles per hour when school
session between the hours of 8 00-9 00 A M and 3 00-4 00 P M
SECTION II
An individual ad3udged guilty of exceeding this speed limit,
when signs are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of
a m~sdemeanor, 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 th~s 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 remalnlng portions of this ordinance, and the
City Councll 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 ~s
hereby directed to cause the captlon 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 lts passage /~7~d
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ay of January, 1983
ATTEbT:
CHARLOTTE ALLEN, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LSGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS