1983-003OF THE EXTRANCE TO SELWYN SCHOOL, 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 ~nvest~gatlon, the
C~ty Council hereby designates and establishes a school zone on
U S H~ghway 380 beginning at a point approximately 250 feet
east and west of the entrance to Selwyn School and hereby
determines that the reasonable and safe maximum prima facle
speed l~m~t on said port~on of U S Hlghway 380 be reduced from
flfty (50) to thlrty-flve (35) miles per hour when school ls in
session between the hours of 8 00-9 00 A M and 3 00-4 00 P M
SECTION II
An individual adjudged gullty of exceeding thls speed llmlt,
when signs are erected glvlng not~ce thereof, shall be gullty of
a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200 00)
SECTION III
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or appllcatlon thereof
to any person or c~rcumstance is held invalid by any court of
competent ]urlsdlct~on, such holdlng shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of th~s ordinance, and the
City Councll of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
invalidity
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not less than Ten Dollars ($10 00) nor more than Two Hundred
Dollars ($200 00) Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
during which any violation of this ordinance is committed, or
continued, and upon conviction of any such violations such
person shall be punished within the limits above
SECTION IV
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
C~ty Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
invalidity
SECTION V
That this ordlnance 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 ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, w~thln ten (10) days of
the date of its passage ~~~ 1983
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ay of
CH~RLOT~ ALLEN, CITY sECRETARx
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FO~
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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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
publlshed 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 /~7~da
PASSED AND APPROVED this the y of January, 1983
ATTEST
CHARL-OTTE-ALLEN, -CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS