1982-059AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, BY ADDING SECTIONS
24-134 AND 24-135 RELATING TO PARKING FOR 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 IDENTIFICATION
CARDS ISSUED BY THE TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR DISABLED PERSONS, PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by adding Section
24-134, heretofore reserved, to read 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 temporarily or permanently disabled
persons Such parking spaces shall be designated by posting
immediately adjacent to and visible from each space a nonmovable
sign that
(1) has a notice of the penalty for a violation of
Section 10, Article 6675a-5e 1, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes,
(2) is permanently mounted on a pole at least five
feet in height;
(3) has a profile view of a wheelchair with an
occupant ~n white on a blue background, and
(4) meets the design criteria established by the
Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportatlon (See Paragraph (c), Figure 5,
below)
(b) Parking spaces designated pursuant to pararaph (a)
hereof shall conform to the minimum size and space requirements
etablished by the Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation as follows
(1) For heading-in or diagonal parking spaces
Minimum width for vehicle 96 Inches
Minimum width for wheelchair transfer area 60 inches
(72 inches preferred)
Total Minimum Width 156 inches
(168 inches preferred)
(See Paragraph (c), Figures 1 and 2, below)
Two vehicles may share a common transfer area (See
Paragraph (c), Figure 4, below)
(2) For parallel parking
Minimum length for vehicle 27 feet
(29 feet preferred)
Minimum width for vehicle 13 feet
(c) Illustrations of sign design criteria and minimum
parking size and space requirements of the Texas State
Department of Highways and Public Transportation are depicted by
Figures 1 through 5 as follows
[Instructions to the Editor Insert Figures 1
through 5 attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference ]
SECTION II
That Chapter 24, Article V of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Denton is hereby amended by adding Section 135, hereto-
fore reserved, to read as follows
Section 24-135 PAREING OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES IN SPACES
DESIGNATED FOR DISABLED PERSONS PROHIBITED,
PENALTY
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to 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 operator thereof or a passenger therein is
permanently disabled nor any vehicle not displaying an
· dentlfication card issued by the Department indicating the
operator of such vehicle or a passenger therein ~s temporarily
disabled in any parking space designated as exclusive parking
for disabled persons pursuant to Section 24-134 of this Article
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(b) Any person ad3udged guilty of parking a vehicle in
violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50 00) nor
more than 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 th~s ordinance, and the
City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
lnval~dlty
SECTION IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts 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 ~/ ~7 ~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of ~ 1982
I ARD ~ ~TEW~R~,-I~A¥O
ATTEST
CHARLOTTE-~LEN,~ITY SEC~TARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FO~
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTO~EY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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