1982-047 143L (SL)
NO
AN ORD NA.CE DESIGNATING AND EST LISHING A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE
INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA STREET TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE
OF SAM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROM FIFTY-FIVE (55) 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
Teasley Lane from a point approximately 150 feet west of its
intersection with Pennsylvania Street to the east property line
of Sam Houston Elementary School and hereby determines that the
reasonable and safe maximum prima facle speed l~m%t on said
portion of Teasley Lane be reduced from f~ftv-f~ve (55) to
thirty-five (35) miles per hour when school is in session
between the hours of 7 30-9 00 A M and 2 30-4 00 P M
SECTION II
An individual adjudged guilty of exceeding this speed limit,
when signs are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and punished by a f~ne not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200 00)
SECTION III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in thls 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
City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it
would have enacted such remainlng portions despite anv such
invalidlty
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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
published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (]0) days of
the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the llth day of May, 1987
~IC~AR~O 7 S~EWA~T, MAYOR '
CIT~ OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
C~AR~OTT~ A~LEN, C~ SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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