1980-079ORDINANCE NO 91)-11
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES UPON PUBLIC
STREETS IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR SIGNS
GIVING NOTICE OF NO PARKING ZONES PROVIDING FOR UNRESTRICTED
PARKING LOCATIONS PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLES PARKED IN
NO PARKING ZONES PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
When signs are erected and in place giving notice that a
location is a no parking zone, no person shall park a vehicle
at any time upon any of the following streets or parts of
streets in the City of Denton, Texas, to-wit
Bell Avenue - From Texas to University Drive
Oakland - From Texas to Locust
SECTION II
The provisions of Section I prohibiting the parking of
vehicles shall apply at all times to the streets and parts of
streets designated therein except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the direction of a police officer or official
traffic-control device on those streetse and portion of streets
listed in Section I where there are no signs erected and in
place give notice that a location is a no parking zone, the
parking regulation for such locations shall be unrestricted
parking
SECTION III
Any vehicle found parked in a no parking zone in violation
of the provisions of Section I shall be removed from the public
street by any police officer and taken to the designated
location maintained by the police department for such purpose
and kept until application for redemption is made by the owner
or agent pursuant to Section 24-131 of the code of ordinances
of the City of Denton
SECTION IV
Any person adjudged guilty of parking a vehicle in
violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200 00)
SECTION V
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstances 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 remaining portions despite any such
invalidity All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed
SECTION III
Any vehicle found parked in a no parking zone in violation
of the provisions of Section I shall be removed from the public
street by any police officer and taken to the designated
location maintained by the police department for such purpose
and kept until application for redemption is made by the owner
or agent pursuant to Section 24-131 of the code of ordinances
of the City of Denton
SECTION IV
Any person adjudged guilty of parking a vehicle in
violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and punished by a fine not to exceed Two hundred Dollars
($200 00)
SECTION V
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordnance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstances 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 remaining portions despite any such
invalidity All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed
SECTION VI
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 (10) days of
the date of its passage
1980 PASSED AND APPROVED this the,2y7day of ,
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PC ARHr U- R
?TBWARIV~ MAYOR
IT OF DE ON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS