1980-015NO Ao - IS
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-143 OF CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE V,
OF THE CITY OF DENTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
"PARKING IN METER ZONES" AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF COINS,
OVERTIME PARKING, PARKING ADJACENT TO EXPIRED METERS, DEPOSITS
TO EXTEND TIME, AND HOURS OF OPERATION, PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDIN-
ANCES OR PARTS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 24, Article V, Section 24-143 of the City of
Denton Code of Ordinances, as amended, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows
"Section 24-143
(a) During the period when the parking time limit is in
effect and the deposit of an appropriate coin in the parking
meter is required, the owner or driver of a vehicle shall upon
entering the parking meter space, immediately deposit an
appropriate coin of the United States in the parking meter along
side of the parking space, and the parking space may then be
used by the vehicle for the period of time shown by the
indicator on the dial of the parking meter
(b) If a vehicle is found parked or standing in a parking
meter space, and the parking meter displays a signal showing the
lawful parking period has expired, the vehicle is illegally
parked at the parking space
(c) During the period when the time limit is in effect and
the deposit of an appropriate coin in the parking meter is
required, a person shall not permit a vehicle under his control
to remain in any parking space which is alongside of or next to
a parking meter while such meter is displaying a signal
indicating illegal parking
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause
to be deposited in a parking meter a coin for the purpose of
parking a vehicle alongside of a parking meter for a period
longer than the parking time limit
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply and be
effective between the hours of 8 00 a m and 6 00 p m on
everyday except Sundays and legal holidays observed by the city "
SECTION II
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
SECTION III
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the
provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions
contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
any such conflict
SECTION IV
Any person who shall violate a provision of this ordinance,
or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not less than
One Dollar ($1 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 vio-
lation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed,
or continued, and upon conviction of any such violations such
person shall be punished within the limits above
SECTION V
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
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published in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date
of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the _4_1 day of 104414 ,
1980
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LL ASH, ~WAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
KS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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