1974-004 NO __Ze
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE LEGAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN
DESCRIBEDPORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, PRO-
VIDING AIPENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE ~
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable to amend the
traffic laws aS hereinafter ordered~ and
WHE~AS, it is hereby offlclally found and determined that a
case of emergency or urgen~ p~bllc necessity exists which requires
the holding of the meeting at which this ordinance is to be con-
sldered, such e~ergency or urgent public necessity being that the
State Highway Commission, pursuant to state legislative authority
has lowered the maximum speed limits on all public hzghways in
Texas tol 55 mi~es per hour effective January 20, 1974, and that
there preseatly is authorized on certain public highways within our
¢~ty a m~xim~m speed in excess of that figure, and that said meet-
ing was ~pen to the p~blic, and public notice of the time, place
and purpcse of said ~eeting was given, all as required by Vernon's
Annotated Civil Statmtes Article 6252-17
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Tha% the maxlm~/n spee~ limit on the below described portions
of highways and streets within the city l~m~ts of the City of
Denton are hereby changed as follows
HIGHWAY 380 (WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE)
55 ~iles per hour from Station 594~04 (West C~ty Limits) to
Station 622~00 (approximately 250 feet west of Cindy Lane)
HIGHWAY 38Q (EAST UNIVERSITY .D,.RIV~)
55 m~les per hour from a point 2300 feet east of the center-
lln~ of ~H~ghway Loop 288 east for a d~stance 2000 feet to a
poiBt 4300 feet east of th~ ce~terllne of Highway Loop 288
HIGHWAY LOOP 288
55 miles per hour from the intersection of said Highway with
U S Interstate 35 E to its intersection with Highway 380
(East University Drive)
DALLAS, DRIVE
55 m~les per hour from centerllne of Interstate 35 E Ser-
vice Road to 200 feet southeast of Piping Rock
FORT WORTH DRIVE
55 m~les per hour from 300 feet south of Santa Fe Railroad
to 1200 feet north of Santa Fe Rallroad
NORTH ELM STREET
55 m~les per hour from the north city limits to centerllne
of Riney Road
SECTION II
That anyone exoeed~ng th~s speed l~m~t when posted, wlthout
legal ex~use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and a v~olatlon of
any provision of thls ordinance shall be punished by a fine upon
conviction of any amount not exoeed~ng Two Hundred ($200 00) Dollars
SECTION III
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the
provlsions of th~s ordinance become effective which are inconsistent
or ~n conflict with the terms or provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict
SECTION IV
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
word or p~rase of this ordinance, or application thereof to any per-
son or c~roumstances, are held ~nval~d by any court of competent jur-
isdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remain-
lng portions of th~s ordinance, and the Clty Councll of the City of
Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted suoh remaining
portions despite of any such ~nval~dlty
SECTION V
That this ordinance shall become effective at 12 01 A M on
January 20, 1974, and the ~ty Secretary is hereby directed to cause
the caption of this ordlnan~e to be published one time in the Denton
Record-Chronicle prior to the effective date of this ordinance
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the 15th day of January, A D 1974
BILL NEU, MAYOR~
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
ATTORNEY~ CITY OF DENTONt TEXAS