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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-233
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY MODIFYING THE SPEED ZONE ON LOOP 288 IN
SECTION 18-73; ALTERiNG THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR
VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356
UPON THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE
INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT
TO EXCEED $200.00 UNLESS THE VIOLATION OCCURS IN A WORK ZONE AND
THEN THE PENALTY SHALL NOT EXCEED $400.00; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that whenever
the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or
safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a
street or highway within the City, taking into consideration the width and condition of the
pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual
traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie
speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of
the street or highway; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of Ordinances of
Denton, Texas is hereby amended by modifying Section 18-73 regulating speed of vehicles on
Loop 288. Section 18-73, Item XII shall read as follows:
XII. Loop 288
A. 40 mph From IH-35E southbound main lanes to Spencer Road.
B. 50 mph From Spencer Road to University Drive/LTS 380.
C. 60 mph From University Drive/US 380 to IH-35.
SECTION 2. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), unless the violation
occurs in a worlc zone and then the penalty shall not exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).
SECTION 3. 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 sha11 not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
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this ordinance, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares that they would
have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 4. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the
City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 5. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the f �� da of / , 2011.
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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