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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -327
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROHIBITING PARKING ON
BOTH SIDES OF PONDER AVENUE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH SCRIPTURE
STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH OAK STREET; PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT
VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 18 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. When signs and /or markings are in place giving notice thereof, no person
shall park a vehicle on either side of Ponder Avenue from its intersection with Scripture Street to
its intersection with Oak Street.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 prohibiting the parking of vehicles shall apply
on the designated portion of the above named street or streets 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.
SECTION 3. 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 invalidity.
SECTION 4. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions, sections,
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. Any person found liable of violating this Ordinance by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Each day
that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense. The disposition
of parking citations issued pursuant to this Ordinance shall be governed by Division 3 titled
"Parking Violations Division" of Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance providing for a penalty 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 day of 2013,
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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