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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-3$4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 18 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES AND TR.AFFIC BY REPEALING
SECTION II OF ORDINANCE NO. 93-109 WHICH PROVIDES FOR DIFFERENT
DEFINITIONS OF "COMPACT CAR" AND "COMPACT VEHICLE" THAN THE
DEFINITION ADOPTED BY THIS ORDINANCE; BY AMENDING SECTION 18-1
"DEFINITIONS" TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "COMPACT MOTOR VEHICLE"; BY
ADDING SECTION 18-91.52 ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATIONS
REGARDING PARKING IN SPACES DESIGNATED FOR COMPACT VEHICLES ONLY;
BY ADDING SECTION 18.91.53 REQUIRING THAT ALL VEHICLES PARK WITHIN
DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES; BY ADDING SECTION 18-91.54 ESTABLISHING
BACK-1N ONLY PARKING SPACES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section II of Ordinance No. 93-109 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Motor Vehicles and
Traffic") be and the same is hereby amended by adding a definition for "compact motor vehicle"
to Section 18-91 "Definitions." The definition of "compact motor vehicle" in Section 18-91
shall read as follows:
Sec. 18-91. Definitions.
Compact vehicle means a motor vehicle that is 180 inches or less in length and with a
wheel base that is 105 inches or less.
SECTION 3. Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Motor Vehicles and
Traffic") be and the same is hereby amended by adding Section 18-91.52 "Compact Vehicles
Only in Designated Parking Areas." Section 18-91.52 shall read as follows:
Sec. 18-91.52. Compact motor vehicle-only parking spaces.
When sign(s) or marking(s) are installed giving notice thereof, it shall be an offense to
park a vehicle that is not a compact motor vehicle in a parking space marked for only compact
motor vehicles or to park any motor vehicle in a manner that does not fit completely within the
innermost edge of all the applicable marking(s) designating the parking space.
SECTION 4� Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Motor Vehicles and
Traffic") be and the same is hereby amended by adding Section 18-91.53 "Parking within
designated spaces." Section 18-91.53 shall read as follows:
Sec. 18-91.53. Parking within designated spaces.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any parking spaces designated by the City of
Denton in a manner that any part of the vehicle extends over any sidewalk, into any lane of
traffic or over any driveway.
SECTIONmm_Smmm Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Motor Vehicles and
Traffic") be and the same is hereby amended by adding Section 18-91.53 "Back-In Parking Only
Spaces." Section 18-91.54 shall read as follows:
Sec. 18-91.54. Back-in only parking spaces.
When sign(s) or marking(s), are installed giving notice thereof, it shall be an offense to
park a vehicle in a parking space that is designated as a back-in only parking space in any
manner other than by backing into the parking space.
SECwTIwON 6. 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 7. 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. Additionally, save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions,
sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of Ordinance No. 93-109 shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTIONmmm8. Any person found liable of violating this ordinance by a court of competent
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jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per offense per day.
Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 9. 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.
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CTTY SECRETARY
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ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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