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SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares that the Navember 4, 2014 regular
municipal election was duly ordered for the purpose of putting the question before the City of
Denton voters af determining whether to adopt an ordinance af the City Council of the City of
Denton, Texas, Amending Chapter 16, "Licenses, Permits, and Business RNgU�eALIOddy99 af the
Code of Ordinances of the City af Dentan, Texas, by adding a new Article VIIy 66Prahibition of
Hydraulic Fracturing," generally providing that hydraulic fracturing operations are prohibited in
the City of Denton; that proper notice of said election was duly given and election afficials
appointed; that the election was duly held and the returns of the election officials have been
delivered to the Cauncil, all in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter
and ordinances of the City of Dentan.
SECTION 2. The afficial returns af the election afficials having been opened, examined,
and canvassed, and the Council hereby finds and declares that 26,434 ballats were cast at the
electian, and that the votes cast for the Proposition stated below were as follows:
EARLY VOTING:
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YES 9,922 NO 6,919
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ELECTION DAY VOTING:
PROPOSITION
SHALL AN ORDINANCE BE ENACTED PROHIBITING, WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, A WELL
STIMULATION PROCESS 1NVOLVING THE USE OF WATER, SAND AND/OR
CHEMICAL ADDITIVES PUMPED UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TO FRACTURE
SUBSURFACE NON-POROUS ROCK FORMATIONS SUCH AS SHALE TO IMPROVE
THE FLOW OF NATURAL GAS, OIL, OR OTHER HYDROCARBONS 1NT0 THE WELL,
WITH SUBSEQUENT HIGH RATE, EXTENDED FLOWBACK TO EXPEL FRACTURE
FLUIDS AND SOLIDS?
TOTAL VOTES CAST:
YES 5,010 NO 3,622
PROPOSITION
SHALL AN ORDINANCE BE ENACTED PROHIBITING, WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, A WELL
STIMULATION PROCESS INVOLVING THE USE OF WATER, SAND AND/OR
CHEMICAL ADDITIVES PUMPED UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TO FRACTURE
SUBSURFACE NON-POROUS ROCK FORMATIONS SUCH AS SHALE TO IMPROVE
THE FLOW OF NATURAL GAS, OIL, OR OTHER HYDROCARBONS 1NT0 THE WELL,
WITH SUBSEQUENT HIGH RATE, EXTENDED FLOWBACK TO EXPEL FRACTURE
FLUIDS AND SOLIDS?
YES 14,932 NO 10,541
SECTION 3. The City Council has found and determined that the meeting at which this
ordinance is considered is open to the public and that notice thereof was given in accordance
with provisions of the Texas open meetings law, Tex. Gov't Code ch. 551, as amended, and that
a quorum of the City Council was present.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval�.�. _...._�.� .._.... �_
PASSED AND APPROVED this the � ��� day of �����"��`��,���_,_�, 2014,
Cl������'°"'�r"��'9°°1°�, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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