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ORDINANCE NO, 2015 -323
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROHIBITING PARKING ON THE
WEST SIDE OF BRYAN STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH WEST OAK STREET
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH SCRIPTURE 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 marking or any combination thereof are in place giving
notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle on the west side of Bryan Street from its intersection
with West Oak Street to its intersection with Scripture 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. That 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the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. This Ordinance providing for a penalty shall become effective 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 10 days of the date of its passage.
IIASSEI) ANI.) Al'l'I OVE tliis tlic 20 play of .2015.
CHRIS- ATTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
Al111t) l AS "O LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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