2015-386z:\ordinances\15\sec 18-104 amendment.docx
ORDINANCE NO. 2� i s-386
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF
CHAPTER 18 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC" BY AMENDING SECTION 18-
104(a)(1) RELATING TO THE IMPOUNDMENT OF STANDING OR PARKED VEHICLES
BY INCREASING THE TOWING FEE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; 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 18-104(a)(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-104. Impoundment of standing or parked vehicles.
(a)(1) Towin�Fees. The towing fee shall be one hundred forty five dollars ($145.00).
SECTION 2. 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 effect 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 3. 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 4. Any person found guilty of violating this ordinance by a court of competent
jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day. Each day that
a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance providing for a penalty shall become effective January 1,
2016, 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.
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ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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