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ORDINANCE NO, 2016 -015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROHIBITING LEFT TURNS FOR
ANY VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SWISHER ROAD AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH POCKRUS PAGE ROAD ON SCHOOL DAYS FROM 7:00 A.M.
UNTIL 8:00 A.M. AND FROM 2:30 P.M. UNTIL 3:30 P.M.; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION
TO THIS ORDINANCE FOR DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSES;
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 operating a motor vehicle and travelling southbound on Swisher Road
may turn left onto Pockrus Page Road on school days from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. and from
2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. This prohibition shall not apply to Denton Independent School District
school buses.
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 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 3. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions, sections, sub-
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 ��w� 2016.
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JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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