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ORDINANCE NO 2016 -039
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR TWO -HOUR
RESTRICTED PARKING SPACES FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE PARKING LOT LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
RAILROAD AVENUE BETWEEN HICKORY STREET AND MCKINNEY STREET;
PROVIDING FOR AN AREA OF TWO -HOUR LIMITED PARKING SPACES; PROVIDING
FOR AN AREA OF PARKING SPACES ONLY FOR THE USE OF CITY OF DENTON
EMPLOYEES OR VISITORS CONDUCTING BUSINESS AT CITY HALL EAST;
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 for more than two hours from 8:00 a.m, until 5:00
p.m. from Monday through Friday in the city parking lot located on the west side of Railroad
Avenue between Hickory Street and McKinney Street. The parking spaces designated for two -
hour parking shall be located from the south entrance to the parking lot to the parking lot exit
drive onto Railroad Avenue adjacent to the payment drop box.
SECTION 2. When signs and /or marking or any combination thereof are in place giving
notice thereof, no person other than an employee or visitor conducting business at City Hall East
of the City of Denton shall park a vehicle in a parking space designated as employee -only
parking. The parking spaces designated as employee -only parking shall be located from the
parking lot exit drive onto Railroad Avenue through the north side of the parking lot.
SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 1 and Section 2 restricting the parking of
vehicles shall apply on the designated portion of the above named city parking lot apply at all
designated times 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 4. 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provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the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 5. 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.
SEC1ION6. 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 7. 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 8. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of �,, ;" „ 2016.
CI11l 5,-' 'A'Frs, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY: -I/ "
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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