2017-066Is • •
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of public safety to change the school safety zone for Sam
Houston Elementary School along Teasley Lane and for Wayne Ryan Elementary School along
Ryan Road to accommodate access driveways to new developments along these roadway segments;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Denton, Texas is hereby amending subparagraph (a) (11) of Section 18-210 and amending
subparagraph (a) (1) of Section 18-211 which shall read as follows:
Sec. 18-210. - Twenty mile -per -hour zone.
Based upon an engineering and transportation department investigation heretofore made, as
authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.357, the prima facie speed
limit of twenty (20) miles per hour for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be a prima
facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby fixed for vehicles traveling within the
following described school zones:
(a) The time periods for the reduced speeds for the school zones described below shall be from
7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on school days. The location
of school zones described below shall be as follows to -wit:
(11) Wayne Ryan Elementary School. Both directions on Ryan Road beginning five
hundred (550) feet west of the intersection of Creekdale Drive and Ryan Road and
continuing east for two thousand seventy-one (2,960) feet to a point five hundred
(560) feet east of the intersection of Forrestridge Drive and Ryan Road.
Sec. 18-211. - Twenty-five mile -per -hour zone.
Based upon an engineering and transportation department investigation heretofore made, as
authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A. Transportation Code § 545.357, the prima facie speed
limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour for vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be prima
facie reasonable and safe, and such speed limit is hereby fixed for vehicles traveling within the
following school zones:
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(a) The time periods for the reduced speeds for the school zones described below shall be when
the school zone lights are flashing on school days. The location of school zones described
below shall be as follows, to -wit:
(1) Sam Houston Elementary. Both directions of Teasley Lane beginning three hundred
twenty-five (325) feet east of where Teasley Lane intersects the center line of
Pennsylvania Drive to four hundred sixty-five (465) feet west of where Teasley Lane
intersects the center line of Lillian Miller.
SECTION 2. An individual adjudged guilty of any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of
Denton defining school zones and school bus loading zones and shall not repeal any of the
provisions of said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in
direct conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If in any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance 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 such invalidity.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance 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 FJO U_ CCs 2017.
CI -IRIS A1T�,, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY: T w
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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