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ORDINANCE NO, 2017-299,
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE
THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPEED ZONES FOR PECAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY
ADDING A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE ALONG LAKEVIEW BOULEVARD BETWEEN
BLACK WALNUT AND BURR OAK LANE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO
EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION_,I. Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of Ordinances of
Denton, Texas is hereby amended by changing portions of §18-210 by adding one more school
safety speed zone for Pecan Creek Elementary and § 18-210(a) (12) shall now read as follows:
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:
(12) Pecan Creek Elementary. Both directions on Pockrus Page Road beginning
one hundred seventy (170) feet west of where Pockrus Page Road intersects the
centerline of Waterlily Way and ending one hundred seventy (170) feet east of
where Pockrus Page Road intersects the centerline of Waterlily Way. Both
directions on Lakeview Boulevard from its intersection with Black Walnut to
three hundred (300) feet south of its intersection with Burr Oak Lane.
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).
SEC TION 3. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of
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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
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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 1 -1 -1 -day of , 2017,
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CHRIS A'AS,,AYOR.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY. .
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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BY:
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