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NOT TO EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT
VIOLATIONS OF THIS #'• SHALL BE GOVERNED BY •' 18 • THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Update to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Linkage Component of the Denton
Mobility Plan (the "Bike Plan"), adopted by the City Council in February 2012, designates Hickory
Street as a bike route with a bike lane as the on -street bike facility; and
WHEREAS, bike lanes are in place on Hickory Street from Bonnie Brae Street to Avenue
C, and from Welch Street to Carroll Street; and
WHEREAS, adding bike lanes on Hickory Street from Avenue B to Welch Street will
connect the existing bike lanes and create a complete corridor from Bonnie Brae Street to Cedar
Street; and
WHEREAS, adding bike lanes on Hickory Street from Avenue B to Welch Street requires
the removal of on -street parking on the south side of Hickory Street from Avenue B to Welch
Street; and
WHEREAS, the University of North Texas is supportive of the parking removal which
abuts their property; and
WHEREAS, in addition to several public meetings in 2017, businesses on Hickory Street
were engaged and notified of the proposal to remove the above -referenced parking; and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Safety Commission considered the item on February 4, 2019 and
unanimously endorsed the proposed parking removal; and
WHEREAS, an Open House was held on Wednesday, March 7, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered this item in a work session on Tuesday, April 16,
2017 and determined that it was in the public interest; NOW THEREFORE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: The recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby
incorporated by reference as if fully set out herein.
SECTION 2: When signs and/or marking, or any combination thereof, are in place giving
notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle on the south side of Hickory Street from Avenue B
to Welch Street.
SECTION 3: The provisions of Section 2 prohibiting the parking of vehicles shall apply
on the designated portion of the above named street, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle
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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 as related to the above parking restriction 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 hereby declares it would have enacted such
remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 6: 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
ordinances to be published twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle, the official newspaper in the
City of Denton, Texas, within 10 days of the date of its passage.
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Aye Nay
Chris Watts, Mayor:
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Gerard Hudspeth, District 1:
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Keely G. Briggs, District 2:
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Jesse Davis, District 3:
John Ryan, District 4:
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Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:
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Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
Abstain Absent
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PASSED AND APPROVED this they of, 2019
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ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY �a�wGq p
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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