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ORDINANCE NO. ZO-O%9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON PROHIBITING ON-STREET PARKING
ALONG HINKLE DRIVE BETWEEN UNIVERSITY DRIVE (US 380) AND WINDSOR
DRIVE; 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.
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has reconstructed Hinkle Drive between University Drive
(US 380) and Windsor Drive; and
WHEREAS, residents have expressed concerns for cycling on Hinkle Drive and a desire
for safer separated bike lanes; and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Safety Commission considered this item on October 7, 2019, and
endorsed the proposed parking removal and protected bike lanes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered this item in a work session on October 8, 2019,
and determined that it was in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION l. The recitations contained in the preamble of this Ordinance are hereby
incorporated by reference as if �'u11y 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 either side of Hinkle Drive from University Drive
(US 380) to Windsor Drive.
SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 2 prohibiting the parking of vehicies shall apply
on the designated portion of the above-named stxeet, �xcept 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provisions of this Ordinance as related to the above parking restriction are hereby repealed, and a11
other �arovisions 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.
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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 ofiicial newspaper in the
City of Denton, within 10 days of the date of its passage.
The motion to approve this ordinance was made by � L 4/ ��.�� ��"" �� and
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seconded by �����"M„�,�� �'�',� , the ordinance was passed and approved by
the following vote � - 0 ]:
Aye �Gay Abstain Absent
Chris Watts, Mayor: i/
Gerard Hudspeth, District 1: ✓
Keely G. Briggs, District 2: 1�
Jesse Davis, District 3: �
John Ryan, District 4: ✓
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5: �
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6. ✓
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the o���� day of � ;, , 2020
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CHRIS WATTS, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
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