21-224921-2249
ORDINANCE NO...
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY INCLUDING SPEED ZONES ON EAST UNIVERSITY
DRIVE (US 380) IN SECTION 18-73; ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS OR PARTS THEREOF,
WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DENTON; PROVIDING A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 UNLESS THE VIOLATION OCCURS IN A WORK
ZONE AND THEN THE PENALTY SHALL NOT EXCEED $400.00; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that whenever
the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering traffic
investigation that any prima facie speed is greater or less than what is reasonable or safe under
the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or
highway within the City, taking into consideration the width and condition of the
pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual
traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit
for that street or highway, or section thereof, by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other
place or part of the street or highway; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has performed the necessary engineering traffic
investigation for E. University Drive (US 380) and received a request from the Texas
Department of Transportation ("TxDOT") to consider the ongoing and continuous construction
in the area; and
WHEREAS, taking into account the factors set forth in Section 545.356 of the Texas
Transportation Code, the City Council finds that during TxDOT construction activities on US
380 the speed limit on the portion of US 380 within the City of Denton jurisdiction from
Rockhill Road to Loop 288 should be designated as 50 mph, and from Loop 288 to Bell Avenue
should be designated as 40 mph; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that, considering the factors set forth in Section 545.356
of the Texas Transportation Code, the speed limits proposed are safe and reasonable for the
sections of highway identified above; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The recitals of this ordinance are hereby incorporated as if set out fully
herein.
SECTION 2. Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Section 18-73 of the Code of
Ordinances of Denton is hereby amended by revising the TxDOT ROADS chart to regulate
vehicular speed on specific portions of US 380. The TxDOT ROADS chart shall read as
follows, with new language underlined and deleted language struck -through:
TxDOT ROADS
ROADWAY
FROM
TO
SPEED
LIMIT
Airport Rd./FM 1515
Masch Branch Rd.
Corbin Rd.
55
Airport Rd./FM 1515
Corbin Rd.
IH 35E
45
Barrel Strap/FM 2499
IH35E SB Frontage Rd.
FM 2181
45
Country Club Rd./FM
1830
Fort Worth DrJUS 377
Sanders Rd.
45
Country Club Rd./FM
1830
Sanders Rd.
Country Club Rd.
50
Country Club Rd./FM
1830
Country Club Rd.
Southern City Limits
50
Dallas Dr./US 77
SB Main Lanes
Teasley Ln./FM 2181
45
Dallas DrJUS 77
Teasley Ln./FM 2181
Smith St.
35
Elm St./US 77
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Locust St./FM 2164
35
Elm St./US 77
Locust St./FM 2164
Donna Rd.
45
Elm StJUS 77
Donna Rd.
IH 35E SB Frontage Rd.
55
FM 1173
IH35N
Western City Limits
60
FM 1830
Country Club Rd.
Southern City Limits
45
FM 2153
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Northern City Limits
55
FM 2449
IH -35W
Western City Limits
55
Fort Worth DrJUS 377
Eagle Dr.
1H 35E SB Frontage Rd.
35
Fort Worth DrJUS 377
IH 35E SB Frontage Rd.
550'N of Massey Rd.
40
Fort Worth Dr./US 377
550' N of Massey Rd.
250' S of Country Club
Rd./FM 1830
45
Fort Worth DrJUS 377
250' S of Country Club RdJFM
1830
Southern City Limits
55
IH 35E Frontage Rd. NB
Northern City Limits
Elm StJUS 77
55
IH 35E Frontage Rd. NB
Elm StJUS 77
Southern City Limits
50
2
IH 35E Frontage Rd. SB
Northern City Limits
Elm St./L1SRd77IBarthold
55
IH 35E Frontage Rd. SB
Elm St./US 77/Barthold Rd.
Southern City Limits
50
IH 35 Main Lanes
Northern City Limits
University/US 380
75
IH 35/IH 35E Main Lanes
University/US 380
Southern City Limits
70
Locust St.IUS 77
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Elm St./FM 2164/US 77
35
Locust St./FM2164
Locust St./FM 2164/US 77
Loop 288
45
Locust St./FM2164
Loop 288
City Limits
60
Loop 288
IH 35E SB Main Lane
Spencer
40
Loop 288
Spencer Rd.
University/US 380
50
Loop 288
University/US 380
IH 35
60
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Elm St./US 77
Monterrey St.
35
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Monterrey St.
Long Rd,
45
Sherman Dr./FM 428
Long Rd.
City Limits
60
Teasley Ln./ FM 2181
Shady Oaks Dr.
IH 35E SB Frontage Rd.
35
Teasley Ln./ FM 2181
IH 35E SB Frontage Rd.
Savannah Tr.
35
Teasley Ln./ FM 2181
Savannah Tr.
500' W of Pennsylvania
45
Teasley Ln./ FM 2181
500' W of Pennsylvania
Lillian Miller Pkwy.
40
Teasley Ln./ FM 2181
Lillian Miller Pkwy.
City Limits
45
University Dr./US 380
Western City Limits
Masch Branch Rd.
65
University Dr./US 380
Masch Branch Rd.
500' W of Western Blvd.
50
University Dr./US 380
500'W of Western Blvd.
Bonnie Brae St.
45
University Dr.IUS 380
Bonnie Brae St.
Bell Ave.
4Q
University Dr./US 380
Bell Ave.
Loop 288 NB Ramp
40
University Dr./US 380
Loop 288 NB Ramp
Rivefside Dr,
Rockhill Road
-5-5
50
University DOUS 380
River -side r,..
Rockhill Road
Easterly City Limits
60
SECTION 3. It is not intended for this ordinance to amend any other section or
subsection of Section 18-73 of the Denton Code of Ordinances; the rest of the Section and
subsections not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. To the extent reasonably possible, Ordinances are to be read together in
harmony. However, all Ordinances, or parts thereof, that are in conflict or inconsistent with any
provision of this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the prior adopted version of the TxDOT
chart of Section 18-73, are hereby repealed to the extent such conflict, and the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters regulated herein.
SECTION 5. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be fined a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), unless the violation occurs in a work
zone and then the penalty shall not exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).
SECTION 6. 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 7. 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 hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 8. The City Secretary is hereby directed to record and publish the above
regulations in the City's Code of Ordinances as authorized by Section 52.001 of the Texas Local
Government Code.
SECTION 9. 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.
The motion to approve this ordinance was made by Pow i me- I+ -z- <- and
seconded by R N % S 0 (\ 1N1ck V i C The ordinance was passed and approved by
the following vote F -7 - _C)J:
Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor: V11
Vicki Byrd, District 1: +/
Brian Beck, District 2: ,r
Jesse Davis, District 3:
Alison Maguire, District 4: ✓
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Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:•
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the'264hday of nCAQbe,C , 2021,
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, TY ATTORNEY
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