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ORDINANCE NO. e O?- 19,5-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE
THE BUS LOADING ZONES TO PROVIDE FOR LIMITED TIME PERIODS FOR THE
LOADING ZONES AND TO ALLOW FOR TOWING OF ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES
IN ALL THE SCHOOL BUS LOADING ZONES; 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.
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of public safety to tow vehicles illegally parked in school bus
loading zones if these vehicles are unattended during loading and unloading periods; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of public safety to specify the specific time periods for the
school bus loading zones so that traffic may utilize the bus loading zones during other times;
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
Denton, Texas is hereby amended by changing portions 18- 221. This section shall now read as
follows:
Sec. 18-221. Unlawful for any person to operate or park a motor vehicle in a school bus
loading zone.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate
or park a motor vehicle other than a school bus in a herein described school bus loading zone
during school zone hours or any other specified periods of loading or unloading. An individual
adjudged guilty of the provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by
a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). Unattended vehicles parked in the bus
loading zones in violations of Section 18-220 are subject to being towed.
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. That 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. That 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.
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SECTION 5. That 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 , 2009.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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