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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 18-73 TO ESTABLISH SPEED
ZONES ON FM 1515/AIRPORT ROAD, FM 1830/COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, AND US
380/UNIVERSITY DRIVE; ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
CODE, SECTION 545.356.UPON THESE STREETS, WITHIN THE INCORPORATE 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 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 and traffic
investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than 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 prima facie
speed limit thereat or thereon 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; 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 adding speed regulations to Section 18-73 regulating the
speed of vehicles on FM 1515/Airport Road, FM 1830/Country Club Road, and US
380/University Drive. Section 18-73 shall read as follows:
See. 18-73. Speed limits on certain roads and highways.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the
provisions of Transportation Code, Section 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits
hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe;
and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon
the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows:
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Extent
Speed
Limit
1. FM 426/McKinney Avenue
From Locust Street/US 77 to Mack Drive.
30 mph
From Mack Drive to Glengary Drive.
45 mph
From Glengary Drive to the south/easterly city limits.
55 mph
11. FM 428/Sherman Drive
From Elm Street/US 77 to Monterrey Drive.
35 mph
From Monterrey Drive to Long Road.
45 mph
From Long Road to the north/easterly city limits.
55 mph
Ili. FM
1173
From the IH-35 southbound frontage road to the westerly city
limits.
60 mph
IV. FM 1515/Airport Road
From IH-35E northbound frontage road to Corbin Road.
45 mph
From Corbin Road to Masch Branch Road.
55 mph
V. FM 1830/Country Club Road
From Ft. Worth Drive/US 377 to Sanders Road.
45 mph
From Sanders Road to the southerly city limits.
55 mph
VI. FM 2164/N. Locust
From N. Locust Street/US 77 to Loop 288.
45 mph
From Loop 288 to the northerly city limits.
60 mph
VII. FM 2181/Teasley Lane
From Dallas Drive/US 77 to Savannah Trail.
35 mph
From Savannah Trail to 500 feet west of Pennsylvania Drive.
45 mph
From 500 feet west of Pennsylvania Drive to Lillian Miller
Parkway.
40 mph
From Wind River Lane to the south/easterly city limits.
50 mph
VIII. IH-35E Frontage Road Northbound
I From the southerly city limits to Loop 288.
50 mph
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From Loop 288 to Oak Street.
45 mph
IX. IH-35E Frontage Road Southbound
From Oak Street to Lillian Miller Parkway.
45 mph
From Lillian Miller Parkway to the southerly city limits.
50 mph
X. IH-35 Frontage Road Northbound
From Oak Street to Elm Street/US 77.
50 mph
From Elm Street/US 77 to the northerly city limits.
55 mph
XL IH-35 Frontage Road Southbound
From the northerly city limits to Elm Street/US 77.
55 mph
From Elm Street/US 77 to Oak Street.
50 mph
X11. Loop 288
From IH-35E southbound main lanes to Morse Street.
35 mph
From Morse Street to University Drive/US 380.
50 mph
From University Drive/US 380 to IH-35.
60 mph
XIII. US 77/Dallas Drive
From IH-35E southbound main-lanes entrance ramp to Teasley
Lane/FM 2181.
45 mph
From Teasley Lane/FM 2181 to Smith Street.
35 mph
From Smith Street to Eagle Drive/US 77/Bell Avenue.
30 mph
XIV. US 77/Eagle Drive
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From Dallas Drive/US 77/Bell Avenue to Elm Street/US 77.
30 mph
XV. US 77/Elm Street
From the IH-35N southbound frontage road to Donna Road.
55 mph
From Donna Road to FM 2164.
45 mph
From FM 2164 to Sherman Drive/FM 428.
35 mph
From Sherman Drive/FM 428 to Eagle Drive/US 77.
30 mph
XVI. US 77/Locust Street
From Eagle Drive/US 77 to Sherman Drive/FM 428.
30 mph
From Sherman Drive/FM 428 to Elm Street.
35 mph
XVII. US 377/Ft.. Worth Drive
I From Eagle Drive/US77 to Lindsey Street.
35 mph
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From Lindsey Street to 200 feet south of the T&P Railroad
overpass.
45 mph
From 200 feet south of the T&P Railroad overpass to Country
Club Drive/FM 1830.
50 mph
From Country Club Drive/FM 1830 to the south/westerly city
limits.
60 mph
XVIII. US 380/UniversityDrive
From the westerly city limits to 900 feet west of Cindy Lane
60 mph
From 900 feet west of Cindy Lane to 500 feet east of Marshall
Road
50 mph
From 500 feet east of Marshall Road to the Burlington/Santa Fe
Railroad Tracks
45 mph
From the Burlington/Santa Fe Railroad tracks to Bonnie Brae.
45 mph
From Bonnie Brae to Locust Street/US 77.
35 mph
From Locust Street/US 77 to Bell Avenue.
40 mph
From Bell Avenue to Loop 288 northbound ramp.
45 mph
From Loop 288 northbound ramp to Riverside Drive.
55 mph
From Riverside Drive to the easterly city limits.
60 mph
SECTION 2. 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 3. If 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, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares that they would
have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 4. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed,
City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisi
and effect.
and all other provisions of the ordinances of the
,ns of this ordinance, shall remain in full force
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of its
passage or the date that speed limit signs are posted giving notice of the speed limit whichever is
later, 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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the lgfh day of 6r&-eOr1 2008.
PERR . MCNEILL, AYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED ASVO LEGAL FORM:
EDWIN M. SNYDER. CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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