2008-279sAour documents\ordinances108\parvinstreet stop-stand.doc
ORDINANCE NO. 2QVY 27V
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROHIBITING THE STOPPING OR
STANDING OF VEHICLES ON SCHOOL DAYS FROM 7:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF PARVIN STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH MERCEDES
ROAD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH MCCORMICK STREET; PROVIDING A
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
NOT TO EXCEED $500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. When signs or markings are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall
stop or stand a vehicle on school days from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the north side of Parvin
Street from its intersection with Mercedes Street to its intersection with McCormick Street.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section I prohibiting the stopping or standing of vehicles
shall apply on the designated portion of the above named street or streets except 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 3. 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, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. This Ordinance providing for a penalty 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 da of , 2008.
, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPRPVED AS--TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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