1961-002 ~~; Seo~ion 8 of,~lole Sa?a, Ve~non~s Penal
I
of ~hei S~e of Text, p~o~es ~h=~ wheneve~ the ~ve~nin~
bo~ o~ the ~lt7 shall ~e~e~mtne upon the basis of ~ en~inee~in~
~n~ ~ffio investi~ation ~h~ an7 p~ faoie spee~ ~he~ein
set forth lei~eate~ o~ leas ~h~ ia ~easonable o~ safe ~e~
the oo~ltions f~n~ ~o exis~ a~ ~y inte~seotton o~ o~he~
plaoe O~ upon ~y pa~t of a s~eet o~ hi.wa7 within the
t~in~ into oonai~e~ation the width and oondition of ~he pave-
men~ ~ o~h~ oi~o~tanoea on suoh po~tlons of sai~ streets
o~ hi~wa~ss, aa well aa~he usual t~fio ~he~eon, sai~ ~ove~n-
ln~ b~y ~7, ~e~e~e an~ ~eola~e a ~e~sonable ~d safe
faoie ?pee~ llmi~ ~e~a~ o~ ~he~eon by the passage of ~
nanoe,[ whioh' shall be eE~otive ~en appropriate sl~s
notio~ ~he~eof ~e e~eote~ a~ suoh inte~aeotion o~ othe~ plaoe
o~ p~ of the at~ee~ o~ hl~wayI now~ the~efo~
~IONI !. Upon ~he basis of an en~lnee~ln~ an~
lnves~i~a~io~n heretofore ~e as au~lze~ ~ ~he
of Sea, ion 8~ of ~tiole 8a~a, re.nones Texas Penal co~e, ~he
folloWin~ p~i~ faoie speefl limits he~e~te~ in~loate~ fo~
veh~o:.es a~? hereby ~ete~mined ~fl ~eola~ed to be ~easoaable
~ s~Wel ~6 auoh apee~ }~l~a ~e he~eb~ fixed at the ~ate of
spee~ in6ioate6 fo~ vehiolea t~avelin~ upon ~he n~ed
~ h;:~w~7~, o~ p~ts the~eof~ ~eso~ibefl as follows an~ A~tiole
16.a~ (~) (a) of the Oode of O~din~oea of the Olt~ of Denton~
Texas, is hereby amended so as to read as follows for the streets
and/o~ highways
~.8. H~we~ No. f~om the intemsection of ~5 ~h
377 sa~d hi,way w~th the sou~h
c~2y l~%s l~ne, nomth to
~s ~nte~sect~on with the
Texas ~d Pacific Railroad
ove~ass"
Street Extent Speed Limit
U_niversity Drive from the intersection of 45 mph
I(Texas~ State said highway with the west
~ighway No. 24) city limits line east to the
, intersection of said hi~-
~ay ~ith the ~est ri~-of-
~ay lime of Ec~or S~ee~,
if e~en~ed
f~om 2he in~e~sec~ion of said 60 mph
hi.way with ~he eas~ city
l~i~s line, ~es~ 1200 fee~
~o a point
f~om ~he afo~said point, wes~ 55 ~h
1~0 fees ~o a poin~
f~om ~he las~-men~ioned poin2, 50 ~h
~es~ 1~00 fee~ ~o a poin~
f~om 2he last-~n~ioned point, ~5 ~h
west 1600 fee~ ~o a poin~
f~om ~he las~-men~ioned point, ~0 mph
wes~ 1~00 fees ~o a point"
$.OTION 2. The Ohief of Police is hereby authorized and
directed to cause appropriate signs to be erected indicating such
speed zones.
~OTION3. Any person violating any speed limit established
by this o~dinanoe shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than
Two Hundred Ooll, $ ¢$200.00).
SEOTIONi4. This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon i~s passage and publication as required by law.
P~A~6~ED AND APPROVED this ~ day of January, A.D. 1961.
~ayo~ ~
0t~y of Denton, ~exas
Ci~y 6f Denton, ~exas
APPRO~P~D A~ ~0 Y~E~A~ ~%~
Oi~y of Denton, ~exas