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ORDINANCE NO. 2. 006- I":j t)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SUBSECTION XV TO SECTION 18-73 TO
ESTABLISH SPEED ZONES ON FM 2181/TEASLEY LANE; ALTERING THE PRIMA
F AClE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISION OF
TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON TEASLEY LANE, 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 porion 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 subsection XV to Section 18-73 regulating speed of
vehicles on Teasley Lane. Section 18-73 shall now read as follows:
Sec. 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 de,termined 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:
1. FM 426/McKinney Avenue
A. 30 mph
From Locust Stryet/US 77 to Mack Drive.
B. 45 mph
From Mack Drive to Glengary Drive.
C. 55 mph
From Glengary Drive to the south/easterly city limits.
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II. FM 428/Sherman Drive
A. 35 mph
B, 45 mph
C. 55 mph
III. FM 1173
A. 60 mph
From Elm Street/US 77 to Monterrey Drive.
From Monterrey Drive to Long Road.
From Long Road to the north/easterly city limits.
From the IH-35 southbound frontage road to the westerly city
limits.
IV. FM 2164/N. Locust
A. 45 mph
B. 60 mph
From N. Locust Street/US 77 to Loop 288.
From Loop 288 to the northerly city limits.
V. FM 21811Teasley Lane
A. 35 mph
B. 45 mph
C. 40 mph
D. 50 mph
From Dallas Drive/US 77 to Savannah Trail.
From Savannah Trail to 500 feet west of Pennsylvania Drive.
From 500 feet west of Pennsylvania Drive to Lillian Miller
Parkway.
From Wind River Lane to the south/easterly city limits.
V1. IH-35E Frontage Road Northbound
A. 50 mph
B. 45 mph
From the southerly city limits to Loop 288.
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From Loop 288 to Oak Street.
VII. IH-35E Frontage Road Southbound
A. 45 mph
B. 50 mph
From Oak Street to Lillian Miller Parkway.
From Lillian Miller Parkway to the southerly city limits.
VIII. IH-35 Frontage Road Northbound
A. 50 mph
From Oak Street to Elm Street/US 77.
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B. 55 mph
From Elm Street/US 77 to the northerly city limits.
IX. IH-35 Frontage Road Southbound
A. 55 mph
B. 50 mph
X. Loop 288
A. 35 mph
B. 50 mph
C. 60 mph
From the northerly city limits to Elm Street/US 77.
From Elm Street/US 77 to Oak Street.
From IH-35E southbound main lanes to Morse Street.
From Morse Street to University Drive/US 380.
From University Drive/US 380 to IH-35.
XI. US 77/Dallas Drive
A. 45 mph
B. 35 mph
C. 30 mph
XII. US 77/Eagle Drive
A. 30 mph
XIII. US 77/Elm Street
A. 55 mph
B. 45 mph
C. 35 mph
D. 30 mph
From lH-35E southbound main-lanes entrance ramp to Teasley
Lane/FM 2181.
From Teasley Lane/FM 2181 to Smith Street.
From Smith Street to Eagle Drive/US 77/Bell Avenue.
From Dallas Drive/US 77/Bell Avenue to Elm Street/US 77.
From the IH-35N southbound frontage road to Donna Road.
From Donna Road to FM 2164.
From FM 2164 to Sherman Drive/FM 428.
From Sherman Drive/FM 428 to Eagle Drive/US 77.
XIV. US 77/Locust Street
A. 30 mph
B. 35 mph
From Eagle Drive/US 77 to Sherman Drive/FM 428.
From Sherman l:!rive/FM 428 to Elm Street.
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xv. US 377/Ft. Worth Drive
A. 35 mph
From Eagle DrivefUS77 to Lindsey Street.
B. 45 mph
From Lindsey Street to 200 feet south of the T&P Railroad
overpass.
C. 50 mph
From 200 feet south of the T&P Railroad overpass to Country
Club Drive/FM 1830.
D. 60 mph
From Country Club Drive/FM 1830 to the south/westerly city
limits.
SECTION 2. That 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. That 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. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Denton in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby rep~aled, and all other provisions of the ordinances of
the City of Denton, not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, shall remain in full force
and effect.
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 / ft;'f:fl day of
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
EDWlN M. SNYDER, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: ~1M~(t fl7. 'IIM;I
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