1965-004 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
~F ~DENTON~ TEXAS, DECLARING IT UNLAWFUL TO NEGLIGENTLY
COLLIDE WITH A VEHICLE LEGALLY STOPPED UPON A PUBLIC STREET
OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY, PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I~
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended by ~ncludlng new Article 16 242 ~n Chapter
S~xteen of said Code of Ordinances which shall hereafter read
as follows
~H~t~L~ 16 242 - NEGLIGENTLY COLLIDING WITH STOPPED VEHICLE
a.) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle
to cause same to coll~de with any other vehicle which
is legally stopped upon, or ad3acent to, any public
, street or highway or other public property w~th~n the
corporate limits of the C~ty of Denton, Texas
b.) Every person convicted for a violation of this Article
shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Dollar
($1.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
SECTION II,
That 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 3urlsd~ctlon, such holding shall not affect the val-
idity 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
SECTION III,
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 ca~tlon ~ this ordinance to be published
twice in the Denton Record Chronicle within ten (10) days of
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s /~ day o / ,
A.D. 1965
Warren Whltson, Jr , Mayor
City ~f Denton, Texas
ATTEST
j Holt, C y Y
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM