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ORDINANCE NO. of tJrJ§- / 1!J
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER ]8 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SECTION 18-73; ALTERING THE PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISION OF
TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS
OR PARTS THEREOF, 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; PROVID]NG 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]. Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of Ordinances of
Denton, Texas is hereby amended by adding Section] 8- 73 regulating speed of vehicles on
Teasley Lane. Section 18-73 shall 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 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:
I.
FM 426/McKinney Avenue
A. 30 mph
From Locust StreetlUS 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 E1m 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 StreetlUS 77 to Loop 288.
From Loop 288 to the northerly city limits.
V.
IH-35E Frontage Road Northbound
A. 50 mph
B. 45 mph
From the southerly city limits to Loop 288.
From Loop 288 to Oak Street.
VI.
IH-35E Frontage Road Sonthbound
A. 45 mph
B. 50 mph
From Oak Street to Lillian Miller Parkway.
From Lillian Miller Parkway to the southerly city limits.
VII.
IH-35 Frontage Road Northbound
A. 50 mph
B. 55 mph
From Oak Street to E1m Street/US 77.
From Elm Street/US 77 to the northerly city limits.
VIII. IH-35 Frontage Road Southbound
A. 55 mph
B. 50 mph
IX.
Loop 288
A. 35 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.
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B. 50 mph
C. 60 mph
X.
US 77/Dallas Drive
A. 45 mph
B. 35 mph
C. 30 mph
XI.
US 77/Eagle Drive
A. 30 mph
XII.
US 77/Elm Street
A. 55 mph
B. 45 mph
C. 35 mph
D. 30 mph
From Morse Street to University Drive/US 380.
From University DrivelUS 380 to LH-35.
From IH-35E southbound main-lanes entrance ramp to Teasley
LanelFM 2181.
From Teasley Lane/FM 218] to Smith Street.
From Smith Street to Eagle DrivelUS 77/Bell Avenue.
From Dallas DrivelUS 77/Bell Avenue to Elm StreetlUS 77.
From the 1H-35N southbound frontage road to Donna Road.
From Donna Road to FM 2164.
From FM 2164 to Shcm1an Drive/FM 428.
From Sherman Drive/FM 428 to Eagle DrivelUS 77.
XIII. US 77/Locust Street
A. 30 mph
B. 35 mph
From Eagle Drive/US 71 to Sherman Drive/FM 428.
From Sherman Drive/FM 428 to Elm Street.
XIV. US 377/Ft. Worth Drive
A. 35 mph
B. 45 mph
C. 50 mph
D. 60 mph
From Eagle Drive/USn to Lindsey Street.
From Lindsey Street to 200 feet south of the T&P Railroad
overpass.
From 200 feet south of the T &P Railroad overpass to Country
Club Drive/FM 1830.
From Country Club Drive/FM ] 830 to the south/westerly city
limits.
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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 repealed, 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 (]4) 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 d / sf day of
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
EDWIN M. SNYDER, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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