2004-133ORDINANCE NO. ~0~-/5~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS RESCINDING PORTION OF
CERTAIN NO PARKING ORDINANCES REGULATING PARKING ON LOCUST STREET
AND ELM STREET; PROHIBITING PARKING AT ANY TIME ON CERTA1N PORTIONS
OF ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section l(h) of ordinance number 78-61 regulat'mg parking on the east side
of Elm Street from its intersection with Sherman Drive and extending north for thirty feet is
hereby rescinded.
SECTION 2. Section l(b) of ordinance number 78-63 regulating parking on the east side
of Locust Street from its intersection with Sherman Drive to its intersection with Peach Street is
hereby rescinded.
SECTION 3. Section 1(1) of ordinance number 78-71 regulating parking on the east side
of Locust Street fi'om its intersection with Peach Street to its intersection with FM 2164 is hereby
rescinded
SECTION 4. When signs or markings are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon the following streets in the City of Denton:
On the west side of Locust Street from its intersection with Sherman Drive to its
intersection with FM 2164.
On the east side of Locust Street fi:om its intersection with Sherman Drive extend'rog
north for 100 feet.
On the east side of Locust Street fi:om its intersection with Coronado Drive to its
intersection with FM 2164.
On both sides of Elm Street from its intersection with FM 2164 to its intersection with
Sherman Drive.
SECTION 5. The provisions of Section 4 prohibiting the parking of vehicles shall apply
during the specified times 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 6. 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the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of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 7. That if any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 8. Any person adjudged guilty of parking a vehicle in violation of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION 9. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days bom the date
of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ord'mance 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 ~_ day of ~ , 2004.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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