2004-221ORDINANCE NO. ~04-~2 /
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROHIBITING PARKING DURING
CERTAIN HOURS ON THE EAST SIDE OF NEWTON STREET BEGINNING 461 FEET
NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH MORSE STREET AND CONTINUING NORTH TO
A POINT APPROXIMATELY 856 FEET NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION; PROVDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVDING A PENALTY
NOT TO EXCEED TWO HLrNDRED DOLLARS; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. When signs or markings are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle on school days from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. upon the following street in the City of
Denton:
The east side of Newton Street Drive beginning 461 feet north of its intersection with
Morse Street and continuing north to a point 856 feet north of the intersection.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section I 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 3. 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the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 hi 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,~..g~day of {~,0~ , 2004.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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