2005-021-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REPEALING SECTIONS 31-31 AND 31-32 OF CHAPTER 31 ARTICLE II DIVISON 2 OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-021 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REPEALING SECTIONS31-31 AND 31-32 OF CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 2 OF SAID CODE; ADDING A NEW DIVISION 3, SECTIONS 31-50 THROUGH 31-57, TO CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE II OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR TRUCK ROUTES THROUGH THE CITY; PROVIDING FORA PENAL TY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ORP ARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Chapter 31, Article II, Division 2 provides regulations for both through and local truck traffic traveling through the city; and, WHEREAS, such provisions were adopted over thirty (30) years ago and do not adequately address the current traffic flow necessities and safety concerns for the City, especially with regard to the roads located within the central business district; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris local street system includes a number of narrow, non-heavy duty surfaced streets and thoroughfares intended for light duty traffic, other than an occasional garbage truck or other heavy duty transport necessary to serve the area immediately adjacent to the street; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris is an acknowledged historical city, whose inner-city streets and thoroughfares are designed primarily for commuting traffic and occasional service vehicles, and not for heavy duty truck traffic, especially given the size and weight of vehicles currently permissible for trafficking on major highways and arterials designed for such traffic; and, WHEREAS, the inner-city and local streets and thoroughfares of the City of Paris are likewise not designed to accommodate large trucks and tractor trailers attempting to negotiate intersections, curbs, and turning ratios desi~ned primarily for local transportation purposes; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris is an acknowledged retirement center, where citizens are encouraged to walk neighborhood streets and thoroughfares; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris is equally blessed with many young school-aged children also walking the sidewalks and adjacent street areas oflocal streets and thoroughfares; and, WHEREAS, for these reasons, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, finds and determines there is a threat to the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Paris unless reasonable regulations are adopted to control unnecessary through truck traffic; and, WHEREAS, the City Council likewise finds and determines there are adequate state and federal maintained highways, especially the City's highway Loop 286, which have been designed and constructed to accommodate heavy duty truck traffic on a regular and daily basis; and, Page 1 of 5