2017-024 - Amend Traffic Map, establishiing a three-way stop at Fitzhugh and Pine Bluff

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ORDINANCE NO. 2017 -024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31- 65(b), OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING A THREE -WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF FITZHUGH AVENUE AND PINE BLUFF STREET STOPPING SOUTH -BOUND TRAFFIC ON FITZHUGH AVENUE AND EAST AND WEST -BOUND TRAFFIC ON PINE BLUFF STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with reviewing and evaluating proposals to add or remove traffic control devices on City streets and roadways throughout the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, among those traffic control devices evaluated by the Traffic Commission is the placement of stop signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of June 6, 2017, considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop signs at the intersection of Fitzhugh Avenue and Pine Bluff Street, stopping south -bound traffic on Fitzhugh Avenue and east and west -bound traffic on Pine Bluff Street allowing for placement of a crosswalk to be installed at the intersection and a left turn lane for turning north onto Fitzhugh Avenue from Pine Bluff Street. The Traffic Commission found and determined that the placement of stop signs at this location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the public health and safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the Traffic Control Map of the City of Paris, Texas, as amended, and as adopted in Paragraph (b) of Section 31 -65, Chapter 31, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, further amended to include the following stop signs: "Three -way stop - stopping traffic south -bound on Fitzhugh Avenue and east and west -bound on Pine Bluff Street"