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AN ORDINANCEOF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, 'TEXAS, <br />AMENDING THE T'R,A,FFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31- <br />65(b) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS STOPPING NORTHBOUND AND <br />SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF 18TH STREET NE <br />AND FAIRAX STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A. <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with reviewing and <br />evaluating proposals to add or remove traffic control devices on City streets and roadways <br />throughout the City of Paris; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission has the authority to review the placement of <br />stop signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of November 7, 2017, <br />considered and evaluated a request for the placement of stop signs stopping northbound <br />and southbound traffic at the intersection of 18th Street NE' and Fairfax Street, an <br />intersection which currently has no traffic control device; and. <br />WHEREAS, The Traffic Commission found and determined that the placement of <br />stop signs at this location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the public health and <br />safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS. <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in <br />a.11 thing's approved. <br />Section 2. That the 'Traffic Control Map of the City of Paris, Texas, as amended and <br />as adopted in Paragraph (b) of Section 31-65, Chapter 31, of the Code of Ordinances of the <br />City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, further amended to include the fallowing <br />stop signs: <br />"Stop signs stopping northbound and southbound traffic at the intersection of <br />18th Street NE and Fairfax Street." <br />Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict <br />with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the <br />