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ORDINANCE N0. 2019-oil <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31- <br />65(b), OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; TO <br />CHANGE TRAFFIC FLOW ON 2nd STREET SW AND NW FROM WEST <br />SHERMAN STREET TO WEST HOUSTON STREET FROM A ONE-WAY TO A <br />TWO-WAY 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 change traffic flow on City streets and roadways throughout the <br />City of Paris; and <br />WHEREAS, among those traffic evaluations by the Traffic Commission is the flow of <br />traffic on streets throughout the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission was forwarded a request from City Staff <br />requesting these certain one-way streets be changed to two-way streets for traffic flow; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on February 3, 2015, the Traffic Commission approved the change of <br />traffic flow on 2nd Street from a one-way street to a two- way street by a vote of 4-0. <br />WHEREAS, On February 11, 2019 the City Council approved a recommendation <br />from the Traffic Commission to change 2nd Street from one-way to two-way traffic from <br />West Sherman Street to West Houston Street. It was found that these changes in the City of <br />Paris are necessary and in the best interest 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 />all things approved. <br />Section 2. That the Traffic Control Map referenced in Section 31-65(b) of the City <br />Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, as heretofore amended, be, and the same is <br />