31 - Establishing a Construction Speed Zone on US 82-Loop 286 during a construction project from US 271 Exit Ramp to the FM 79 Entrance Ramp

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE ON US 82/LOOP 286 IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, DURING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM US 271 EXIT RAMP TO THE FM 79 ENTRANCE RAMP; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation has requested the City of Paris, Texas, by and through the authority granted to it in the Texas Transportation Code and at direction of the City Council, to establish that a construction speed zone for vehicular traffic upon US 82/Loop 286 from the US 271 exit ramp to the FM 79 entrance ramp in the Corporate Limits of the city of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, to remain in place throughout the duration of this construction project; and WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City's Traffic Commission considered the issue and voted unanimously to recommend that the City enact a temporary ordinance to reduce the speed in said construction zone from sixty (60) miles per hour to fifty (50) miles per hour; and WHERAS, the City Council finds that enacting an ordinance to provide for said construction zone speed limit in the affected area is in the best interest of the citizens of Paris and of public safety; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That no person shall drive a vehicle on US 82 /Loop 286 from the US 271 exit ramp to the FM 79 entrance ramp in the City of Paris, Texas at a speed greater than fifty (50) miles per hour during said construction project. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance with the above requirements, the construction zone limits hereinafter set out for US 82/Loop 286 and portions thereof to which they apply shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent during the times so indicated by the Texas Department Transportation by posting speed signs for construction purposes. Upon completion of the project, the speed limit shall revert to sixty (60) miles per hour on said highway Section 3. That on US 82/Loop 286 in the corporate city limits of Paris, Lamar County, in an westerly direction from approximate CS mile point 2.171 to 3.227 for a distance of approximately 1.056 miles, a construction speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour as evidenced by the attached construction Speed Zone Plan Map for Highway US 82/Loop 286 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A",and is