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ORDINANCE NO. 200fi-0I1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM, REASONABLE RATE OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF PARIS; PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the city Council of the City of Paris, Texas an engineering and traffic study and survey has been made by the Transportation Operations Office of the Texas Department of Transportation to determine the maximum, reasonable and prudent speeds for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets and highways and parts thereof, to facilitate the most effective use of said streets and highways and the safe and effective movement of vehicular traffic thereon; and, WHEREAS, such study and survey establishes, and it is so found by the City of Paris Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of May 2, 2006, that the following are the maximum reasonable and prudent rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof, and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris, and it is necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens, and have so recommended speed adjustments to the City Council of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, 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 upon a public road, street and highway in the City of Paris, Texas, at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and circumstances then existing. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance with the above requirement, the limits hereinafter set out shall be lawful but any speed in excess of the limits as hereinafter set out for the streets and highways and portions thereof to which they apply shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent. Section 3. That the following maximum, reasonable and prudent rates of speed shall be established on those portions of the street hereinafter described: On US 82 from the intersection of US 271 and US 82, in an easterly direction a distance of approximately 0.571 miles, a speed limit of 45