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ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON FM 905 FROM THE CENTERLIIVE OF LOOP 286 IN A SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.780 MILES IN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the Ciry 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 Council of the City of Paris, Texas, that the following are the maximum, reasonable and prudent rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof. 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 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 below shall be lawful and 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 on FM 905 from the centerline of Loop 286 in a southerly to southeasterly direction a distance of approximately 0.780 miles, a speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour at all times to the southeast city limits of Paris. Section 4. That the fact that present traffic regulations are inadequate to control traffic in areas covered by this ordinance creates an emergency which is here and now declared, and all rules and regulations providing for the reading of ordinance is passed as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication and after the installation of speed limit signs. Section S. That the speed limits for FM 905 is set forth herein and as further described and depicted in the Speed Zone Plan provided to the City of Paris Engineering Department are hereby established. Page 1 a UUU195