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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DRAFT <br /> S:\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Traffic - Speed Zone Extension & Beacons (New High School) ORD - 2010.docx <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br /> EXTENDING THE SCHOOL ZONE ON LOOP 286 SE NEAR ITS <br /> INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH COLLEGIATE DRIVE ESTABLISHING <br /> MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN <br /> PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES <br /> IN THE CITY OF PARIS; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL ZONE <br /> FLASHING BEACONS DURING SCHOOL EVENTS; MAKING OTHER <br /> <br /> FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A <br /> REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A <br /> PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on July 26, 2010 in Ordinance No. 2010-026, the City Council of the City <br /> of Paris approved the establishment of a school zone on Loop 286 SE near its intersection <br /> with South Collegiate Drive; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the speed zone established in Ordinance No. 2010-026 requires <br /> extension to further include a portion of the land utilized for school purposes; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is an increase in vehicular activity and pedestrian traffic in and <br /> around the roadway associated with Paris High School during home football games; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this increase in vehicular and pedestrian traffic necessitates the <br /> utilization of the flashing beacons on the school zone speed limit assembly during said <br /> school events; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, <br /> an engineering and traffic study and survey have been made by the Transportation <br /> Operations Office of the Texas Department of Transportation to determine the maximum, <br /> reasonable and prudent speeds for vehicles traveling upon the following named streets and <br /> highways and parts thereof, to facilitate the most effective use of said streets and highways <br /> and the safe and effective movement of vehicular traffic thereon; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, such study and survey establishes, and it is so found by the City Council <br /> of the City of Paris, Texas, that the following are the maximum, reasonable and prudent <br /> rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof, <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br /> <br /> Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br /> things approved. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 304 <br />