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DRAFT <br />Attorney/ordwork/Stop Sign 3rd & Provine Draft 2 Ord 6-27-11 <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUIVCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31-65, OF <br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN ON PROVINE STREET AT 3RD STREET NW <br />STOPPING EAST-BOUND AND WEST-BOUND TRAFFIC; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A <br />REPEALER CLUASE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A <br />PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with reviewing and <br />evaluating proposals to add or remove traffic control devices on City streets and roadways <br />throughout the City of Paris; and, <br />WHEREAS, among those traffic control devices evaluated by the Traffic Commission <br />is the placement of stop signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of April 5, 2011, <br />considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop sign at the intersection of <br />3rd NW and Provine Street, to stop the East-bound and West-bound traffic on Provine <br />Street and, having done so, found and determined that the placement of stop signs at this <br />location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the health and safety and is in the best <br />interests 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 of the City of Paris, Texas, Section 31-65, <br />Chapter 31, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, as amended, be, and the <br />same is hereby further amended to include the following stop signs: <br />"Stop Sign - on Provine Street at 3rd NW Street stopping East-bound and <br />West-bound traffic." <br />Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict <br />with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the <br />ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall <br />remain in full force and effect. <br />- 112 <br />