2011-021-ORD AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31-65 OF THE CODE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS

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ORDINANCE N0. 2011-021 AN ORDINA11iCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31-65, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN ON PROVINE STREET AT 3RD STREET 1VW STOPPING EAST-BOUND AND WEST-BOUND TRAFFIC; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLUASE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVI111GS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with reviewing and evaluating proposals to add or remove traffic control devices on City streets and roadways throughout the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, among those traffic control devices evaluated by the Traffic Commission is the placement of stop signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of April 5, 2011, considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop sign at the intersection of 3rd NW and Provine Street, to stop the East-bound and West-bound traffic on Provine Street and, having done so, found and determined that the placement of stop signs at this location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the health and safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris. 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 the Traffic Control Map of the City of Paris, Texas, Section 31-65, Chapter 31, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, as amended, be, and the same is hereby further amended to include the following stop signs: "Stop Sign - on Provine Street at 3rd NW Street stopping East-bound and West-bound traffic." Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.