2011-022 ORD AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP; ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS

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ORDINANCE N0. 2011-022 AN ORDINANCE 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 STOP SIGNS ON JEFFERSON ROAD AND SOUTH COLLEGIATE DRIVE FOR EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC; AND ESTABLISHING YIELD SIGNS FOR VEHICLES TURNING RIGHT NORTHBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND FROM JEFFERSON ONTO COLLEGIATE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS 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 and yield signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of May 24, 2011, considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop signs at the intersection of Jefferson Road and South Collegiate Drive, to stop the East-bound and West-bound traffic on Jefferson Road and yield signs for North bound and South Bound traffic turning right onto Collegiate Drive from Jefferson Road, having done so, found and determined that the placement of stop signs and yield 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 Signs - on Jefferson Road at South Collegiate Drive stopping East-bound and West-bound traffic and Yield Signs on Jefferson Road for North-bound and South-bound traffic turning right onto Collegiate Drive from Jefferson Road." 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