2011-023 ORD ESTABLISHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND SE AND LAMAR

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ORDINANCE N0. 2011-023 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 A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND ST. SE AT LAMAR AVE. (US HWY 82 EAST); 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 traffic lights at various intersections throughout the City; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris received requests from citizens to install a traffic light at 42ns St. SE and Lamar Ave. (US HWY 82 East). The City Engineer sent a request to TXDOT requesting a traffic study to determine the need for a traffic light at the intersection. From 2008 until March 2011 there have been seven (7) accidents at this intersection; and, WHEREAS, after completion of the traffic study TXDOT recommended a traffic light be installed at the intersection of 42°d St. SE & Lamar Ave. TXDOT has bid this project and installation is pending; and, WHEREAS, On March 8, 2011, the Traffic Commission approved this item as presented, having found and determined that the placement of a traffic light at this location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the health and safety and welfare of the citizens of Paris, Lamar County, Texas. 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 traffic light: "Traffic light at the intersection of 42°d St. SE at Lamar Ave. (US Hwy 82 E)." 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provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the