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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-045 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31-65, <br />OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN ON EVERGREEN AT SOUTH CHURCH <br />STREET STOPPING EAST-BOUND TRAFFIC ON EVERGREEN; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; <br />PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS <br />CLAUSE, A 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 September 6, 2011, <br />considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop sign at the intersection of <br />Evergreen and South Church Street, to stop the east-bound traffic on Evergreen and, having <br />done so, found and determined that the placement of a stop sign at this location in the City <br />of Paris is necessary to protect the health and safety and is in the best interests of the <br />citizens of the Ci-ty 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 sign: <br />"Stop Sign - Evergreen and South Church Street to stop East-bound traffic on <br />Evergreen." <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with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the 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 />Section 4. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the <br />enactment of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending <br />under or by virtue of such ordinance or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering <br />