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2011-048 ORD ESTABLISH MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FRONTAGE ROADS
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2011-048 ORD ESTABLISH MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FRONTAGE ROADS
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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-048 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF <br />SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FRONTAGE ROADS FROM THE <br />INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS 82 (LAMAR AVENUE) AND HIGHWAY US 82 <br />NORTH PAST PINE MILL ROAD A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.623 <br />MILES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation has requested a revision to the <br />speed limits on Highway US 82 Frontage Roads from the intersection of Business 82 <br />(Lamar Avenue) and Highway US 82 north past Pine Mill Road, traveling in Northerly and <br />Southerly directions a distance of approximately 0.623 miles a speed limit of forty (40) <br />miles per hour at all times; as more particularly depicted in the TxDot Speed Zone Plan and <br />Map attached hereto as Exhibit "A". <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas has found and determined <br />that the requested speed zone change in this area is necessary to protect the health and <br />safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris, Texas and have so <br />approved the speed adjustment. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF 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 no person shall drive a vehicle upon public road, street and highway <br />in the City of Paris, Texas, at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the <br />conditions and circumstances then existing. Except when a special hazard exists that <br />requires lower speeds for compliance with the above requirement, the limits hereinafter <br />set out below shall be lawful and any speed in excess of the limits as hereinafter set out for <br />the streets and highways and portions thereof to which they apply shall be prima facie <br />evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent. <br />Section 3. That a revised speed zone is hereby established as follows: <br />On Highway US 82 Frontage Roads from the intersection of Business 82 <br />(Lamar Avenue) and Highway US 82 north past Pine Mill Road, traveling in northerly <br />and southerly directions a distance of approximately 0.623 miles a speed limit of <br />forty (40) miles per hour at all times; as more particularly depicted in the TxDot <br />Speed Zone Plan and Map attached hereto as Exhibit "A". <br />Section 4. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with <br />the provisions 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 />Page 1 <br />
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