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2011-049 ORD ESTABLISH MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS
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2011-049 ORD ESTABLISH MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS
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ORDINA111CE NO. 2011-049 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASOIVABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF <br />SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 82 FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO ITS <br />INTERSECTION WITH BUSINESS US 82 IN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />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 from the west city limit of Paris, Texas, in a easterly <br />direction a distance of approximately 0.542 miles a speed limit of seventy (70) miles per <br />hour at all times; thence easterly a distance of approximately 0.708 miles, a speed limit of <br />sixty-five (65) miles per hour at all times; thence easterly a distance of approximately 0.420 <br />miles, a speed limit of fifty-five (55) miles per hour at all times; thence in a northeasterly <br />direction a distance of approximately 5.085 miles, a speed limit of sixty (60) miles per hour <br />at all times; thence southeasterly a distance of approximately 1.757 miles, a speed limit of <br />fifty five (55) miles per hour at all times to the intersection of Business US 82 and Highway <br />US 82; as more particularly described and depicted in the TxDOT Speed Zone Plan and map <br />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 of its residents and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris, Texas <br />and have so approved the speed zone change. <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 no person shall drive a vehicle upon public road, street or 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 from the West City Limit of Paris, Texas, in a easterly <br />direction a distance of approximately 0.542 miles a speed limit of seventy (70) miles <br />per hour at all times; thence easterly a distance of approximately 0.708 miles, a <br />speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour at all times; thence easterly a distance of <br />Page 1 <br />
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