96-015 ORD PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS

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ORDINANCE NO. 96-015 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLI5HMENT OF MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF PARIS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 1, 1996. WHEREAS, the Transportation Operations Office of the Texas Department of Transportation prepared an engineering and traffic study and survey to determine the maximum, reasonable and prudent speeds for vehicles traveling upon certain portion of certain streets and highways, and parts thereof, the most effective use of said streets and highways, and the safest and most effective movement of vehicular traffic thereon; and, WHEREAS, such study and survey recommends certain maximum, reasonable and prudent rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways, and parts thereof, located within the City of Paris, and it is deemed appropriate that the City Council of the City of Paris establish the same based on such recommendation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That the following maximum, reasonable and prudent rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon certain streets and highways located within the City of Paris, as determined by an engineering and traffic study and survey prepared by the Transportation Operations Office of the Texas Department of Transportation, be, and the same are hereby, established as hereinafter set out for the streets and highways and portions thereof to which they apply: (a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon a public road, street or highway located in the City of Paris at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and circumstances then existing. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance with the above requirement, the limits hereinafter set out shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of the limits as hereinafter set out for the streets and highways, and portions thereof, to which they apply shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent: (1) On F.M. Highway 905, southeasterly from the centerline of Loop 286 to the City Limits of Paris, a distance of approximately 0.780 miles, a speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour at all times, as evidenced by the plan attached hereto as Exhibit A; (2) On F.M. Highway 79, southerly from the north City Limits of Paris, a distance of approximately 1.008 miles, a speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly a distance of approximately 0.626 miles, a speed limit of forty (40) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly to the centerline of BU 82 H(Bonham Street), a distance of approximately 0.613 miles, a speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour at all times, except that a school speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour will be effective on school days, from approximately highway milepoint 22.014 to approximately milepoint 22.304 only during the following hours: from 45 minutes before school opens until classes begin; from the beginning to the end of the lunch period, if needed, and for a 30 minute period beginning at the close of school, as evidenced by the plan attached hereto as Elchibit B;