1801 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1625 SECTION 1(a) SUBSECTION (7)

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ORDINANCE NO. 1801 . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1625, SECTION 1(a), SUB- SECTION (7), BY FIXING THE FOLLOWING SPEED LIMITS: ON F. M. ROAD 1372 BEING 19TH STREE'r9 S. W, g FROM BONHAM STREET OR U, S. HIGHWAY 82 TO SHERMAN STREET9 A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR; AND FROM SHERMAN STREET, SOUTH AND WESTS A DISTANCE OF 0. 550 MILES= A SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MILES PER HOUR; AND FROM THE END OF THAT ZONE TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMIT LINE, A SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MILES PER HOUR; AND ON LOOP 286, FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 82 WEST, SOUTH AND EAST TO HIGHWAY 249 LEADING SOUTH FROM THE CITY OF PARIB, A SPEED LIMIT OF 60 MILES PER HOUR; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DA TE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Sectian 1. That Ordinance No. 1625, Section 1(a)9 Sub-Section (7), be, and the same is hereby amended by designating herein speeds for certain areas within the City Limits, the following designated speed limits: (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any motor or other vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of that specified for the following streets and portions thereof: (l~ On Farm-to-Market Road No. 137, or 19th Street, S.W„ from U. S. Highway 82, or Bonham Street, South to Sherman Street, a distance of 0. 236 miles, a speed limit of 30 miles per hour at all times, and from Sherman Street, South and Southwesterlyp a distance of 0. 550 miles, a speed limit of 40 miles per hour is hereby fixedq and from the end of that speed limit, South and West to the City Limit Line, a distance of 0. 920 miles, a speed limit of 45 miles per hour is hereby fixed, as evidenced by the attached plan which is hereby approved and made a part hereof. (2~ On Highway Loop 286, from U. S. Highway 82 West, a speed limit is fixed South and East on said Loop 286, from said U.S. Highway 82 Westa of 60 miles per hour, to where said Loop intersects Highway 24, leading South from Paris, Texas, as evidenced by the attached plan which is hereby approved and made a part hereof. Section 2. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred ($200, 00) Dollars. Section 3, All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. Section 4. This ordinance sha11 become effective on and after publication, as required by the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas. Passed and adopted this 10th day of October, A. D,, 1966. ATTE5T: May r , City Clerk in a..'`•vs APPROVEDAS\TO FORM: ~ ry , City Att rney.