2013-016 AMENDING TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31-65(b) OF CODE OF ORDINANCES

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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-016 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COU111CIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS� TEXAS, AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN SECTION 31- 65(b), OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHERRY STREET AND 24TH STREET 1VW STOPPIIVG EAST AND WEST-BOUND TRAFFIC ON CHERRY STREET; MAKIIVG OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with reviewing and evaluating proposals to add or remove traffic control devices on City streets and roadways throughout the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, among those traffic control devices evaluated by the Traffic Commission is the placement of stop signs at various intersections throughout the City; and, WHEREAS, the Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of March 5, 2013, considered and evaluated a request for the placement of a stop sign at the intersection of Cherry Street and 24� Street NW, stopping east and westbound traffic on Cherry Street and, having done so, found and determined that the placement of stop signs at this location in the City of Paris is necessary to protect the public health and safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUIVCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the Traffic Control Map of the City of Paris, Texas, as amended, and as adopted in Paragraph (b) of Section 31-65, Chapter 31, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, further amended to include the following stop signs: "Stop Sign - on Cherry Street at 24th Street NW stopping Eastbound and Westbound traffic."