2000-060-ORD ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE, AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS ETC
ORDINANCE NO,
2000-060
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING 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 FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic study and survey have been made by the
Transportation Operations Office of the Texas Department of Transportation to determine the
maximum, reasonable, and prudent speeds for vehicles traveling upon certain portions of certain
streets and highways and public places within the city of Paris to facilitate the most effective use of
said streets and highways and the safe and effective movement of vehicular traffic thereon; and,
WHEREAS, such study and survey established and it is hereby so found by the City Council
of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, that the maximum, reasonable, and prudent rates of speed for
vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof are as stated herein; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things
approved,
Section 2. That no person shall drive a vehicle upon a public road, street, and highway in
the city of Paris, Texas, at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and
circumstances then existing,
Section 3. That, except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for
compliance with Section 2 hereof, the limits hereafter set out shall be lawful, but any speed in excess
ofthe limits hereinafter set out for the streets and highways and portions thereofto which they apply
shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent.
Section 4. That, on Loop 286, southwesterly from the intersection of Loop 286 at V,S,
Highway 271, to the intersection of Loop 286 at State Highway 19/24, a distance of 4,170 miles, a
speed limit of sixty-five (65) miles per hour at all times be, and the same is hereby, established,
Section 5. That any person violating any of the provision of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200.00,
Section 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed to the extent of such conflict only,
Section 7. The fact that present traffic regulations are inadequate to control traffic in areas
covered by this ordinance creates an emergency which is here and now declared, and all rules and
regulations providing for the reading of ordinances are hereby waived, and that this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage and publication and after the installation
of speed limit signs,
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13th day of November, 2000,
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Michael J, Pfie er, yor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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