2002-002-ORD ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS ON CERTAIN STREETS ETC
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-002
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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, by authority and direction of the City Council of the City of Paris 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 thereof to which they apply
shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent.
Section 4. That, on FM Highway 137 from the intersection of Business US 82-H and
Bonham Street, in a southerly direction a distance of approximately 0.200 miles the speed limit shall
be thirty (30) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly a distance of approximately 0.400 miles
the speed limit shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly a distance of
approximately 0.289 miles the speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour at all times; thence
southerly a distance of approximately 1.277 miles the speed limit shall be fifty-five (55) miles per
hour at all times to the south city limits of Paris; as evidenced by the attached plan which is hereby
approved and made a part thereof.
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Section 5. That any person violating any of the provisions ofthis ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two
Hundred and no/lOO Dollars ($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. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of
passage and publication as required by law and after the installation of speed limit signs.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 2002.
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