2002-003-ORD ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-003
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 thereofto which they apply
shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent.
Section 4. That, on FM Highway 79 from the northwest city limit of Paris, in a southeasterly
direction a distance of approximately 0.613 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty-five (55) miles per
hour at all times; thence southeasterly a distance of approximately 0.765 miles, the speed limit shall
be forty-five (45) miles per hour at all times; thence in a southerly direction a distance of
approximately 0.486 miles, the speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour at all times; thence in
a southerly direction a distance of approximately 0.614 miles, the speed limit shall be thirty (30)
miles per hour at all times except that a school speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour will be
effective on school days only at the school crossing zone, from approximate highway milepoint
22.014 to milepoint 22.304 only during the following hours:
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From forty-five (45) minutes before school opens until classes begin; from the
beginning to the end of the lunch period, if needed; and for a thirty (30) minute
period beginning at the close of school;
to the intersection of Business US 82-H and Bonham Street; as evidenced by the attached plan
which is hereby approved and made a part thereof.
Section 5. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two
Hundred and no/l 00 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.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: