06-C Stop Sign - 32nd SE & Clark Lane
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f:attomey\ordwork\curent\ Stop Sign at 3200 SE & Clark Lane
March 7, 2006
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PARIS BE AMENDED BY REVISING THE TRAFFIC
CONTROL MAP ADOPTED IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF SECTION 31-65
OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY 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 OF APRIL 1,2006.
WHEREAS, the City of Paris Traffic Commission is charged with the responsibility
to study and evaluate traffic control devices for use on City streets and roadways; 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 7, 2006,
considered and evaluated various suggestions and requests for the placement of stop signs
at various locations throughout the City, and, having done so, found and determined that
the placement of certain stop signs at certain locations of and intersections in the City is
necessary to protect the health and safety and is in the best interests of the citizens of the
City of Paris, and have so recommended such signs to the City Council ofthe City of Paris;
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 the Traffic Control Map adopted in Paragraph (b) of Section 31-65
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby,
amended to include the following stop signs:
"Stop - 320d Street SE at Clark Lane, stopping south-bound traffic."
Section 3. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed
$200.00.
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective on April!, 2006.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of March, 2006.
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John D. Lestock, Assistant City Attorney