2006-023-ORD-RATE OF SPEED
ORDINANCE NO. 200fi-0I1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM, REASONABLE
RATE 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 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the city Council of the City of Paris,
Texas an engineering and traffic study and survey has 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 the following named streets and
highways and parts thereof, 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 establishes, and it is so found by the City of
Paris Traffic Commission, at its regular meeting of May 2, 2006, that the following are
the maximum reasonable and prudent rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets
and highways and parts thereof, and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of
Paris, and it is necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens, and have so
recommended speed adjustments to the City Council of the 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 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. Except when a special hazard exists
that requires lower speeds for compliance with the above requirement, the limits
hereinafter set out shall be lawful but any speed in excess of the limits as 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 3. That the following maximum, reasonable and prudent rates of speed
shall be established on those portions of the street hereinafter described:
On US 82 from the intersection of US 271 and US 82, in an easterly
direction a distance of approximately 0.571 miles, a speed limit of 45
(forty-five) miles per hour at all times; thence easterly a distance of
approximately 0.727 miles to the East city Limits of Paris, a speed limit of
55 (fifty-five) miles per hour at all times as evidenced by the attached plan
is hereby approved and made a part thereof.
Section 4. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in force in the City of Paris,
Texas, which conflict with the terms and provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed
insofar as they conflict with this ordinance, but all other portions of said ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
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 $200.00.
Section 6. That 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, as an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication and after the installation of speed limit signs.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of Ma(y, ~006. 0
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Curtis Fendley, Ma - or ,
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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