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December 5, 2007
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A CONSTRUCTION SPEED ON STATE LOOP
286 SW IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY,
TEXAS, DURING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT STP2006(751); PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY
CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the City Council of the City of Paris, Lamar
County, Texas, as requested by the Texas Department of Transportation that the following
construction speed for vehicular traffic upon State Loop 286 SW is needed during various phases
of the construction project:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, 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 on State Loop 286 in the City of Paris,
Texas at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and circumstances
during said project. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance
with the above requirements, the construction zone limits hereinafter set out for State Loop 286 and
portions thereof to which they apply shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable
or prudent during the times so indicated by the Texas Department Transportation by posting speed
signs for construction purposes. Otherwise speeds shall revert back to those in Paris Ordinance No.
2001-058 Section 4 of September 10, 2001.
Section 3. That on State Loop 286 in the corporate city limits of Paris, Lamar County, in
an easterly direction from approximate mile points 23.408 to 21.754 for a distance of approximately
1.654 miles, a construction speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour is hereby established; hence
westerly direction from approximate mile point 21.693 to 23.531 for a distance of approximately
1.838 miles, a construction speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour is hereby established; as
evidenced by the attached Exhibit A which is hereby approved and made a part thereof.
Section 4. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the
City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions ofthis ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the enactment
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of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue
of such ordinance or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering any penalty accruing or to
accrue, or as affecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any ordinance
at the time of passage of this ordinance.
Section 6. That it is the intention ofthe City Council ofthe City of Paris that this ordinance,
and every provision hereof, shall be considered severable, and the invalidity or partial invalidity of
any section, clause, or provisions of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other portion
of this ordinance.
Section 7. That any person violating any ofthe provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of the above-enumerated sections shall constitute and
be deemed a separate offense.
Section 8. 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, and all rules
and regulations providing for the reading of ordinance is passed 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.
Section 9. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
Jesse James Freelen, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIlyar, City Attorney
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