2009-018-ORD SPEED RATE ESTABLISHED ON HWY 271ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF
SPEED ON HIGHWAY US 271 FROM NORTH CITY LIMIT OF PARIS IN A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO US 82 AND BUSINESS US 271- IN THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
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 Council
of the City of Paris, Texas, that the following are the maximum, reasonable and prudent
rates of speed for vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
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 below shall be lawful and 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 on U.S. Highway 271 from the north city limit of the City of Paris, in
a southerly direction a distance of approximately 2.766 miles, a speed limit of seventy (70)
miles per hour daytime and sixty -five (65) miles per hour nighttime at all times as
Authorized by Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 111807; thence southerly a
distance of approximately 0.300 miles, a speed limit of sixty (60) miles per hour at all
times; thence southerly direction a distance of approximately 0.558 miles, a speed limit of
forty -five (45) miles per hour at all times to the intersection US 82 and Business US 271 -13;
thence in a southeasterly direction from the intersection of Business US 82 and US 82 a
distance of approximately 0.306 miles, a speed limit of fifty -five (55) miles per hour at all
times; thence southeasterly a distance of approximately 1.560 miles to the Southeast city
limit of Paris, a speed limit of sixty (60) miles per hour at all times.
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Section 4. 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 S. That the speed limits for Highway US 271 is set forth herein and as
further described and depicted in the Speed Zone Plan provided to the City of paris
Engineering Department are hereby established.
Section 6. 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 of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 7. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the
enactment 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 8. That it is the intention of the City Council of the 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 9. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1 -6 of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances, and each and every day's
continuance of any violation of the above - enumerated sections shall constitute and be
deemed a separate offense.
Section 10. That by a supermajority vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays, the City
Council voted to suspend the rule requiring two readings before adoption of this ordinance.
Section 11. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage of
the first reading and publication as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 26th day of May, 2009.
esse Ja es Freelen, Mayor
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ATTEST:
C c
J nice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIly r, Ci Attorney
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