2010-015 ORD ESTABLISHING PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON FM 1507 (JEFFERSON ROAD AND EVERGREEN)ORDINANCE NO. 2010-015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATES OF
SPEED O1V FM 1507 (JEFFERSON ROAD AND EVERGREEIV) FROM ITS
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION WITH SH 19/24 TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH FM 905, WHICH INCLUDES THE LOCATIONS OF
THE NEW PARIS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OLD PARIS HIGH SCHOOL IN
THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVIIVGS 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 Z. 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 Farm-to-Market Road 1507 (Jefferson Road and Evergreen)
from its beginning at the intersection with SH 19/24 in an easterly direction a distance of
approximately 0.958 miles, a speed limit of 50 (fifty) miles per hour at all times; thence
easterly a distance of approximately 0.577 miles, a speed limit of 45 (forty-five) miles per
hour at all times except that a school speed limit of 30 (thirty) miles per hour will be
effective on school days while school zone lights are flashing, from highway mile point
2.230 to mile point 2.476 only during the following hours:
Page 1
From 45 minutes before school opens until classes begin; from the beginning
to the end of the lunch period, if needed; and for a 30 minute period
beginning at the close of school;
Thence southeasterly direction a distance of approximately 1.917 miles, a speed limit of 50
(fifty) miles per hour at all times to the intersection of FM 1507 with FM 905 except that a
school speed limit of 35 (thirty-five) miles per hour will be effective on school days while
school zone lights are flashing, from highway mile point 3.067 to mile point 3.211 only
during the following hours:
From 45 minutes before school opens until classes begin; from the beginning
to the end of the lunch period, if needed; and for a 30 minute period
beginning at the close of school;
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 5. That the speed limits for Farm-to-Market Road 1507 (Jefferson Road
and Evergreen), as set forth herein and as further described and depicted in the Speed Zone
Plan attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A 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 B. 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 invalidiry 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.
Page 2
Section 10. That by supermajoriry 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 first and final reading this 12th day of April, 2010.
ATTEST: sse Ja s Freelen, Mayor
ice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
73.2 C7
W. Kent Mc yar Ci Attorney
Page 3