97-040 ORD ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM REASONABLE AND PRUDENT RATE OF SPEED IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN COP
ORDINANCE NO. 97-040
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A
MAXIMUM, REASONABLE, AND PRUDENT RATE OF SPEED IN THE AREA OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES
IN THE CITY OF PARIS; PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1997.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That the following maximum, reasonable, and prudent rates of speed be, and
the same are hereby, established in the area of public schools on those portions of the street
hereinafter described:
T. G. GIVENS KINDERGARTEN:
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, from the west boundary line of 8th
Street N.E. to the east boundary line of 6th Street N.E., a speed limit of twenty
(20) miles per hour will be effective on school days during the following hours:
7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
AIKEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
On Pine Mill Road, from the east boundary line of 32nd Street N.E. west
a distance of 1640 feet, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour; and,
On E. Houston Street, from the east curb line of 31st Street N.E. east to
the west curb line of 32nd Street N.E., a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour;
and,
On Lamar Avenue (BH 82), from the east boundary line of 30th Street
N.E., highway Mile Post 10.345, east to the west boundary line of 32nd Street
N.E., highway Mile Post 10.545, a speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour, all
of which will be effective on school days during the following hours:
7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
THOMAS JUSTISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
On 19th Street N.W. (FM Highway 79), from highway Mile Post 22.014
to highway Mile Post 22.304, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour will be
effective on school days during the following hours:
7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
CROCKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL:
On S. Collegiate Drive, from the south curb line of E. Hubbard Street south
to the south curb line of Clark Lane; and,
On Clark Lane, from the east curb line of S. Collegiate Drive east to the
east curb line of Johnson Woods Drive, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour
will be effective on school days during the following hours:
7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
3:20 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
TRAVIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL:
On Graham Street, from the west boundary line of 31st Street N.W. to the
east boundary line of 34th Street N.W., a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour
will be effective on school days during the following hours:
7:10 a.m. to 7:55 a.m.
3:20 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
PARIS HIGH SCHOOL:
On Jefferson Road (FM Highway 1507), from highway Mile Post 2.215 to
highway Mile Post 2.465, a speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour will be
effective on school days during the following hours:
7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
NORTH LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL:
On Stone Avenue, from the east curb line of N. Main Street east to the east
curb line of Lewis Lane; and,
On Stillhouse Road, 750 feet north of the north boundary line of Loop 286
north a distance of 1000 feet, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour will be
effective on school days during the following hours:
7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
3:10 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.
Section 2. 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, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of the above-enumerated section shall constitute and
be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on September 1, 1997.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11 th day of August, 1
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Eric S. Clifford, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunni.ngham, City Clerk
APPROVED TO FORM:
T. K. ayne , City Attorney