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2260 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY ADDING SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 29-62ORDINANCE NO. 2260 . AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PRO- VIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 29 -62; PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF LOCAL HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 1, 1975. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PA R IS: Section l. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended by adding a section to be numbered 29 -62, to read as follows: "Sec. 29 -62. Regulation of local heavy truck traffic. (a) It shall be unlawful for any truck, truck tractor and semi -trailer, or any commercial motor vehicle with a rated capacity of one and one-half (1-1/2) tons or more according to the manufacturers classification, or the equivalent thereof, being operated as local traffic, to enter or use streets within the city, which are posted with signs stating "No Truck Traffic". (b) "Local traffic" as used herein means traffic originating inside or outside the corporate limits of the City of Paris with a destination inside the corporate limits of the City of Paris. " Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C" Misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200. 00. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on December l, 1975. Passed and adopted this lOth day of November, 1975. J s M. Brunett , Mayor ATTEST: r f H. C. Gre6ne, City Clerk APP OVED TO FORM: T. K. Haynes, City Attorney