1863 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1406 ARTICLE VIII SECTION 1 AND ORDINANCE 1851 SECTION 1(a)ORDINANCE NO. 1863 .
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1406, ARTICLE VIII,
SECTION l, AND ORDINANCE NO. 1851, SECTION 1(a), OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, DECREASING THE SPEED LIMITS FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 20
MILES PER HOUR ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOfn£ING STREETS:
NEATHERY STREET, FROM THE E. B. LINE OF 13TH STREET, S. E. TO
THE W, B. LINE OF 17TH STREET, S. E.; EAST HEARON STREET, FROM
THE E. B. LINE OF 13TH STREET, S. E. TO THE W. B. I,INE OF 17TH
STREET, S. Eo; AND 13TH STREET, S. Ea, FROM THE S. B. LINE OF
NEATHERY STREET TO THE N. B. LINE OF EAST GV:4SHINGTON STREET;
PROVIDING FOR A.FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DA.TE OF MAY 271 1968,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1, That Ordinanc.e No, 1406, Article VIII, Section
1, and Ordinance No. 1851, Section 1(a), of the City of Paris, be
amended as follows:
(a) State Speed Laws Applicable. The State traffic laws
regulating the speed of vehicles (P.C, 827a, Regulating oper ation
of vehicles on highways, Secti.on 8, Rate and speed of vehicles, )
shall be applicable upon all streets within this city, except as
this ordinance, as authorized by State law (P,C. 827a, Section 8,
Subsection 3.), hereby declares and determines upon the basis of
engineering and traffic invest:igation that certain speed regula-
tions shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain
areas, in which event it shall be prima facie unlawful for any
person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so
declared in this ordinance when signs are in place giving notice
the reof ,
Section 2, Decreasin State S eed Limit in Certain Zones
From Thirtv (30) Miles per Hour to Twenty 20) Miles per Hour.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that the speed permitted by State law upon
the following streets is more than is necessary for safe opera«
tion of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and sign-
posting of said streets, and that by reason of the fact that the
areas of the streets hereinafter described are in the immediate
vicinity of a public recreation area, to-wit: Culbertson Park;
and the speeds are fixed as follows:
(a) On Neathery Street, from the E. B. Line of 13th
Street, S. E. to the W. B. Line of 17th Street,
S. E., a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour.
(b) On East Hearon Street, from the E. B. Line of 13th
Street, S. E. to the InT. B. Line of 17th Street,
S. Eo, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour.
(c) On 13th Street, S. Ea, from the S. B. Line of
Neather y Street to the N. B. Line of East Washington
Street, a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour.
Section 3, That any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective on May 27,
1968,
Passed and adopted this 13th day of Magy, 1968.
~ W
~r:~. Jamgd R. Moore, DoS,C., Mayor
ATTEST: ~
" t~•~l /~"t--~C~.~L~l.-l. -
H. C. Greefie, Ci ty C1 erk
APPROV,SDAS TO FORM :
T. K. Hay es, City Attorney
~