Loading...
1891 ORD AMENIDNG ORDINANCE NO 1406 ARTICLE VIII SECTION 1 AND SECTION 2(1)ORDINANCE NO. 1891 . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 1406, ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1 AND SECTION 2(1 ORDIN.ANCE NO. 1495, SECTION 3(f), AND ORDINANCE NO.1851, SECTION 2( a)1 AND 2, OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS; DECREASING THE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF F.M. 79, DESIGNATED 19TH STREET, N. W., AND IN- CREASING THE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF F.M. 79, DE- SIGNATED 19TH STREET, N. W.; PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EX-- CEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREfnTITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 24, 1969. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That Ordinance No. 1406, Article VIII, Section 1 and Section 2(1 Ordinance 1495, Section 3(f and Ordinance No. 1 851 , Section 2( a)1 and 2; and all other ordinances in con- flict herewith, be amended as follows: (a) State S eed Laws A licable. The State traf'f'ic laws regulating the speed of vehicles P.C. 827a, Regulating operation of vehicles on highways, Section 8, Ratr 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 investigatio n 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 at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this ordinance when signs are in place giving notice thereof. . Section 2. Decreasing and Increasing State Speed Limit in Certain Zones. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an en- gineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by State law upon the following street is more than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon in some areas and less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon in other areas, by reason of the designation and signposting of said street as a school zone and through highway and by reason of widely spaced intersections, and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit shall be as hereinafter set f'orth on said street or p arts of said street herein designated at the time specified when signs are erected giving notice thereof: (a) On F.M. 79, or which is known in the City of Paris as 19th Street, N. W., the speeds are fixed as f'ollows: 1. From Bon.ham Street, North 0.619 miles to a point immediately North of Campbell Streetfs intersection with 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79), a speed limit of 35 miles per hour at all times, other than when the school children are actually cross-» ing the highway, which will be brought to the attention of motor-- ists by means of portable signs or by electrically illuminated signs operating by time clock control, and during said times, be-- tween a point 0.230 miles North from the mile post located at U. S. Highway's intersection with F.M. 137 and 79, said point being on 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79) and from said point in a Northerly direction along 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79) 0.200 miles to a point 0.430 miles from said heretofore described mile post, a speed limit of 25 miles per hour, as shown by strip map prepared by the Texas Highway Department attached hereto. 2. From a point 0.619 miles North from mile post low cated at U.S. Highway 82's intersection with 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79) being immediately North of Campbell Streetts intersection with 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79) in a Northerly direction along 19th Street, N. W. (F.M. 79) to a point 1.679 miles North of said mile post, said point being near said highway's intersection with the pr esent city limit line, a speed limit of 1+5 miles per hour, as shown by strip map prepared by the Texas Highway Department attached hereto. 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 conflic t herewith are hereby repealed. Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective on February 24, 1969. Passed and adopted this 10th day of February, 1969. C~ 4 -C ~ J es R. Moore, D.S.C., Mayor ATTEST: , H: C. Gre , ity lerk . t. - :T :T~. ~ AP 0VE A' TO FORM: 'T. K. ayne , City Attorney.