03-F-(1)-(b) SH 19/24 SpeedDRAFT
LISA\ORDINANCES\CURRENT\Speed Zone SH 19-24 Ord
September 5, 2001
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM, REASONABLE, AND
PRUDENT RATES OF SPEED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CERTAIN
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF
PARIS; PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by authority and direction of the City Council of the City of Paris an engineering
and traffic study and survey have 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 certain portions of certain streets and highways and public places within the city of
Paris 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 established and it is hereby so found by the City Council
of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, that the maximum, reasonable, and prudent rates of speed for
vehicular traffic upon said streets and highways and parts thereof are as stated herein; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. 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.
Section 3. That, except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for
compliance with Section 2 hereof, the limits hereafter set out shall be lawful, but any speed in excess
of the limits 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 4. That, on State Highway 19/24 from the intersection of Business US 82H and
Business US 27 lB in a southerly direction for a distance of approximately 0.700 miles, the speed limit
shall be thirty (30) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly for a distance of approximately 0.525
miles, the speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour at all times; thence southerly for a
distance of approximately 0.575 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty (50) miles per hour at all times;
thence southerly for a distance of approximately 1.160 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty-five (55)
miles per hour at all times, except that a school speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour shall be
effective on school days only at the school crossing zone, from approximate highway milepoint 2.570
to milepoint 2.960 only during the following hours:
From forty-five (45) minutes before school opens until classes begin; from the
beginning to the end of the lunch period, if needed; and for a thirty (30) minute period
beginning at the close of school;
thence southerly for a distance of approximately 0.537 miles to the south city limits of Paris, the
speed limit shall be seventy (70) miles per hour daytime and sixty-five (65) miles per hour nighttime
at all times as authorized by Transportation Commission Minute 108507; as evidenced by the
attached plan which is hereby approved and made a part thereof.
Section 5. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred
and no/100 Dollars ($200.00).
Section 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed to the extent of such conflict only.
Section 7. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of
passage and publication as required by law and after the installation of speed limit signs.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 10th day of September, 2001.
ATTEST:
Michael J. Pfiester, Mayor
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney