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File #: 2013-0058    Version: 1 Name: Amend Code by revising Section 15-5, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of said Code, to provide for the installation of "KEEP OFF MEDIAN" signs along the median of Ormond Boulevard, from Highway 61 (Airline Drive) to LA 48 (River Road) in Destrehan
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 2/18/2013 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/11/2013
Enactment date: 3/11/2013 Enactment #: 13-3-7
Title: An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Section 15-5, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of said Code, to provide for the installation of "KEEP OFF MEDIAN" signs along the median of Ormond Boulevard, from Highway 61 (Airline Drive) to LA 48 (River Road) in Destrehan.
Sponsors: Wendy Benedetto
Indexes: Ormond Country Club Est. Subd., Destrehan, Ormond Plant. Est. Subd., Destrehan, Traffic Code/Traffic Control
Code sections: Ch. 15. Sec. 15-5. - Traffic signs, signals, etc., generally
Attachments: 1. 2013-0058 Final Ord 13-3-7
2013-0058
INTRODUCED BY:      WENDY BENEDETTO, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO.  ___________
Title
An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Section 15-5, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of said Code, to provide for the installation of "KEEP OFF MEDIAN" signs along the median of Ormond Boulevard, from Highway 61 (Airline Drive) to LA 48 (River Road) in Destrehan.
Body
WHEREAS,      vehicles parking on or driving into the median of Ormond Boulevard, Destrehan, from Highway 61 (Airline Drive) to LA 48 (River Road) can cause obstructed views for other vehicles and pedestrians while traveling in either direction; and,
WHEREAS,      vehicles parking on or driving into the median is a nuisance to property owners and others in the neighborhood; and,
WHEREAS,      vehicles parking on or driving into the median compromises the landscape value and integrity by causing aesthetic deterioration as well as impacting the growth of healthy grass and trees.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
      SECTION I.      Traffic control signs have been posted by the Department of Public Works since the adoption of Ordinance No. 82-10-9.
      SECTION II.      In accordance with Section 15-5, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, the Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to order the erection, removal and location of such traffic control signs, signals, devices and markings as provided in the chapter or any amendments thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, DO HEREBY ORDAIN that "KEEP OFF MEDIAN" signs be installed on the median along Ormond Boulevard, from Highway 61 (Airline Drive) to LA 48 (River Road) in Destrehan.
Vote
      The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
 
 
 
 
      And the ordinance was declared adopted this            day of                      , 2013, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
KeepOffMedian-Ormond Boulevard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHAIRMAN: _________________________________
SECRETARY: ________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT: ____________________
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PARISH PRESIDENT: _________________________
RETD/SECRETARY: __________________________
AT: _______________ RECD BY: ________________