2024-0423
INTRODUCED BY: WALTER PILIÉ, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO. __________
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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 “NO OVERNIGHT PARKING” signs on the south side of Carriage Lane from the property line dividing 98 and 96 Carriage Lane and along the entire length of Dunleith Court as it transitions from Dunleith Drive to the dead end at the Carriage Canal in Destrehan.
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WHEREAS, vehicles obstructing the passage of moving vehicular traffic poses a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the general public in the event that emergency vehicles are obstructed in responding to an emergency; and,
WHEREAS, vehicles parking on this street obstruct the passage of moving vehicular traffic including school buses, garbage trucks, and other vehicles to pass; and,
WHEREAS, no overnight parking signs are needed on both sides of this street in order to eliminate the safety hazard and danger to residents.
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 “NO OVERNIGHT PARKING” signs be installed along both sides of Dunleith Drive in Destrehan.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2025, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2024-0423 NO OVERNIGHT PARKING - Dunleith Drive
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