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File #: 2020-0140    Version: 1 Name: Amend Code-lower speed limit in Highland Oaks Sub., St. Rose to twenty (20) miles per hour
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 5/18/2020 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 6/1/2020 Final action: 6/1/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #: 20-6-7
Title: An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to revise Chapter 15, Section 15-9, to provide an exception to the Twenty-five (25) Miles Per Hour Speed Limit, to lower the speed limit in Highland Oaks Subdivision in St. Rose to twenty (20) miles per hour.
Sponsors: Marilyn B. Bellock
Indexes: Highland Oaks Ph. 1 Subd., St. Rose (formerly: Terre Haute Subd., St. Rose), Highland Oaks Ph. 2 Subd., St. Rose, Highland Oaks Ph. 3 Subd., St. Rose, Traffic Code/Traffic Control
Code sections: Ch. 15. Sec. 15-9. - Speed limits
Attachments: 1. 2020-0140 3-24-20 MB letter to residents, 2. 2020-0140 5-11-20 MB email outcome, 3. 2020-0140 Final Ord 20-6-7

2020-0140

INTRODUCED BY:                     MARILYN B. BELLOCK, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT V

ORDINANCE NO.  ____________

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An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to revise Chapter 15, Section 15-9, to provide an exception to the Twenty-five (25) Miles Per Hour Speed Limit, to lower the speed limit in Highland Oaks Subdivision in St. Rose to twenty (20) miles per hour.

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WHEREAS,                     paragraph (a) of Section 15-9 of the Code provides that it is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour on Parish streets; and,

WHEREAS,                     that Paragraph (a) of Section 15-9 has been amended to provide exceptions; and,

WHEREAS,                     the Parish Council desires to provide an exception to lower the speed limit in Highland Oaks Subdivision in St. Rose.

THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION I.                     That Section 15-9 of the Traffic Code is hereby amended to add No. 88 as follows:

(a)                     It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour on any of the Parish streets, roads, highways and bridges,

EXCEPT:

(88)                     Highland Oaks Subdivision in St. Rose, speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour.

The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

 

 

 

 

And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of __________, 2020, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.

2020-0140 Speed Limit Highland Oaks.docx

 

 

CHAIRMAN:_________________________________________

SECRETARY:________________________________________

DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:____________________________

APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:_____________

 

PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________

RETD/SECRETARY:__________________________________

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