St. Charles Parish - File #: 2023-0194

• File #: 2023-0194
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code-Section 15-9. (a) to raise the speed limit on Riverwood Drive in Riverwood Estates, St. Rose, to twenty (20) mph
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 7/31/2023
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 8/14/2023
• Final action: 8/14/2023
• Enactment #: 23-8-3
• Title: An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to revise Chapter 15, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Section 15-9. Speed Limits (a) to provide an exception to the Twenty-five (25) Miles Per Hour Speed Limit, to raise the speed limit on Riverwood Drive in Riverwood Estates, St. Rose, to twenty (20) miles per hour.
• Sponsors: Marilyn B. Bellock
• Indexes: Riverwood Est. Subd., St. Rose, Traffic Code/Traffic Control
• Related files: 2002-0322

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/16/2023	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
8/14/2023	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
8/14/2023	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
7/31/2023	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
7/31/2023	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced
7/11/2023	1	Council Secretary	Correspondence Received
6/8/2023	1	Council Member(s)	Correspondence Sent

2023-0194
INTRODUCED BY: MARILYN B. BELLOCK, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT V
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to revise Chapter 15, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Section 15-9. Speed Limits (a) to provide an exception to the Twenty-five (25) Miles Per Hour Speed Limit, to raise the speed limit on Riverwood Drive in Riverwood Estates, St. Rose, to twenty (20) miles per hour.
Body
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, Ordinance No. 02-9-7, adopted September 9, 2002, by the St. Charles Parish Council amended the Code of Ordinances, by revising Chapter 15, Section 15-9, lowering the speed limit on Riverwood Drive, Riverwood Estates, St. Rose to Fifteen (15) Miles Per Hour; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish Council desires to raise the speed limit on Riverwood Drive in Riverwood Estates, St. Rose from fifteen (15) miles per hour to twenty (20) miles per hour.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 15 Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Section 15-9. Speed Limits (a) of the Traffic Code is hereby amended as follows, with new text underlined and deleted text in strikethough:
(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:
(42) Riverwood Drive in Riverwood Estates, St. Rose, speed limit shall be fifteen (15) 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 ____________, 2023, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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