2025-0176
INTRODUCED BY: LA SANDRA D. WILSON, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT I
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
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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 lower the speed limit on River Place Drive in Hahnville, to fifteen (15) 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 on River Place Drive in Hahnville, to fifteen (15) 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:
(95) River Place Drive in Hahnville, speed limit shall be fifteen (15) 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 ____________, 2025, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2025-0176 Speed Limit - River Place Drive, Hahnville.docx
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