2005-0029
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to revise Chapter 15, Section 15-9. Speed Limits to change the Speed Limit on Ormond Boulevard to 40 miles per hour.
Body
WHEREAS, the South Central Planning & Development Commission, working under a Federal Highway Administration Rational Speed Study Grant, has conducted a study of Ormond Boulevard in Destrehan; and,
WHEREAS, the Engineering and Traffic Survey results, based on the 85th percentile standard, recommend that the speed limit on Ormond Boulevard be changed from 35 mph to 40 mph; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council to implement the results of the Engineering and Traffic Study.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Section 15-9, (a)(1) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a)(1) Ormond Boulevard, Destrehan, speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour, except three hundred (300) feet in either direction of Plantation Drive, along Ormond Boulevard, shall be a posted "School Zone" with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour between 7-9 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. on school days.
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 , 2005, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
Speed Limit Ormond Blvd
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