St. Charles Parish - File #: 2020-0289

• File #: 2020-0289
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code-Section 15-9 (a) to lower the speed limit on River Oaks Drive, Destrehan to Fifteen (15) mph
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/5/2020
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 10/19/2020
• Final action: 10/19/2020
• Enactment #: 20-10-7
• 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 lower the speed limit on River Oaks Drive in Destrehan to fifteen (15) miles per hour.
• Sponsors: La Sandra Darensbourg Gordon
• Indexes: River Oaks Subd., Destrehan, Traffic Code/Traffic Control
• Code sections: Ch. 15. Sec. 15-9. - Speed limits

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2020	1	Council Secretary	Correspondence Received
10/21/2020	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
10/19/2020	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
10/19/2020	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
10/5/2020	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
10/5/2020	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced
9/18/2020	1	Council Member(s)	Correspondence Sent
8/12/2020	1	Council Member(s)	Correspondence Sent

2020-0289
INTRODUCED BY: LA SANDRA DARENSBOURG GORDON
COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT I
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 lower the speed limit on River Oaks Drive in Destrehan to fifteen (15) 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, the Parish Council desires to provide an exception to lower the speed limit on River Oaks Drive in Destrehan 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:
(89) River Oaks Drive in Destrehan, 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 __________, 2020, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2020-0289 Speed Limit - River Oaks Drive, Destrehan.docx


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