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File #: 2012-0257    Version: 1 Name: Lower speed limit on Elm Street in Hahnville to Fifteen (15) Miles Per Hour
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 7/23/2012 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: Final action: 8/6/2012
Enactment date: 8/6/2012 Enactment #: 12-8-8
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 on Elm Street in Hahnville to Fifteen (15) Miles Per Hour.
Sponsors: Terrell D. Wilson
Indexes: Keller Acres Subd., Hahnville, Traffic Code/Traffic Control
Code sections: Ch. 15. Sec. 15-9. - Speed limits
Attachments: 1. 2012-0257 6-29-12 TW memo PW, 2. 2012-0257 Final Ord 12-8-8
2012-0257
INTRODUCED BY:       TERRELL D. WILSON, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT I
ORDINANCE NO.  ____________
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 on Elm Street in Hahnville 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 Elm Street in Hahnville.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I.      That Section 15-9 of the Traffic Code is hereby amended to add No. 69 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:
(69)      Elm Street in Hahnville, speed limit shall be Fifteen (15) miles per hour.
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 __________, 2012, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
Speed Limit Elm Street, Hahnville.doc
 
 
 
 
CHAIRMAN:______________________________________________
SECRETARY:_____________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:__________________
 
PARISH PRESIDENT:______________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:_______________________________________
AT: _______________RECD BY: _____________________________