2011-0341
INTRODUCED BY: WENDY BENEDETTO, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
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 Houmas Place 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 Houmas Place in Destrehan.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Section 15-9 of the Traffic Code is hereby amended to add No. 62 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:
(62) Houmas Place in Destrehan, the 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 __________, 2011, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
Speed Limit Houmas Street - Destrehan
CHAIRMAN:______________________________________________
SECRETARY:_____________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:__________________
PARISH PRESIDENT:______________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:_______________________________________
AT: _______________RECD BY: _____________________________