HomeMy Public PortalAbout1984_04_11_O013 Amending the Town Code to Adjust Speed LimitsThe Town of Leesburg in Virginia
ORDINANG~ NO.
AN ORDINANG~:
PRESENTED
84-0-13 ADOPTED
AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
April 11, 1984
April 11, 1984
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation has been conducted by the
town which substantiates the need to adjust speed limits on East Market Street:
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. Section 10-131 of the Town Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10-131. Speed Limits
The maximum speed limits on streets within town shall be 25 miles per
hour, or as prescribed in this section, and no person shall drive a motor
vehicle in excess of such maximum limits. Upon the following streets within
the town, between the points hereinafter indicated, the maximum speed limit
shall be the speed hereinafter indicated and no person shall drive a motor
vehicle between such points in excess of such maximum speed limit:
(a) King Street: 55 miles per hour from Balls Bluff Road to 500 feet
north of the 1983 corporate limits.
(b) King Street: 35 miles per hour from 500 feet north of the 1983
corporate limits to the 1983 corporate limits.
(c) King Street: 35 miles per hour from First Street to Governor's
Drive.
(d) King Street: 45 miles per hour from Governor's Driw~ to Country
Club Drive.
(e) Edwards Ferry Road: 35 miles per hour from Plaza Street to the
east corporate limits.
(f) King Street: 55 miles per hour from Country Club Drive to the
south corporate limits.
(g) Market Street: 55 miles per hour from the east corporate limits
to 600 feet east of Lawson Road.
(h) Market Street: 45 miles per hour from 600 feet east of Lawson
Road to 500 f~t w=~t of L~w~,,~u~u.- - ' Route 15 Bypass (north
entrance.)
AMENDMENT REGARDING SPEED LIMITS
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Market Street: 35 miles per hour from Route 15 by-pass (north
entrance) to FL.g ..... Rvod. 1000 feet east of Fort Evans Road.
(j) Evergreen Mill Road: 35 miles per hour.
(k) Masons Lane: 35 miles per hour from South King Stre~et to
Evergreen Mill Road.
(1) Long Lane: 35 miles per hour from Evergreen Mill Road to 1000
feet east of Evergreen Mill Road intersection.
(m) Long Lane: 45 miles per hour from 1000 feet east of Evergreen
Mill Road intersection to Sycolin Road.
(n) Lawson Road: 35 miles per hour from Sycolin Road to 1200 feet
east of Sycolin Road.
(o) Sycolin Road: 45 miles per hour from the Route 15 by-pass to the
south corporate limits.
(p) Route 15 and Route 7 by-pass: 55 miles per hour exclusive of access
ramps.
SECTION II. The manager shall clearly indicate by markers or signs the
maximum speed limits established by this ordinance.
SECTION III. Ail prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective upon the placement of
appropriate signs and markers indicating the maximum speed limits established
herein.
PASSED this llth
day of April ,
ATTE ST:
Clerk of Council
1984.
Robert E. ~Sevil. a, Mayor
Town of Leesburg