HomeMy Public PortalAbout1991_04_23_O016 Amending the Town Code to Adjust Speed LimitsThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED
91-0-16 ADOPTED
AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
April 23, 1991
ORDINANCE NO. April 23, 1991
AN ORDINANCE:
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation was conducted by the Town of Leesburg which
substantiates the need to temporarily lower the speed limit on the Route 15 By-Pass in the construction
work zone for improvements located approximately between Edwards Ferry Road and Route 7:
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 mawimum 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
max4mum 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:
(1) King Street: 55 miles per hour from Balls Bluff Road to 500
feet north of the 1983 corporate limits.
(2) King Street: 35 miles per hour from 500 feet north of the
1983 corporate limits.
(3) King Street: 35 miles per hour from First Street to 300 feet
south of Country Club Drive.
(4) King Street: 45 miles per hour from 300 feet south of
Country Club Drive to the south corporate limits.
(5) Edwards Ferry Road: 35 miles per hour from Plaza Street
to the east corporate limits.
(6) Market Street: 55 miles per hour from the east corporate
limits to 320 feet east of Cardinal Park Drive.
(7) Market Street: 45 miles per hour from 320 feet east of
Cardinal Park Drive to Route 15 bypass (north entrance).
(8) Market Street: 35 miles per hour from Route 15 bypass (north
entrance) to 1000 feet east of Fort Evans Road.
(9) Evergreen Mill Road: 35 miles per hour.
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AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
(10) Masons Lane: 35 miles per hour from South King Street to
Evergreen Mill Road.
(11) Long Lane: 35 miles per hour from Evergreen Mill Road
to 1000 feet east of Evergreen Mill Road intersection.
(12) Long Lane: 45 miles per hour from 1000 feet east of
Evergreen Mill Road intersection to Sycolin Roach
(13) Lawson Road: 35 miles per hour from Sycolin Road to 1200
feet east of Syeolin Road.
(14) Sycolin Roach 45 miles per hour from the Route 15 bypass
to the south corporate limits.
(15) Route 7 bypass: 55 miles per hour exclusive of access ramps.
(16) Route 15 and Route 7 bypass: 55 miles per hour exclusive of
access ramps.
(17) Route 15 bypass: 55 miles per hour from the north corporate
limits to 3~000 feet south of Battlefield Parkway.
(18) Route 15 ,bypass: 45 miles per hour from 3000 feet south of
Battlefield Parkway to 2~000 feet north of Route 7~ for the
term Avril 29. 1991 through December 2~ 1991.
(19)Route 15 bypass: 55 miles per hour from 2~000 feet north of
Route 7 to the Route 15 and Route 7 bypass.
SECTION II. The mmmger shall dearly indicate by markers or signs the maximum speed limits
established by this ordinance.
SECTION Ill. All prior ordinance 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.
SECTION V. The Department of Engineering and Public Works should monitor the Route 15
bypass to determine if future speed limit changes are warranted.
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AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
PASSED this ? ara
ATTEST:
day of Apr~
Robert E. Sevil~ Mayor
Town of Leesburg
1991.
Clerk of Council