HomeMy Public PortalAbout1992_05_26_O015 Speed Limit Changes for North King Street and the BypassThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRFM~_aNTED May 26, 1992
q~-0-15 ADOPTED May 26, 1992
AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE TO AUTHORIZE
CHANGES IN SPEED I22VI1TS ON NORTH KING STREET AND ELIMINATE
TEMPORARY SPEED LIMITS ON THE BYPASS
speed limit:
(1)
King Street: 55 45 miles per hour from B~ll.~ Bluff
Road to ~,OO 450 feet north of the 1983 ................ Ida
Lee Drive.
WI-IEREAS, citizens have requested speed limit changes on North King Street; and
WHE~, Ordinance No. 91-0-16 authorized a temporary speed limit of 45 ~les per hour on
the bypass in the vicinity of the Edwards Ferry Road/bypass intersection to accommo&~te for the bypass
widening construction project; and
WHEREAS, the Phase I widening project is complete; and
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation was conducted by the Town of Leesburg which
substantiates the need to lower the speed limit on North King Street from Balls Bluff Road to the 1983
corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 91-0-30 adopted July 23, 1991 renamed "Long Lane" to "Tolbert Lane".
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 mmx'imum speed limits on streets within the 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
AN ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
King Street: 35 miles per hour from First Street to 300
feet south of Country Club Drive.
King Street: 45 miles per hour from 300 feet south of
Country Club Drive to the south corporate limits.
Edwards Ferry Roach 35 miles per hour from Plaza Street
to the east corporate limits.
Market Street: 55 miles per hour from the east corporate
limits to 320 feet east of Cardinal Park Drive.
Market Street: 45 miles per hour from 320 feet east of
Cardinal Park Drive to Route 15 bypass (north entrance).
Market Street: 35 miles per hour from Route 15 bypass
(north entrance) to 1000 feet east of Fort Evans Road.
Evergreen Mill Road: 35 miles per hour.
Masons Lane: 35 miles per hour from South King Street
to Evergreen Mill Road.
~ Tolbert Lane: 35 miles per hour from Evergreen
Mill Road to 1000 feet east of Evergreen Mill Road
intersection.
Lu,~ Tolbert Lane: 45 miles per hour from 1000 feet east
of Evergreen Mill Road intersection to Sycolin Road.
Lawson Road: 35 miles per hour from Sycolin Road to
1200 feet east of Sycolin Road.
Sycolin Road: 45 miles per hour from the Route 15
bypass to the south corporate limits.
Route 7 bypass: 55 miles per hour exclusive of access
ramps.
AN ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
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(16)
Route 15 and Route 7 bypass: 55 miles per hour exclusive
of access ramps.
Route 15 bypass: 55 miles per hour exclusive of access
ramps.
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SECTION H. The manager shall clearly indicate by markers or signs the maximum speed limits
established by this ordinance.
SECTION IH.
SECTION IV.
markers indicating the maxqmuln speed limits established herein.
PASSED this 26th day of May
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
All prior ordinance and resolutions in conflict herewith are repealed.
This ordinance shall be effective upon the placement of appropriate signs and
, 1992.
Robert E. Sevi]a, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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