HomeMy Public PortalAbout1993_03_23_O012 Change in Speed Limit - Edwards Ferry RoadThe Town of
L,eesburg,
' girginia
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED March :23 ~ 1993
93-0-12 ADOPTED March :23, 1993
AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE TO AUTHORIZE A
CHANGE IN THE SPEED LIMIT ON EDWARDS FERRY ROAD, BETWEEN
PLAZA STREET AND 2230 FEET EAST OF THE ROUTE 15 BYPASS
WHEREAS, residential and commercial development has taken place on Edwards Ferry Road in
the vicinity of Heritage Way, and the Route 15 Bypass; and
WHEREAS, new development currently under construction will increase traffic volumes, tmmlng
movements and add two more traffic signals to Edwards Ferry Road; and
WHE~, the speed limit should be lowered from 35 mph to 25 mph between Plaza Street and
2230 feet east of the Route 15 Bypass; and
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:
Section 10-131. Speed Limits
The maximum speed limits on streets within the town shall be 25 mph, or as prescribed
in this section, and no person shall drive a motor vehicle in excess of such maximum limits.
Upon the following street 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: 45 mph from Balls Bluff Road to 450 feet
north of Ida Lee Drive.
(2) King Street: 35 mph from First Street to 300 feet south
of Country Club Drive.
(3) King Street: 45 mph from 300 feet south of Country
Club Drive to the south corporate limits.
(4) Edwards Ferry Road: 35 mph from P!~ S~rcct 2,230
feet east of the Route 15 Bypass to the east corporate
limits.
(5) Market Street: 55 mph from the east corporate limits to
320 feet east of Cardinal Park Drive.
(6) Market Street: 45 mph from 320 feet east of Cardinal
Park Drive to Route 15 Bypass (north entrance).
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ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE
(7) Market Street: 35 mph from Route 15 Bylmss (north
entrance) to 1000 feet east of Fort Evans Road.
(8) Evergreen Mill Road: 35 mpb_
(9) Masons Lane: 35 mph from South King Street to
Evergreen Mill Road.
(10) Tolbert Lane: 35 mph from Evergreen Mill Road to 1000
feet east of Evergreen Mill Road intersection.
(11) Tolbert Lane: 45 mph from 1000 feet east of Evergreen
Mill Road intersection to Sycolin Road.
(12) Lawson Roa& 35 mph from Sycolin Road to 1200 feet
east of Sycolin Road.
(13) Sycolin Road: 45 mph from the Route 15 Bypass to the
south corporate limits.
(14) Route 7 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of access ramps.
(15) Route 15 and Route 7 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of
access ramps.
(16) Route 15 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of access ramps.
(17) Catoctin Circle: 30 mph from Children's Center Road to
West Market Street.
SECTION II. The Manager slmll clearly 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 April 1, 1993 and upon the place of appropriate
signs and markers indicating the maximum speed limits established herein.
PASSED this 23rd day of
A~'I~EST:
Clerk of Council ~
March , 1993.
eJ~s E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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