HomeMy Public PortalAbout1998_08_11_O022 The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED August 11, 1998
ORDINANCE NO. 98-0-22 ADOPTED August 11, 1998
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE TO AUTHORIZE A
CHANGE IN CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS, the Loudoun County School Board has requested 15 mph speed limits in certain
school zones in the Town of Leesburg and a new 25 mph school zone at Evergreen Mill Elementary
School and J. Lupton Simpson Middle School; and
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation was conducted by the town Transportation
Engineer for the school zone at Evergreen Mill School; and
WHEREAS, the results of the investigation substantiates the establishment of a 25 mph school
zone at Evergreen Mill Elementary School and J. Lupton Simpson Middle School..
WHEREAS, no engineering and traffic investigation is required to establish 15 mph school zone
speed limits in residential areas per Section 46.2-873.F of the 1950 Code of Virginia as amended; 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
(a) 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: 35 mph from Balls Bluff Road to 1060 feet south of Battlefield
Parkway.
(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 2230 feet east of the Route 15 Bypass to the east
corporate limits.
AN ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE TO AUTHORIZE A
CHANGE IN CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONE SPEED 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).
(7) Market Street: 35 mph from Route 15 Bypass (north entrance) to 1000 feet east of
Fort Evans Road.
(8) Evergreen Mill Road: 35 mph.
(9) Masons Lane: 35 mph from South King Street to Evergreen Mill Road.
(10) Tolbert Lane: 35 mph from Evergreen Mill Road to Sycolin Road.
(11) Sycolin Road: 45 mph from the Route 15 Bypass to the south corporate lhnits.
(12) Route 7 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of access ramps.
(13) Route 15 and Route 7 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of access ramps.
(14) Route 15 Bypass: 55 mph exclusive of excess ramps.
(15) Catoctin Circle: 30 mph from Children's Center Road to West Market Street.
(16) Battlefield Parkway: 35 mph from Route 15 Business to Smartt's Lane.
(b) The maximum speed limit shall be 25 mph in school zones per Section 46.2-873 of the 1950
Code of Virginia as amended except at the school zones listed below which shall have a
maximum speed limit of 15 mph.
LD Catoctin Elementary School
(2) Leesburg Elementary School
(3) Cool Spring Elementary School
(4) Balls Bluff Elementary School
The Manager shall clearly indicate by markers or signs the maximum speed limits established by
this ordinance.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage.
AN ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 10-131 OF THE TOWN CODE TO AUTHORIZE A
CHANGE IN CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS
SECTION III. All prior ordinance and resolutions in conflict herewith are repealed.
PASSED this 11th day of August, 1998.
J~es E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
Clerk of Council
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