HomeMy Public PortalAbout2007_08_14_O016 Amending the TC Chapter 10 Reckless Driving
The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED August 14.2007
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-0-16
ADOPTED August 14. 2007
AN ORDINANCE: TO AMEND AND REORDAIN ARTICLE V (RECKLESS DRIVING; SPEED)
OF CHAPTER 10 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE CODE OF
THE TOWN OF LEES BURG, VIRGINlA, 1976, AS AMENDED BY ADDING
A NEW SECTION 10-139 (TEMPORARY SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS)
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF LEESBURG HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Article V (RECKLESS DRIVING; SPEED) of CHAPTER 10 (MOTOR
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) of the Code of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, 1976, as amended, be
and the same hereby is amended and reordained to add a new Section 10-139 (TEMPORARY SPEED
LIMIT REDUCTIONS) to read as follows:
Section 10-139. Temporary speed limit reductions.
The Town Manager shall have the authority to reduce for a temporary period not to exceed sixty days,
without an engineering and traffic investigation, the speed limit on any portion of any highway of the
Town on which work is being done or where the highway is under construction or repair.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final
passage.
SECTION III. If any provision of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the decision shall not
affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any remaining provisions of the Ordinance.
PASSED this 14th day of August 2007.
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