Parke County Ordinance #2018-10
PARKE COUNTY ORDINANCE #2018-10
AN ORDINANCE adjusting the State prima facie speed limit.
WHEREAS, the Parke County Supervisor has conducted an engineering and traffic investigation as to the establishment and regulation of the speed limit for vehicles on County Road Narrows Rd starting at Carpenter Rd and ending at 0.595 miles North of Carpenter Rd, said road section is 0.595 miles in Parke County, Indiana;
AND WHEREAS, on the basis of said investigation relative to special hazards and safety, it has been determined that the reasonable and safe maximum speed limit for vehicles on the above County Road, is less than the State prima facie speed limit as set forth in I.C. 9-21-5-2:
THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA, PURSUANT TO I.C. 8-17-1-4- AND I.C. 9-21-5-6 THAT:
The reasonable and safe maximum speed limit for Parke County Road Narrows Rd from Carpenter Rd and ending 0.595 miles North of Carpenter Rd has been decreased from the state prima facie speed limit, as properly authorized by state law, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation relative to special hazards and safety, to thirty (30) miles per hour.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that any person violating the speed limit as described in this section shall be cited and prosecuted for a Class C Infraction.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon passage and approval by the Parke County Board of Commissioners and legal publication thereof.
DULY ADOPTED this 5th day of November 2018.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE COUNTY OF PARKE
Jim Meece, President
Dan Collom, Member
Bruce Hartman, Member
ATTEST:
Pam Adams
Auditor
MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE ON SAME DAY AND AT SAME MEETING
It is hereby moved that the proposed ordinance (#2018-10) hereto attached may be considered, put upon its passage, and adopted on this same day and at this same meeting where it has first been introduced. We the undersigned members of the Board of Commissioners of Parke County, Indiana, being all of the members present at this time, hereby unanimously adopt this motion and unanimously consent to said action of the proposed ordinance as provided by I.C. 36-2-4-7.
Dated this 5th day of November 2018.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE COUNTY OF PARKE
Jim Meece, President
Dan Collom, Member
Bruce Hartman, Member
ATTEST:
Pam Adams
Auditor