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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SPEED WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ADDING CHAPTER 10.28 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF JACKSONVILLE, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of
Jacksonville Chapter 10.28, which is to read as follows:
Chapter 10.28
SPEED
Sections:
10.28.010
10.28.020
10.28.030
Limits
Speed Greater than Reasonable and Prudent
Minimum Speed
10.28.010
Limits
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of
thirty miles per hour within this city~ Provided, however. that
the City Engineer is empowered to increase the speed limit on
streets where, in his opinion, by reason of distance from the
center of population, width and conditions of roadways, and the
amount of traffic thereon, or on the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation, a higher limit is reasonable and free
from undue hazard. Further, the City Engineer may decrease such
speed when the conditions so dictate as set out above. Adequate
and clearly legible signs stating such increased or decreased
speed limit shall be placed along all such streets and roadways.
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the limits
thereby designated.
10.28.020
Speed Greater than Reasonable and Prudent
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than lS
reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
10.28.030
Minimum Speed
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow
speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic
except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the City Engineer determines on the basis of
an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any
part of a street or highway consistently impede the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic, the City Engineer may determine
and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall
drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law.
SECTION 2. All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 15th DAY OF
March
, 1979.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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NOTE - - - ORDINANCE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE APRIL 15, 1979:
NOTE: FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT FAILED
BY 5-4 MARGIN BY CITY COUNCIL. ORDINANCE TO BE PUBLISHED 30 DAYS HENCE (APRIL 15,
1979) PER NANCY GERREN, CITY CLERK
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