1998-05 Amends Code for Speed Limits•Amends Code for Speed Limits
ORDINANCE NO. 05-98
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 18-16, SPEED LIMITS-GENERALLY, OF
ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 18, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE; REPEALING SECTION 18-17 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES WHICH RELATED TO SPEED LIMITS ON SPECIFIC STREETS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 18-16, Speed Limits-Generally, of
Article II of Chapter 18, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code
of Ordinances of the Village, is amended to read as follows:
"Section 18-16. Speed Limits-Generally.
In accordance with law, and when signs are erected
giving notice thereof, the speed limit shall be as
set forth in this schedule:
(1) On all streets within the corporate limits of
the Village, except as set out below, twenty-five
(25) miles per hour at all times.
(2) On all state highways and county roads located in
the Village, as designated by the state department
of transportation.
(3) In areas where school hours are posted, traffic
shall not exceed twenty (20) miles per hour."
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Section 2. Section 18-17 of the Code of Ordinances of
the Village is hereby repealed.
Section 3 If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this ordinance is for any reason held by a Court
to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 4. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage.
• PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 22nd DAY OF January 1998.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 12th DAY OF
Fehru~ry 1998.
(VILLAGE SEAL)
ATTEST:
MAYOR
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• VILLAGE CLERK
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