0499 Speed ZonesORDINANCE NO. 499
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 17 TO ADD A NEW SECTION 17-2 AND 17-3
DESIGNATING SPEED ZONES IN THE VICINITY OF HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND
SETTING HOURS THEREFORE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA as follows:
SECTION I: Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Okeechobee, Florida is
hereby amended to add Section 17-2 and Section 17-3 which shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 17
TRAFFIC
Section 17-2. Authority to create speed zones.
There is hereby created a House of Worship speed zone which shall extend one hundred (100)
yards in all directions from any property on which is located a House of Worship.
Section 17-3. Seed established and portable signs authorized.
Speed in House of Worship speed zones provided in Section 17-2 herein shall not exceed
fifteen (15) miles per hour for the period of time thirty (30) minutes before and
thirty (30) minutes after regularly. scheduled hours of worship Portable signs designa-
ting House of Worship speed zones shall be uniform in size and. color. Such signs
shall be erected on the roadway only during those hours when worshipers are arriving
at and leaving regularly scheduled worship services. No persons shall drive a vehicle
on a roadway designated as a House of. Worship speed zone at a speed greater than posted
in the House of Worship speed zone in accordance with this Section. Violation of the
speed limits established pursuant to this Section shall be punishable as provided by
law.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing this ~~day of , 1984.
Mayor
ATTEST :
~ rCity Clerk
Introduced and passed on second and final reading this /*6ay of AVLO-Al , 1984.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk