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Ordinance providing for the establishment of an altered speed zone for 45 M.P.H., currently posted 50 or 55 M.P.H., on Wadsworth Road, located in the Village of Old Mill Creek and/or Newport Township in conformity with Chapter 625 - Section 5/11-604 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
Staff Summary
· County Speed Zone Ordinance: Wadsworth Road from east of Hunt Club Road to US Route 41 in the Village of Old Mill Creek and/or Newport Township.
· A request for speed studies had been requested by the Mayor of Old Mill Creek.
· The necessary speed studies have been undertaken.
· An ordinance is required to establish speed zones.
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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF AN ALTERED SPEED ZONE - COUNTY HIGHWAY
IT IS HEREBY DECLARED by the Lake County Board, that the basic statutory vehicular speed limits established by Chapter 625 - Section 5/11-604 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes is greater, or less, than is reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions found to exist on the County highway listed in the following Schedule for which the County has maintenance responsibility and which is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois.
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that an engineering and traffic investigation has been made upon the County highways listed in the Schedule in accordance with a County Policy for establishing altered speed zones on Township and County highways prepared by the County Engineer and approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with Chapter 625 - Section 5/11-604 and Section 5/11-301 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes; and,
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that, by virtue of Section 5/11-604 of the above Chapter, this Board determines and declares that reasonable and safe absolute maximum speed limits upon those County highways described in the Schedule shall be as stated herein.
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that appropriate signs giving notice of the maximum speed limits for the zone or zones of said County highway described in the Schedule shall be erected.
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED, that this ordinance shall take effect immediately after the erection of said signs giving notice of the maximum speed limits.
SCHEDULE
Name of County Road: Wadsworth Road
Exact Limits of Zone From: A point .32 mile east of Hunt Club Road
To: US Route 41, Skokie Highway
A distance of: 1.44 Mile(s)
Maximum Speed Limits: 45 M.P.H.
I, _____________________________, County Clerk in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, and keeper of the records and files thereof, as provided by statute, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true, perfect and complete copy of an ordinance adopted by the Lake County Board, at its _____________________________ meeting held at ____________________________ on ____________________, 20_____.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at my office in _______________said County, this________________________ day of _______________________, A.D. 20 _____.
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County Clerk