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Ordinance providing for the establishment of a County speed zone of 35 miles per hour (MPH), previously designated as a 35 MPH municipal speed zone on Deerfield Road, County Highway 11, from Richfield Avenue to the east abutment of the East Skokie Ditch bridge, located in Moraine Township, in conformity with Chapter 625 - Section 5/11-604 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
Staff Summary
* This portion of Deerfield Road was transferred from the City of Highland Park to Lake County on June 14, 2018.
* An ordinance is required to establish the County speed zone after the transfer.
* The necessary speed studies have been undertaken.
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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A SPEED ZONE - COUNTY HIGHWAYS
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 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; and
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that appropriate signs giving notice of the maximum speed limits for the zone or zones ...
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