VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK - File #: 2009-0562

• File #: 2009-0562
• Version: 2
• Name: Speed Limit Reduction on 131 Street - Ordinance
• Type: ORDINANCE
• Status: PASSED
• File created: 11/20/2009
• In control: Board of Trustees
• On agenda: 12/7/2009
• Final action: 12/7/2009
• Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9 CHAPTER 9 OF THE ORLAND PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED FOR TRAFFIC ON 131ST STREET FROM U.S. ROUTE 45 (LAGRANGE ROAD) TO ILLINOIS ROUTE 7 (SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY) IN THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK AND WILL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2009	2	Village Clerk	PUBLISHED
12/7/2009	1	Board of Trustees	PASSED	Pass
11/24/2009	1	Police Department	INTRODUCED TO BOARD
11/23/2009	0	Public Safety Committee	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass
11/20/2009	0	Police Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE

Title

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9 CHAPTER 9 OF THE ORLAND PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED FOR TRAFFIC ON 131^ST STREET FROM U.S. ROUTE 45 (LAGRANGE ROAD) TO ILLINOIS ROUTE 7 (SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY) IN THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK AND WILL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS

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Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:

SECTION 1

Section 9-9-1 of the Orland Park Municipal Code is hereby amended to add the following new subsection 9, which shall read in its entirety as follows:

No person shall drive a vehicle upon any portion of 131^st Street from U.S. Route 45 (LaGrange Road) to Illinois Route 7 (Southwest Highway) in the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, at a speed which exceeds forty (40) miles per hour.  A lower speed shall be required if forty (40) miles per hour is greater than reasonable and proper with regard to the traffic conditions and the use of the street or highway, or endangers the safety of any person or property.  The fact that the speed of a vehicle does not exceed forty (40) miles per hour shall not relieve a driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions; and speeds shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.

SECTION 2

SIGNS TO BE ERECTED.  Appropriate signs shall be erected to inform the public of the requirement described in Section 1.

SECTION 3

PENALTIES.  Any person violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dollars nor more than Seven Hundred Fifty ($750.00) Dollars for each offense of which such person shall be convicted.

SECTION 4

All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith.

SECTION 5

This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.