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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The City Council finds and declares that the conditions of traffic is such as to endanger the traveling public and pedestrians on certain streets and that certain traffic control devices are to be established and placed on the following streets:
A. 20 MPH speed limits to be placed on Westacre Drive
B. 25 MPH speed limits to be placed on Stroud
Section 2: The drivers of all vehicles shall be all traffic control signs per instruction on the face thereof.
Section 3: The Chief of Police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place and located upon the above described streets at the proper places, appropriate signs designating traffic control as set out above and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to tear down, remove or mutilate said signs.
Section 4: Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be published by a fine of not more than $100.00.
Section 5: All ordinances and/or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6: It is found and declared by the City Council that due to the increasing traffic congestion and lack of traffic control devices on the above streets, there is a great possibility that failure to have these control devices fill cause danger to life and property, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 1980.