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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 15-54 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY PROVIDING TWENTY MPH SPEED ZONES IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro is hereby amended by adding a sub-section to numbered (5) to Section 15-54 (b) which said sub-section reads as follows:
“Section 15-54 (b) (5): Twenty miles per hour on all streets and passageways contained within the following described sub-divisions: Robindale Addition; Brookhaven Additions No. 1, 2 & 3.”
Section 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that the existing general residential maximum speed limit of thirty miles per hour permits a speed in excess of that required by safety in certain residential areas of the City which speed is hazardous to the residents therein and therefore an emergency is declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, it shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6TH day of July, 1964.