Maine Local Roads Center
Sample Traffic Ordinance
This
sample traffic ordinance is intended to be a suggested model for
those “qualifying” Maine towns which decide to regulate speed limits
on townways. It is highly recommended that the municipality’s
Legal Counsel review this ordinance before it becomes legal because
this wording is geared toward the “technical” perspective and not
the “ legal” perspective.
“Traffic
Ordinance Regulating Speed Limits
on Certain Townways”
Authority: This regulatory ordinance is adopted pursuant
to 29-A MRSA § 2075, §-3 as amended by the 120th Legislature
as PL 2001, Chapter 313.
Purpose: This ordinance is designed to allow the
municipal officers to regulate the speed limit of vehicles on the
public ways cited below, in accordance with the standards of the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the standards
of the MDOT.
Regulation: when the proper notifications and procedures
have been completed and the proper signs have been erected after
enactment of this ordinance, an operator shall not operate a motor
vehicle faster than the noted speed limits on the following townways,
or portions thereof:
Parker Lane: 35 mph starting at the junction of WillyNilly Rd
and extending northerly to
the junction of HackySack Lane, a total distance of 0.84
miles.
Kinderhooky St:
25 mph starting at
the Mudville/So. Poohbah townline and extending
southwesterly to the urban compact line at Pothole Lane,
a distance of 1.4 miles.
Enforcement: This ordinance shall be enforced by the
Municipal Officers or their duly appointed designee, or other State
and/or County enforcement personnel.
Violations of this ordinance shall be traffic infractions
and shall be prosecuted, if necessary, in the appropriate District
Court.
Severability: In the event that any portion of this
ordinance is found by the Court to be invalid, the remaining provisions
shall continue in full force and effect.
Effective Date:
this ordinance was adopted by the majority of the Municipal
Officers and is effective on August 31, 2001.
Certified by the Selectmen
of the Town of So.
Poohbah
Attested by:
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