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r <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 919 CONCERNING THE SPEED <br /> LIMIT ON LEE STREET; ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM SPEED LIMIT WITHIN THE <br /> CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS; MAKING EXCEPTIONS THERETO AND FOR <br /> OTHER PURPOSES <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 919 established a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour <br /> (25mph) on Lee Street between Franklin Street and Boggey Street, and <br /> WHEREAS, the City desires to establish a uniform speed limit for the operation of a <br /> vehicle on all streets within the City limits of Batesville, Arkansas. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br /> BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS,THAT: <br /> Section 1. Ordinance No. 919 is hereby repealed. <br /> Section 2. No person shall drive a vehicle upon the Streets of the City of Batesville, <br /> Arkansas at a speed greater than thirty(30)miles per hour(mph) subject to <br /> the exceptions and special circumstances set forth below. <br /> • Section 3. Exceptions and Special Circumstances: <br /> a. If any posted speed limit is greater than thirty(30) miles per <br /> hour(mph) the greater posted speed limit shall apply. <br /> b. If any posted speed limit is less than thirty (30) miles per <br /> hour(mph) the lesser posted speed limit shall apply. <br /> C. On any portion of any street directly adjacent to any public or <br /> private school, church or day care, when children are present, <br /> the speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour(mph) <br /> unless a fence or other barrier exists between the street <br /> and the school, church or day care property that effectively <br /> prohibits children from entering the street, which, in such case <br /> the speed limit shall be that which is posted or if no speed <br /> limit is posted then the speed limit shall be thirty (30) miles <br /> per hour(mph). <br /> 40 <br />