Resolution 1999-320 16B15
RESOLUTION NO, 99-320
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS FROM
FORTY.FIVE [',tILES PER HOUR (45 MPH) TO THIRTY-FIVE MILES PER
HOUR (35 MPH) ON BAYSHORE DRIVE FROM US 41 TO THOMASSON
DRIVE FOR A DISTANCE OF 1 5 MILES.
WHEREAS. Chapter 316. Florida Statutes, permits the Board of County Commissioners
(BCC) to alter established speed hmits on roads under its jurisdiction: and
WHEREAS. Bayshore Drive falls under the jurisdiction of the BCC; and
WHEREAS. ~n accordance with Section 316. Florida Statutes. the BCC may alter such
ex~stmg speed i,'mts ;Is may be appropriale upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation; and
WHEREAS. the results of such engineering and traffic investigations for Bayshore Drive
determine that a reduced speed limit is reasonable and safer under the conddions found to exist
and it conforms to criteria promulgated by the County.
NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY. FLORIDA. lhat:
The BCC coos hereby establish a thirty-five mil,.~s per hour {35 MPH) speed I~mit on
Bayshore Dave from US 41 to Thomasson Drive for a d~stance of 1.5 miles, and does
hereby direct the County Transportalion Services Depadment to erect appropriate
advance warning "REDUCE SPEED AHEAD" signs and speed hmit signs giving notice
Ihereof.
2 A cooy of th~s Resolutiot~ shall be forwarded lo the Collier County Sheriff's Office for
proper enforcement of the estabhshed speed Iirn~t for Bayshore Drive, respectively.
within the designated segments
3. The effective date of lhe speed reduction shall be after written notification of the speed
limit reduction is dehvered 1o the Collier County Sheriffs Office and upon posting of
s,gnage
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This Resolulion adopted after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same this ~ay of
,1999,
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK. Clerk
· Deputy Clerk
At,est ~.?~ t'~
slgn~urt
Approved as to form and legal
sufficiency:
'. ,,z...~_' J
Heidi F. Ashton
Assistant Collier County Attorney
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER C, OUNTY,~ FLORIDA ,