Resolution 2004-020
RESOLUTION NO. 2004- 20
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A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL ZONE
SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION TO 20 MPH DURlNG SCHOOL ARRIVAL AND
DISMISSAL HOURS, AS POSTED ON SITE ON COUNTY ROADS ADJACENT TO
GOLDEN GA TE INTERMEDIATE CENTER NORTH AND GOLDEN GATE
INTERMEDIATE CENTER SOUTH.
WHEREAS, Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, permits the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) to
alter established speed limits on roads under its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, all roadways adjacent to the Golden Gate Intermediate Center North and the Golden
Gate Intermediate Center South fall under the jurisdiction of the BCC and have a normal speed limit in
excess of twenty miles per hour (20 mph); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, the BCC may alter such existing
speed limits within school zones as may be appropriate upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation; and
WHEREAS, the results of the County's engineering and traffic investigation indicate that a
reduction of the existing school zone speed limits to twenty miles per hour (20 mph) is reasonable and
safer under the conditions found to exist during the times that students are traveling to and from the
schools served by the subject school zones; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 316.1895, Florida Statutes, a school zone speed limit
"may be in force only during those times 30 minutes before, during, and 30 minutes after the periods of
time when pupils are arriving at a regularly scheduled breakfast program or a scheduled school session
and leaving a regularly scheduled school session."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
SECTION 1: The Bce does hereby establish a twenty miles per hour (20 mph) school zone speed
limit on 20th Place SW, 50th Terrace SW, 22nd Avenue SW, and 51st Street SW adjacent to the
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Golden Gate Intermediate Center North and on 44th Terrace SW, 29th Avenue SW, 45th Street SW,
and 30th A venue SW adjacent to Golden Gate Intermediate eenter South, and does hereby direct
the Collier eounty Traffic Operations and Alternative Transportation Modes Department to install
and maintain appropriate school zone speed limit signs.
SEeTION 2: A copy of the Resolution shall be forwarded to the Collier County Sheriff's Office
for proper enforcement of the established school zone speed limit of twenty miles per hour (20
mph) at the referenced locations.
SEeTION 3: The effective date of the reduced school zone speed limit shall be after written
notification to the Sheriff's Office and upon posting of appropriate signage,
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same this
day of
,2004.
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