Resolution 2007-145
RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 145
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON COLLIER BOULEVARD (CR
951) FROM THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT OF FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR (55 MPH) TO
FIFTY MILES PER HOUR (50 MPH) FROM 1500 FT NORTH OF RATTLESNAKE
HAMMOCK ROAD TO 750 FT SOUTH OF LEL Y CULTURAL BL YD.
WHEREAS, Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, permits the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) to alter
established speed limits on roads under its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS Section 130-2(c) of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Collier County authorizes the BCC
to establish and/or alter all speed limits on county-maintained roads by resolution; and
WHEREAS, Collier Boulevard (CR 951) falls under the jurisdiction of the BCC and presently has a fifty-
five miles per hour (55 MPH) speed limit; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 316, Florida Statutes and Collier County Code Section 130-2(c),
the BCC may alter such existing speed limits as may be appropriate upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation; and
WHEREAS, the results of the County's engineering and traffic investigations indicate that changing the
current speed limit on Collier Boulevard to fifty miles per hour (50 MPH) from 1500 ft north of Rattlesnake
Hammock Rd to 750 ft south ofLely Cultural Blvd is reasonable and safer under the conditions found to exist and
that it conforms to criteria promulgated by the County and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
(I) The BCC does hereby establish a fifty miles per hour (50 MPH) speed limit on Collier Boulevard
(CR 951) from 1500 ft north of Rattlesnake Hammock Rd to 750 ft south of Lely Cultural Blvd, a distance
of approximately 4500 feet, and directs the County Manager or his designee to erect appropriate speed limit
signs along this segment of Collier Boulevard giving notice of this change.
(2) A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Collier County Sheriff's Office for proper
enforcement of the established speed limits for Collier Boulevard within the designated segments.
(3) The effective date of the speed limit reduction shall be after written notification to the Sheriff's
Office and upon the posting of appropriate signage.
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ThIS ResolUl1on adopted after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same this 1.7'~' . day of
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