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11/5/23/61
OHDINANCE NO. I &J-.-
M~ ORDINANCE AnffiNDING CHA~TER 18, ARTICLE III, SECTION 18.322
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT OF 1957
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect, Cook County,
Illinois;
Section 1. That Section 18.322, Speed Restrictions,
paragraph (a) of Article III, Rules for Driving, of Chapter 18,
Traffic, of the Municipal Code of Mount Prospect of 1957, be
amended to read as follows:
"Section 18.322. Speed Restrictions.
"(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon any public
highway at a speed greater than is reasonable ana proper having
regard to the traffic in use of the way or so as to endanger the
life or limb or injure the property of any person. If the rate of
speed of any motor vehicle,
"(1) through the business or industrial district of the
Village exceeds twenty (20) miles per hour, or
"(2) if the rate of speed of any motor vehicle through
the residential districts (as set forth in the Village of Mount
Prospect Zoning Ordinance) on a public highway, roadway or street
solely within the Village of Mount Prospect and not within the
jurisdiction of the state of Illinois or County of Cook, state of
Illinois, exceeds twenty-five (25) miles per hour unless another
legal limit is otherwise established and posted, or
"(3) if the rate of speed of any motor vehicle travel-
ing through or upon Highland Avenue from Forest Avenue to North
Main Street exceeds twenty (20) miles per hour,
"such rates of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the per-
son operating such motor vehicle is running at a rate of speed
greater than is reasonable and proper having regard to the traffic
in use of the way or so as to endanger the life or limb or injure
the property of any pers on."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect upon its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this Z JAJ day of ~ ' 1961.
APPROvED this ~ day of ~~/ , 1961.
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President
Attest:
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Clerk
PUBLISHED this
da y 0 f
, 1961.