(A) The maximum speed limit on all streets within the boundaries of the town shall be 25 mph, unless otherwise posted. The speed limit on N.C. Highway 184 from the southern corporate limit of Beech Mountain, a point approximately one-half mile south of the Watauga County line, northward to its terminus in Watauga County shall be 25 mph.
(B) (1) Whenever a speed limit has been established and appropriate traffic control devices have been installed in accordance with division (B)(2) below, no person may operate a vehicle on any street in excess of the posted speed.
(2) The following speed limits shall be applicable to the following streets as indicated and the Town Manager shall install appropriate traffic control devices clearly indicating the established speed limit.
Street/Location | Maximum Speed Limit
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Street/Location | Maximum Speed Limit
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Beech Mountain Parkway starting at State Road 1402 to terminus | 15 mph |
That portion of Beech Mountain Parkway maintained by the State Department of Transportation | 25 mph |
Clubhouse Road | 15 mph |
Emerald Forest Lane | 15 mph |
Emerald Mountain | 20 mph |
Fox Crest Lane | 15 mph |
Hawthorne Road | 15 mph |
The portion of Lakeledge Road that falls between the intersection of Chestnut Way and Lake Coffey | 15 mph |
Lower Snowbird Trail | 15 mph |
Misty Hollow | 15 mph |
Oz Circle | 15 mph |
Oz Road | 15 mph |
Upper Snowbird Trail | 15 mph |
(3) The Town Manager may install speed limit signs at appropriate locations, but enforcement of the provisions of this section is not dependent upon the installation of the signs.
(1989 Code, Title IV, Ch. 40, § 2-21, § 2-22) (Ord. passed 9-14-2010; Ord. passed 12-14-2010; Ord. 2013-09, passed 8-13-2013; Ord. 2019-04, passed 7-9-2019; Ord. 2019-05, passed 7-9-2019; Ord. 2019-07, passed 9-10-2019)