(A) The Police Department shall see that appropriate signs are posted along Walker Street, advising the public and traffic as to the speed limit hereinabove set forth, and the Police Department will hereinafter enforce same. Hereafter, unless otherwise posted, all speed limits in the town shall be 25 mph.
Street | Location | Speed Limit | Time |
Houston Road (S.R. 1137) | From Walker Street (S.R. 1137) to the western corporate limit, approximately 0.50 mile west of Mills Street | 35 mph | – |
Mills Street (N.C. 108) | From Blanton Street to the northern corporate limit, approximately 0.35 mile north of Blanton Street | 25 mph | – |
Peak Street | Beginning at the intersection of Peak and N.C. Highway #108 and extending to town limits | 25 mph | – |
Simms Street (S.R. 1137) | From Walker Street (S.R. 1137) to the southern corporate limit, approximately 0.33 mile south of S.R. 1514 | 25 mph | – |
Walker Street | Beginning at N.C. Highway #108 and continuing to the intersection of Walker Street and Peniel Road, and continuing on Peniel to the town limits | 25 mph | – |
Walker Street (S.R. 1137) | From Mills Street (N.C. 108) to Houston Road (S.R. 1137) | 35 mph | – |
Walker Street | From its intersection with Peniel Road (S.R. 1137) and Simms Street (known locally as the “four way”); thence from the beginning point heading south, west and northwest on Walker Street, until it again intersects Peniel Road (S.R. 1137) above Wheeler Street | 25 mph | – |
(B) Rescind the following speed limits:
Speed Limit | Location Number | Description |
45 | 1 | Mills Street (N.C. 108), from Blanton to the northern corporate limit |
45 | 2 | Walker Street (S.R. 1137), from Mills Street (N.C. 108) to Houston Road (S.R. 1137) |
45 | 3 | Houston Road (S.R. 1137), from Walker Street (S.R. 1137) to the western corporate limit |
45 | 4 | Simms Street (S.R. 1137), from Walker Street (S.R. 1137) to the eastern corporate limit |
35 | 5 | Mills Street (N.C. 108), from Blanton to Park Sheet (per NCDOT approval) |
(C) A violation of this schedule shall be punishable as per G.S. Ch. 20. Speeding in excess of 15 mph over the posted speed limit shall be punishable as per G.S. § 20-14(j)(1).
(Ord. passed 10-6-1964; Ord. passed 9-9-1969; Ord. passed 9-9-1969; Ord. 61, passed 2-15-2000; Ord. 2008-02, passed 1-23-2008; Ord. 2008-03, passed 2-21-2008; Am. Ord. 2011-1, passed 7-21-2011)