HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2020-10COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF KAUA’I
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RESOLUTION REPEALING SECTION XVI,ITEM 7 OF
RESOLUTION NO.54-9 1,RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS FOR
COUNTY ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I,STATE OF HAWAI’I,
AND ESTABLISHING A NEW MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF
TWENTY MILES PER HOUR (20 MPH)ALONG ALAHULA ROAD,
WAIMEA DISTRICT,COUNTY OF KAUA’I
WHEREAS,Section 16-5.1(c),Kaua’i County Code 1987,as amended,
authorizes the Kaua’i County Council to set maximum speed limits;and
WHEREAS,Alahula Road is located in the Waimea District,County of Kaua’i,
State of Hawai’i;and
WHEREAS,Resolution No.54-91 established a maximum speed limit of
twenty-five miles per hour (25 MPH)along Alahula Road for its entire length;and
WHEREAS,the Department of Public Works,based on an engineering and
traffic investigation,has recommended that the maximum speed limit for the entire
length of Alahula Road be reduced to twenty miles per hour (20 MPH);now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I,STATE OF
HAWAI’I THAT:
SECTION 1.Section XVI,Item 7 of Resolution No.54-91 is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 2.A maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour (20 MPH)
is hereby established for the entire length of Alahula Road as shown on the map
attached hereto as Exhibit “A”and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3.The Department of Public Works shall post appropriate
signs designating the twenty miles per hour (20 MPH)maximum speed limit zone
imposed by this Resolution.
SECTION 4.Any person convicted of violating said speed limit shall be
subject to the penalties prescribed in the Traffic Code of the County of Kaua’i,
Chapter 16,Kaua’i County Code 1987,as amended,Section 16-21.6.
SECTION 5.
posting of appropriate signs.
This Resolution shall take effect upon its approval and
Introduc d by:
ROSS KAGAWA
(By Request)
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