The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on December 5, 2005 with the following members present: Mary Makley Wolff, Edwin H. Humphrey and Ken Tracy.
MR. HUMPHREY made a motion to adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT ON CERTAIN STREETS IN MIAMI TOWNSHIP, DISPENSING WITH THE SECOND READING AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the Miami Township Service Director has determined that the statutory vehicular speed limit established by Section 4511.21 of the Revised Code is greater than the considered reasonable and safe speed on the following street(s):
T# Street Name Subdivision Length (miles)
2147 Monassas Run Road Hunt Club .32
723 Milburne Drive Hunt Club .177
2665 Hunt Club Drive Hunt Club .171
2866 Fox Hunt Court Hunt Club .08
WHEREAS, this Board has caused to be made a engineering and traffic investigation upon the section of road(s) described above; and
WHEREAS, it is the belief of this Board that such investigation confirms the allegation that the statutory speed limit of 55 MPH is unrealistic.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Miami Township ("Board"), Clermont County, Ohio by authority of Chapter 504 and Section 4511.21 of the Ohio Revised Code, as follows:
SECTION 1: That the statutory speed limit on the street(s) described above shall be lowered to 25 MPH and that speed limit signs shall be properly posted.
SECTION 2: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure pursuant to Section 504.11 of the Ohio Revised Code, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare of Miami Township, in order to reduce the speed limit on the road(s) described above from 55MPH to 25MPH.
SECTION 3: The Board does hereby dispense with the requirement that this
Resolution be read on two separate days, pursuant to Section 504.10 of the Ohio
Revised Code, and authorizes the adoption of this Resolution upon its first
reading.
SECTION 4: That this Board hereby finds and determines that all formal
actions relative to the passage of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting
of this Board, and that all deliberations of this Board and of its Committees,
if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the
public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements, including Section
121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 5: This Resolution shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law.
First Reading: December 6, 2005
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: December 16, 2005
MR. HUMPHREY seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call
being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Tracy AYE
Resolution 2005-42 adopted December 6, 2005.