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This Ordinance was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on 6/22/20 at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or
otherwise.
ORDINANCE NO. D-2532-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 3, SECTIONS 8-22 AND 8-24 OF THE CARMEL CITY
CODE.
Synopsis: Ordinance regulating the speed of motor vehicles on 131st Street (also known, in
part, as Main Street) from Boone County line to Clay Center Road.
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel (the “City”) has the power and authority, under Indiana Code
Section 9-21-5-6(b), to regulate speed limits on local streets within the City’s corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, Carmel City Code Chapter 8, Article 3, Section 8-22, establishes forty (40) miles per
hour speed limits within the City’s corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, Carmel City Code Chapter 8, Article 3, Section 8-24, establishes forty-five (45) miles
per hour speed limits within the City’s corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the recommendations of the City Engineer, the Common Council of the
City of Carmel, Indiana, now finds that it is in the public interest to now amend City Code Chapter 8, Article
3, Sections 8-22 and 8-24 so as to provide forty (40) miles per hour speed limits for motor vehicles on 131st
Street (also known, in part, as Main Street) from Boone County line to Clay Center Road.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
Indiana, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are fully incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. The following subsection of Carmel City Code Section 8-22 is hereby amended and shall
read as follows:
§ 8-22 Forty m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in excess of 40 miles per hour on the following streets:
(6) 131st Street (also known, in part, as Main Street) from Boone County line to Clay Center Road.
Section 3. The following subsections of Carmel City Code Section 8-24 are hereby amended and
shall read as follows:
§ 8-24 Forty-five m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in excess of 45 miles per hour on the following streets:
(4) Ditch Road from 146th Street to 141st Street.
(5) Reserved.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilors Campbell, Rider, and Worrell
This Ordinance was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on 6/22/20 at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or
otherwise.
Section 4. All prior ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance
are hereby repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency only, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, such
repeal to have prospective effect only. However, the repeal or amendment by this Ordinance of any other
ordinance does not affect any rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred or proceedings begun prior to
the effective date of this Ordinance. Those rights, liabilities and proceedings are continued and penalties
shall be imposed and enforced under such repealed or amended ordinance as if this Ordinance had not been
adopted.
Section 5. If any portion of this Ordinance is for any reason declared to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance
so long as enforcement of same can be given the same effect.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage
and signing by the Mayor and such publication as required by law.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilors Campbell, Rider, and Worrell
This Ordinance was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on 6/22/20 at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or
otherwise.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this ____ day of ________, 2020, by a
vote of _____ ayes and _____ nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
___________________________________ __________________________________
Laura D. Campbell, President H. Bruce Kimball
___________________________________ __________________________________
Sue Finkam, Vice-President Miles Nelson
___________________________________ __________________________________
Adam Aasen Kevin D. Rider
___________________________________ __________________________________
Anthony Green Jeff Worrell
___________________________________
Timothy J. Hannon
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this ____ day of
_________________________ 2020, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this _____ day of
________________________ 2020, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
James Brainard, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
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