Elgin |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 40. TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES |
Article III. SPECIFIC STREET REGULATIONS |
Division 2. SPEED LIMITS |
§ 40-162. Speeds greater or less than 30 mph to be determined by engineering and/or traffic investigation.
Whenever the city shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and/or traffic investigation that the 30 miles per hour speed limit hereinbefore set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place, or upon any part of a street or highway, the city shall upon authorization by the city council by appropriate ordinance, establish such speed limit as shall be effective at all times when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of a highway or street.
(Code 1990, ch. 9, § 3(B))