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Board adopts ordinance permitting local authority to reduce speed limits in business and residential districts
Summary
Nelson County adopted Ordinance O-2025-01 to add local authority for the county to reduce posted 25 mph speed limits to 20 or 15 mph in business or residential districts, subject to public hearing and written notice to the Commissioner of Highways.
The Nelson County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 14 adopted Ordinance O-2025-01, an amendment to Chapter 7 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic) of the Nelson County Code that grants the county local authority to reduce posted 25 mph speed limits to 20 or 15 mph in business or residential districts.
County staff said the ordinance implements authority described in Virginia Code §46.2-1300(A)(4) and §46.2-100 (definitions of business and residence districts). The ordinance creates a new Article 9 in…
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