Adoption of updated Traffic Ordinance
PUBLIC NOTICE
UPDATE TO TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
On September 7, 2022 the Whitingham Selectboard adopted an updated Traffic Ordinance. The update includes:
- Rearranging the ordinance to bring the definitions to the beginning
- Article IV, Section 3 updates the locations of all stop and yield signs
- Article IV, Section 4 changes the term “traffic lights” to “traffic signals or signs”
- Article VI, Section 1(b) sets a thirty-five mile per hour (35 mph) speed limit the entire length of Parsons Road
- Article VI, this update removes Section 5, Operation in a School Zone, due to the fact that the school is on a state highway
- Article X, Section 5, clarifies that the Ordinance Regulating All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) is a stand-alone ordinance.
The full text of the updated Traffic Ordinance is available in the Town Clerk’s Office, on bulletin boards in the Whitingham Municipal Center and the Jacksonville Post Office and is attached below.
Citizens of the Town of Whitingham are further hereby notified that within forty-four (44) days from the date of adoption (on or before October 21, 2022) they may petition for a vote on the above Ordinance at an annual or special meeting as provided in 24 V.S.A.§ 1973.
Questions or comments can be directed to:
Whitingham Selectboard
PO Box 529
Jacksonville, VT 05342
(802) 368-7500
Department: