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A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS ON PUBLIC STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
WHEREAS, Section 3 of the City of South Burlington Motor Vehicle and Traffic Ordinance
authorizes the City Council to establish, by appropriate resolution, speed limits on public
roads and highways in the City.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that maximum speed limits are established for
the following public roads and highways:
A. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour
No motor vehicle shall be operated on any public road or highway at a speed that exceeds
twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless otherwise herein provided.
B. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour
No motor vehicle shall be operated on the following public roads and highways at a speed
that exceeds thirty-five (35) miles per hour:
1. Airport Parkway: north/eastbound from Kirby Road to Lime Kiln Road;
south/westbound from Lime Kiln Road to Kirby Road.
2. Allen Road: eastbound from Shelburne Road to Swift Street;westbound
from Swift Street to Shelburne Road.
3. Cheesefactory Road: eastbound from City boundary to Hinesburg Road;
westbound from Hinesburg Road to City Boundary.
4. Dorset Street: southbound from Williston Road to Nowland Farm Road/Old
Cross Road; northbound from a sign at a point approximately 650 feet south of Swift
Street and just south of 1100 Dorset Street to Williston Road.
5. Hinesburg Road: southbound from Williston Road to the southern terminus
of the bridge over Interstate 89; northbound from the southern terminus of the
bridge over Interstate 89 to Williston Road.
6. National Guard Avenue: eastbound from Shamrock Road to Williston
Town Line; Williston Town Line to Shamrock Road.
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7. Shelburne Road: southbound from the Burlington City Line to a sign at a
point approximately 330 feet south of Bartlett Bay Road at 1675 Shelburne Road;
northbound from a sign at a point approximately 170 feet south of Imperial Drive at
approximately 1330 Shelburne Road to the Burlington City Line.
8. Snear Street: southbound from a sign at a point approximately 190 feet
south of Quarry Hill Road to the Shelburne Town line; northbound from the
Shelburne Town Line to a sign at a point approximately 120 feet north of Quarry
Hill Road at approximately 340 Spear Street.
9. Swift Street: eastbound from Shelburne Road to Dorset Street;westbound
from Dorset Street to Shelburne Road.
10. Van Sicklen Road
11. Williston Road: eastbound from the Burlington City Line to a sign at a
point approximately 150 feet east of Millham Court at approximately 2001 Williston
Road; westbound from a sign at a point approximately 150 feet east of Millham
Court at approximately 2002 Williston Road to the Burlington City Line.
C. Forty (40) miles per hour
No motor vehicle shall be operated on the following public roads and highways at a speed
that exceeds forty (40) miles per hour:
1. Dorset Street: southbound from Nowland Farm Road/Old Cross Road to
Shelburne Town Line; northbound from Shelburne Town Line to a sign at a point
approximately 650 feet south of Swift Street and just south of 1100 Dorset Street.
2. Hinesburg Road: southbound from the southern terminus of the bridge over
Interstate 89 to a sign at a point approximately 140 feet south of Fox Run
Lane/Mansfield View Lane; northbound from a sign at a point approximately 140
feet south of Fox Run Lane/Mansfield View Lane to the southern terminus of the
bridge over Interstate 89.
3. Kennedy Drive: eastbound from Dorset Street to Williston Road;westbound
from Williston Road to Dorset Street.
4. Kimball Avenue: eastbound from Kennedy Drive to Williston Town Line;
westbound from Williston Town Line to Kennedy Drive.
5. Shelburne Road: southbound from a sign at a point approximately 330 feet
south of Bartlett Bay Road at 1675 Shelburne Road to the Shelburne Town Line;
northbound from the Shelburne Town Line to a sign at a point approximately 170
feet south of Imperial Drive at approximately 1330 Shelburne Road.
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6. Williston Road: eastbound from a sign at a point approximately 150 feet
east of Millham Court at approximately 2001 Williston Road to the Williston Town
Line;westbound from the Williston Town Line to a sign at a point approximately
150 feet east of Millham Court at approximately 2002 Williston Road.
D. Forty-Five (45) miles per hour
No motor vehicle shall be operated on the following public roads and highways at a speed
that exceeds forty-five (45) miles per hour:
1. Hinesburg Road: southbound from a sign at a point approximately 140 feet
south of Fox Run Lane/Mansfield View Lane to a sign at a point approximately 280
feet south of Van Sicklen Road; northbound from a sign at a point approximately 280
feet of Van Sicklen Road to a sign at a point approximately 140 feet south of Fox
Run Lane/Mansfield View Lane.
E. Fifty (50) miles per hour
No motor vehicle shall be operated on the following public roads and highways at a speed
that exceeds fifty (50) miles per hour:
1. Hinesburg Road: southbound from a sign at a point approximately 280 feet
south of Van Sicklen Road to the Williston Town Line; northbound from the
Williston Town Line to a sign at a point approximately 280 feet of Van Sicklen Road.
F. School zones
No motor vehicle shall be operated on the following public roads and highways that exceeds
the posted speed limit within the vicinity of the school. School zone enforcement shall be
applicable on days in which school is in session and during hours posted on signage and/or
when flashing beacons, if present, are flashing.
1. White Street: in the vicinity of Chamberlin School, with a speed limit of
twenty-five (25) miles per hour; eastbound from the intersection with Airport
Parkway to a point approximately 150 feet west of Myers Court; westbound from a
point approximately 150 feet west of Myers Court to the intersection with Airport
Parkway. This maximum speed limit shall be in effect and beacons shall be flashing
from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM and 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM on days in which school is in
session.
2. Market Street: in the vicinity of Rick Marcotte Central School, with a speed
limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour; eastbound from the intersection with Mary
Street to a point approximately 300 feet west of Garden Street; westbound from a
point approximately 300 feet west of Garden Street to the intersection with Mary
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Street. This maximum speed limit shall be in effect and beacons shall be flashing
from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM and 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM on days in which school is in
session.
3. Dorset Street: in the vicinity of Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School and
South Burlington High School, with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
northbound from the intersection with Kennedy Drive to the intersection with Town
Square Drive; southbound from the intersection with Town Square Drive to the
intersection with Kennedy Drive. This maximum speed limit shall be in effect and
beacons shall be flashing from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM and 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM on days
in which school is in session.
G. Notwithstanding the maximum speed limits established herein, no individual shall
drive a vehicle on a public road or highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and
prudent under the conditions, having regard for the actual and potential hazards then
existing. In every event, speed shall be controlled as necessary to avoid colliding with an
individual, vehicle, or other object on or adjacent to a public road or highway.
Approved this 1st day of April, 2024.
SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL67, L42
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Tim Barritt, Chair eV ce-Chair
Michael Scanlan, Cler Elizabeth Fitzgerald
aurie Smith
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