ORDINANCE NO. _____, SERIES 2022
Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOUISVILLE/ JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 71 REGARDING VEHICLE SPEED CONTESTS AND RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITIONS.
BODY
SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER CASSIE CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAVID JAMES
WHEREAS, the use of a vehicle to engage in vehicle speed contests or reckless driving exhibitions upon the streets of Louisville Metro results not only in unsafe traffic conditions for other vehicles, playing children and pedestrians, but also attracts rowdy, uncivil, intimidating, and criminal activity to the vicinity of the such events, including gambling upon the outcome of such events, which engenders fear and disinvestment among neighborhood residents and prevents the full and peaceful enjoyment of the use of their property, or otherwise negatively impacts on the health, safety and welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, the promotion of such vehicle speed contests or reckless driving exhibitions, or the aiding and abetting of such vehicle speed contests or reckless driving contests by obstructing or placing a barricade or obstruction or assisting or participating in placing a barricade or obstruction on any street in Louisville Metro also results in unsafe traffic conditions for other vehicles, playing children and pedestrians, but also attracts rowdy, uncivil, intimidating, and criminal activity to the vicinity of such events, including gambling upon the outcome of the events, which engenders fear and disinvestment among neighborhood residents and prevents the full and peaceful enjoyment of the use of their property, or otherwise negatively impacts on the health, safety and welfare of the community; and
WHEREAS, such vehicle speed contests and reckless driving exhibitions have been occurring with greater frequency, including recent incidents where part of the Watterson Expressway and Broadway were shut down to other motor vehicles; and
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