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ORDINANCE NO. 2`156
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER #33 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA; REPEALING SECTION 33-7007 ; ESTABLISHING A
NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 33-7007 CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT ON
GRAND AVENUE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT IS ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES,
IOWA:
Section 1. Section 33-7007 of the Municipal Code
of the City of Ames, Iowa, as hitherto existing is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. A new Section to be numbered 33-7007 is
added to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa as
follows :
Sec. 33-7007, Grand Avenue.
A speed in excess of thirty (30) miles
per hour on Grand Avenue from Lincoln Way
to 7th Street is unlawful; a speed in
excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour
on Grand Avenue from 7th Street to a
point three hundred and eighty (380)
feet north of 24th Street is unlawful;
a speed in excess of forty (40) miles
per hour on Grand Avenue from a point
three hundred and eighty (380) feet
north of 24th Street to a point two
hundred (200) feet north of Duff Avenue
is unlawful; a speed in excess of fifty
(50) miles per hour from a point two
hundred (200) feet north of Duff Avenue
to a point two hundred (200) feet north
of Top-O-Hollow Road is unlawful; a
speed in excess of sixty (60) miles per
hour from a point two hundred (200)
feet north of Top-O-Hollow Road to the
north corporation limits is unlawful.
(Iowa State Highway Commission Resolution
Number 73-1207, 9-19-73.)
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance is in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided
by law.
Passed this 20th day of November 1973.
Mary E. Paul, City Clerk Stuart N. Smith, Mayor
lst Reading - October 23, 1973 - Nelson-Huston
Ayes : Nelson, Pounds , Koerber, Calhoun, Maxwell, Huston.
Nays : None .
2nd Reading - November 13, 1973 - Pounds-Nelson
Ayes : Maxwell, Huston, Nelson, Pounds, Koerber.
Nays : None . Absent: Calhoun.
3rd Reading - November 20, 1973 - Maxwell-Nelson
Ayes : Maxwell, Calhoun, Huston, Nelson, Pounds , Koerber.
Nays : None .