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ORDINANCE NO. 24,74
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES ,
IOWA, CHAPTER 33 THRREOF BY REPEALING SECTION 33-7008 AS SAID
SECTION WAS ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2447 AND ENACTING A NEW
SECTION 33-7008 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECREASING THE MAXIMUM SPEEDS
ALLOWED ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN WAY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES,
IOWA, that the Municipal Code of the City of Ames be and the
same is hereby amended as follows ;
Section 1. That Section 33-7008 of the Municipal Code as
heretofore existing be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That a new Section 33-7008 be and the same is
hereby adopted as follows ;
Sec. 33--7008. Lincoln Way.
A speed in excess of fifty-five (55) miles
per hour on Lincoln Way from a point three-hundred
(300) feet east of the center line of Dayton Avenue
to the center line of Carnegie Avenue is unlawful;
a speed in excess of forty-five (45) miles per hour
on Lincoln Way from the center of Carnegie Avenue
to a point twenty-nine hundred and fifty (2950) feet
east of Duff Avenue is unlawful; a speed in excess of
thirty-five (35) miles per hour on Lincoln Way from
a point twenty-nine hundred and fifty (2950) feet
east of Duff Avenue to the center of Duff Avenue is
unlawful; a speed in excess of thirty (30) miles
per hour on Lincoln Way from the center line of
Duff Avenue to the east line of North Riverside
Drive is unlawful; a speed in excess of thirty-five
(35) miles per hour on Lincoln Way from the east
line of North Riverside Drive to the center line
of Beach Avenue is unlawful; a speed in excess of
thirty (30) miles per hour on Lincoln Way
from the center lane of Beach Avenue to the west
line of Sheldon Avenue is unlawful; a speed in
excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour on
Lincoln Way from the west line of Sheldon Avenue
to a point three-hundred (300) feet west of the
west line of Beedle Drive is unlawful; a speed in
excess of forty-five (_45) miles per hour on Lincoln
Way from the west line of Beedle Drive to the west
line of Thackeray Avenue is unlawful; a speed in
excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour on
Lincoln Way from the west line of Thackeray Avenue
to the west corporate limits is unlawful.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its publication as required by law.
Adopted this 26thday of March , 1974.
Mary E. ul, City Clerk William F. Pelz , May
st Reading - March 5, 1974 - Koerber-Nelson.
yes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds . Nays : Non ?.
2nd Reading - March 19, 1974 - Pounds-Calhoun.
Ayes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds . Nays : Non .
3rd and ]final Reading - March 26, 1974 - Pounds-Huston.
Ayes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds . Nays : Non .