HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Providing For a Special 20 MPH Speed Limit on Duff Avenue Near O'Neil Drive ORDINANCE NO. 3029
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 26.39(4)
THEREOF AND ENACTING A NEW SUBSECTION 26.39(4) TO
PROVIDE FOR A SPECIAL 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT IN THE
VICINITY OF O'NEIL DRIVE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa;
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be
and the same is hereby amended by repealing subsection 26.39(4) and
enacting a new subsection 26.39(4) to read as follows:
"(4) Duff Avenue. Fifty (50) miles per hour from the south
corporation limits to station 506+00 (approximately four
hundred (400) feet south of Airport Road); forty-five
(45) miles per hour from station 506+00 to a point one
hundred (100) feet south of the south end of Squaw
Creek Bridge; thirty-five (35) miles per hour from a
point one hundred (100) feet south of the south end of
Squaw Creek to South Third Street; thirty (30) miles
per hour from South Third Street to Lincoln Way; twenty-
five (25) miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Sixth
Street; and thirty (30) miles per hour from Sixth Street
to the north intersection with Northwood Drive. For the
space of 370 feet beginning at a point 185 feet south of
the intersection with the center of O'Neil Drive and
extending to a point 185 feet north of said intersection
the speed limit shall be 20 miles per hour when the
flashing yellow lights installed with respect to that place
are in operation.
Section Two. Violations of this ordinance shall constitute a misde-
meanor.
_Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Adopted this 13th day of December 1988
Nancy Dionig'., Acting City glerk F. Paul Goodland, Mayor