HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Street Work Zone Regulations ORDINANCE NO. 3556
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES,IOWA,BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 26.79 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN STREET
WORK ZONES;REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A PENALTY;AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa,that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames,Iowa shall be and the same is hereby amended by
adding a new Section 26.79 as follows:
"Sec.26.79. STREET WORK ZONE REGULATIONS.
The term"Street Work Zone"means that segment of a street that the City's traffic engineer
has reasonably designated, under standards of good engineering practice, by means of posted or
moving signs at the site of construction,maintenance,survey or utility work,where a special hazzard
to pedestrian workers from passing vehicles exists. The Street Work Zone starts where an
approaching vehicle arrives at the point of location of the first moving or posted sign identifying the
Street Work Zone and continues until a posted or moving sign states that the Street Work Zone has
ended. The speed limit in a Street Work Zone shall be a rate of speed that the City traffic engineer
reasonably determined,under standards of good engineering practice, to be the maximum rate of
speed consistent with the safety of pedestrian workers engaged in construction or maintenance work:
under the circumstances prevailing in a particular Street Work Zone. That speed limit shall be stated
on the sign that marks the start of the Street Work Zone and such other signs as the traffic engineer
shall reasonably deem prudent for that purpose. Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
to pedestrian workers engaged in maintenance or construction work within a Street Work Zone."
Section Two. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a simple misdemeanor punishable
as set out by law.
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of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.
Passed this 28 th day of March ,2000.
Diane R.Voss,City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
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