HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Revising the Speeding Penalties ORDINANCE NO. 3706
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY
OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 26.38 AND 26.39 AND
ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 26.38 AND 26.39 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
REFORMATTING THE SPEEDING PENALTIES TO FACILITATE
THEIR USE ON ELECTRONIC CITATION ISSUING DEVICES;
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
repealing Section 26.38 and 26.39 and enacting new Sections as follows:
"Sec.26.38. SPEED LIMITS BY DISTRICT,ALLEYS,PUBLIC PARKS.
(1) Unless specifically designated otherwise in this chapter, no driver shall operate a
vehicle at a speed in excess of:
(a) fifteen(15)miles per hour in any public park,public alley,private or public
parking lot,cemetery or other public place;
(b) twenty(20)miles per hour in any business district;
(c) twenty-five(25)miles per hour in any residential or school district;and
(d) forty-five(45)miles per hour in any suburban district.
(2) Penalties. Violation of this section shall be punished as stated in the following scale
of penalties:
(a) For speeds of 1-5 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(b) For speeds of 6-10 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(c) For speeds of 11-15 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(d) For speeds of 16-20 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(e) For speeds of 21 miles per hour and above over the established speed limit the
penalty is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(Ord. No. 843, Sec. 129.1 - 129.4, Code 1956, Sec. 25-29.1 -25-29.4; Ord. No. 2189, Sec.
2, 7-25-67; Ord. No. 2462, Sec. 1, 12-18-73) [State Law Ref.Iowa Code Sec. 321.285, 321.286]
Sec.26.39. SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS.
(1) No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of the following designated speed limits
on the following streets or portions of streets:
(a) Ash Avenue: twenty-five(25)miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Ashmore
Drive.
(Ord.No. 2381, Sec. 2, 12-7-71)
(b) Beach Avenue: thirty(30)miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Mortensen
Parkway.
(Ord.No. 2320, Sec. 3, 12-2-69; Ord.No. 2713,Sec. 1, 4-3-79)
(c) Carnegie Avenue: thirty(30)miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Pullman.
(Ord.No. 2597,Sec. 1, 4-26-77)
(d) Duff Avenue:
(i) fifty(50)miles per hour from the south corporation limits to station
506+00(approximately three hundred thirty(330)feet south of Jewell Drive);
(ii) forty-five (45) miles per hour from sta-tion 506+00 to a point one
hundred(100)feet south of the south end of Squaw Creek Bridge;
(iii) 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;
(iv) thirty(30)miles per hour from South Third Street to Lincoln Way;
(v) twenty-five(25)miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Sixth Street;and
(vi) thirty(30)miles per hour from Sixth Street to the north intersection
with Northwood Drive.
(vii) For the space of 370 feet beginning at a point 185 feet south of the
inter-section 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.
(Ord. No. 843, Sec. 129.7; Code 1956, Sec. 25-29.7; Ord.No. 1036, Sec. 1,
7-17-62; Ord. No. 1073, Sec. 1, 5-7-63; Ord. No. 2320, Sec. 1, 12-2-69; Ord. No. 2551, Sec. 2,
7-6-76; Ord. No. 2559, Sec. 2, 8-3-76; Ord. No. 3029, Sec. 1, 12-13-88; Ord. No. 3538, Sec. 1,
9-28-99)
(e) Edison Street: thirty(30)miles per hour from Dayton Avenue to Carnegie
Avenue.
(Ord.No. 2597, Sec. 1, 4-26-77)
(f) Elwood Drive: forty-five (45) miles per hour from the south corporation
limits to a point five hundred(500)feet south of South Fourth Street and thirty-five(35)miles per
hour from a point five hundred(500)feet south of South Fourth Street to Lincoln Way.
(Ord.No. 2353, Sec. 1, 9-22-70)
(gi) Grand Avenue: thirty (30) miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Seventh
Street;thirty-five(35)miles per hour from Seventh Street to a point one hundred eighty(180)feet
north of Northwood Drive;forty-five(45)miles per hour from a point one hundred eighty(180)feet
north of Northwood Drive to a point one hundred eighty(180)feet north of Top-O-Hollow Road;and
fifty-five (55)miles per hour from a point one hundred eighty (180) feet north of Top-O-Hollow
Road to the north corporation limits.
(Code 1956, Sec. 25-29.8; Ord. No. 978, Sec. 1, 10-18-60; Ord. No. 1073, Sec. 1,
5-7-63; Ord. No. 2126, Sec. 1, 2-15-66; Ord. No. 2311, Sections 1, 2, 10-7-69, Ord. No. 2456,
Sections 1, 2, 11-20-73; Ord.No. 2554, Sec. 2, 7-6-76)
(h) Hoover Avenue: thirty (30) miles per hour from Twentyfourth Street to
Top-0-Hollow Road.
(Ord.No. 2470, Sec. 1, 2-19-74)
(i) Lincoln Way: fifty(50)miles per hour from the east corporation limits to
1200 feet east of Dayton Avenue; forty-five (45) miles per hour from 1200 feet east of Dayton
Avenue to a point twenty-nine hundred fifty(2950)feet east of Duff Avenue;thirty-five(35)miles
per hour from a point twenty-nine hundred fifty(2950)feet east of Duff Avenue to the center of Duff
Avenue; thirty(30) miles per hour from the centerline of Duff Avenue to the east line of North
Riverside Drive; thirty-five(35)miles per hour from the east line of North Riverside Drive to the
centerline of Beach Avenue;thirty(30)miles per hour from the centerline of Beach Avenue to the
west line of Sheldon Avenue;thirty-five(35)miles per hour from Sheldon Avenue to a point three
hundred(300)feet west of Beedle Drive;forty-five(45)miles per hour from a point three hundred
(300)feet west of Beedle Drive to 3.960 feet west of Dakota Avenue;and fifty(50)miles per hour
from 3,960 feet west of Dakota Avenue to the west corporation limits.
(Ord.No. 843, Sec. 129.6; Code 1956, Sec. 25-29.6; Ord.No. 928, Sec. 1, 2-10-59;
Ord. No. 1073, Sec. 1, 5-7-63; Ord. No. 2189, Sec. 2, 7-25-67, Ord. No. 2313, Sections 1, 2,
1028-69;Ord.No. 2410, Sec. 2, 8-15-72; Ord.No. 2447,Sec. 2, 6-26-73; Ord.No. 2474,Sections
1, 2, 3-26-74; Ord.No. 3135,Sec. 1, 7-9-91; Ord.No. 3399,Sec. 1, 8-27-96)
0) Mortensen Road: thirty(30)miles per hour from Elwood Drive to Hayward
Avenue;and 40 miles per hour from South Dakota Avenue east 1,315 feet.
(Ord.No. 2381,Sec.2, 12-7-71; Ord.No. 2713,Sec. 1, 4-3-79;Ord.No. 3148,Sec.
1, 11-12-91)
(k) North Dakota: thirty-five(35)miles per hour from Lincoln Way to Ontario
Street.
(Ord.No. 2275, Sec. 1, 11-5-68)
(1) Ontario Street: thirty(30) miles per hour from Hyland Avenue to a point
eight hundred(800) feet west of the center of Scholl Road; thirty(30)miles per hour from North
Dakota Avenue to Idaho Avenue; thirty-five(35)miles per hour from Idaho Avenue to Nebraska
Avenue;and forty-five(45)miles per hour from Nebraska Avenue west to County Line Road.
(Ord.No. 2320,Sec. 4, 12-2-69, Ord.No. 3452, Sec. 1, 8-12-97)
(m) Oakwood Road: forty(40)miles per hour from Elwood Drive west to 151'
west of White Oak Drive,and forty-five(45)miles per hour from 151'west of White Oak Drive to
State Street.
(Ord. 3127, 5-14-91, Ord.No. 3630, 9-25-01)
(n) Pullman Street: thirty(30)miles per hour from Dayton Avenue to Carnegie
Avenue.
(Ord.No. 2597,Sec. 1, 4-26-77)
(o) South Dakota Avenue: twenty-five(25)miles per hour from Lin-coln Way
to a point eight hundred ninety-eight(898)feet south of the centerline of Todd Drive and forty(40)
miles per hour from a point eight hundred ninety-eight(898) feet south of the centerline of Todd
Drive to the overpass over U.S.Highway 30. For the space from a point 220 feet south of the south
line of Todd Drive and extending to a point 255 feet north of the north line of Todd Drive,the speed
limit shall be 20 miles per hour when the flashing yellow lights installed with respect to that place
are in operation.
(Ord.No. 2643, Sec. 1, 2-28-78; Ord.No. 3275, Sec. 1, 5-24-94)
(p) South Fourth Street: thirty-five(35)miles per hour from South Third Street
to Elwood Drive.
(Ord.No. 2381, Sec. 2, 12-7-71)
(q) South Sixteenth Street: thirty-five(35)miles per hour from the abandoned
railroad tracks to the U.S.Highway 30/Dayton Avenue overpass;and forty(40)miles per hour from
the U.S.Highway 30/Dayton Avenue overpass to Dayton Avenue.
(Ord.No. 2618, Sec. 2, 8-23-77; Ord.No. 3296, Sec. 1, 9-13-94)
(r) South Third Street: thirty(30)miles per hour from South Duff Avenue to
South Fourth Street.
(Ord.No. 2408, Sec. 1, 8-1-71)
(s) Thirteenth Street: forty-five(45)miles per hour from the east corporation
limits to a point three hundred(300)feet east of the east line of the north River Valley Park entrance;
thirty-five(35)miles per hour from a point three hundred(300)feet east of the east line of the north
River Valley Park entrance to the west line of Maxwell Avenue;and thirty(30)miles per hour from
Maxwell Avenue to the Iowa State University property line(the north y corner of Section 3,T-83N,
R-24W);and thirty-five(35)miles per hour between Stange Road and Hyland Avenue.
(Ord.No.2320,Sec.2, 12-2-69;Ord.No.2527,Sec.2,9-16-75;Ord.2829,8-17-82;
Ord. 3287,Sec. 1, 8-9-94)
(t) Thirtieth Street: thirty(30)miles per hour from Hoover Avenue to Grand
Avenue.
(Ord.No. 2470, Sec. 1, 2-19-74)
(u) Twenty-fourth Street: thirty(30)miles per hour from Ferndale Avenue to
the Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks; thirty-five (35) miles per hour from the Chicago
Northwestern Railroad tracks to the west line of Stange Road;and forty(40)miles per hour from the
west line of Stange Road to a point on County Road R-50 seven hundred(700)feet north of the north
line of Northridge Parkway.
(Ord.No. 2551, Sec. 2, 7-6-76; Ord. No. 3081,Sec. 1, 5-8-90)
(v) Whitney Avenue: thirty(30)miles per hour from Edison Street to Pullman
Street.
(Ord.No. 2597, Sec. 1, 4-26-77)
(w) Sixth Street: thirty miles per hour from Grand Avenue west to a point one
hundred feet(100')east of the Chicago and Northwest-ern Railroad underpass.
(Ord.No. 2793, Sec. 1, 12-8-81)
(x) Hyland Avenue: thirty miles per hour from Oakland Street to Ontario Street.
(Ord.No. 2968, Sec. 1, 1-27-87)
(y) Dayton Avenue: Forty-five miles per hour from the south end north to the
north city limits except for a section from 1,000 feet north to 1,000 feet south of the East Lincoln
Way intersection,which shall be thirty-five miles per hour.
(Ord.No. 3135, Sec. 2, 7-9-91; Ord.No. 3538, Sec. 1, 9-28-99)
(z) Bloomington Road: Thirty-five(35)miles per hour from Grand Avenue to
Hoover Avenue,thirty(30)miles per hour from Hoover Avenue to Taft Street;thirty-five(35)miles
per hour from Taft Street to Hyde Avenue;forty(40)miles per hour from Hyde Avenue to the UP
railroad tracks;and forty-five(45)miles per hour from the UP railroad tracks to 1100 feet west of
George Washington Carver Blvd.
(Ord.No. 3157, Sec. 1, 12-17-91; Ord.No. 3350, Sec. 1, 10-10-95, Ord. No. 3451,
Sec. 1, 8-12-97; Ord.No. 3535, 8-24-99)
(aa) Twentieth Street. the speed limit shall be 20 miles per hour, during school
crossing periods,within 200 feet of the crosswalk at Kellogg Avenue when the flashing yellow lights
installed with respect to that place are in operation.
(Ord.No. 3238,Sec. 1, 9-14-93)
(bb) U.S.Highway 30/Dayton Avenue Overpass. thirty-five(35)miles per hour.
(Ord.No. 3296, Sec. 1, 9-12-94)
(cc) Southeast Fifth Street. thirty-five(35)miles per hour.
(Ord.No. 3312, 12-20-94)
(dd) George Washington Carver Blvd: Forty(40)miles per hour from 700 feet
north of Northridge Parkway to Bloomington Road.
(Ord.No. 3451, Sec. 1, 8-12-97)
(ee) Stange Road: Thirty(30)miles per hour between 24th Street and Somerset
Drive;and Thirty-five(35)miles per hour between Somerset Drive and Bloomington Road.
(Ord.No. 3516, Sec. 1, 2-9-99)
(2) Penalties. Violation of this section shall be punished as stated in the following scale
of penalties:
(a) For speeds of 1-5 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(b) For speeds of 6-10 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(c) For speeds of 11-15 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(d) For speeds of 16-20 miles per hour over the established speed limit the penalty
is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5).
(e) For speeds of 21 miles per hour and above over the established speed limit the
penalty is a fine set by the Code of Iowa Sec. 805.8A(5)."
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 8th day of April 2003.
Diane R.Voss,City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor
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