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CanngPeo Ames, IA 50010
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November 17, 2009
Mayor Ann Campbell and
Members of the Ames City Council
Re: Amendment to Ames Municipal Code Section 26.39 Speed, to set a speed limit on South
Dayton Place
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council:
As you are aware, part of South Dayton Avenue was recently rerouted to a new location. The
new part commences approximately 1500 feet south of South Fifth Street and runs diagonally
southwest to intersect with South Sixteenth Street directly north of the Highway 30 bridge
overpass. The segment of South Dayton Avenue which goes south from the point where the
diagonal commences has been renamed South Dayton Place.
This street relocation and name change unintentionally impacted the speed designation on South
Dayton Place. When that roadway was part of Dayton Avenue, its speed limit was set pursuant to
Ames Municipal Code Section 26.39(l)(y) at 45 miles per hour. Under the current speed limit
ordinances, the established speed limits for both old and relocated Dayton Avenue are still in
effect. However, there is presently no established speed limit for South Dayton Place. Since that
area contains a mix of residential and commercial properties, as well as undeveloped land, it
would be appropriate to have the designated speed limit there re-established by ordinance at 45
miles per hour.
The attached proposed ordinance will re-establish the speed limit for South Dayton Place to what
it had been prior to its renaming. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance is requested.
Sincerely,
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Judy K. Parks
Assistant City Attorney