Ordinances-2019-462 - Chapter 63

CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2019-462 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF TIFFIN, IOWA, SECTION 63.04 OF CHAPTER 63, SPEED REGULATIONS, FOR NORTH PARK ROAD, NORTH OF OAKDALE BOULEVARD BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa: Section I. Purpose: The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 63.04, Code of Ordinances, to include a special speed zone for North Park Road, north of Oakdale Boulevard. Section II. Amendment: Section 63.04 of Chapter 63 is hereby amended as follows: CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS 63.04 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES. In accordance with requirements of the Iowa Department of Transportation, or whenever the Council shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit listed in Section 63.02 is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the City street system, the Council shall determine and adopt by ordinance such higher or lower speed limit as it deems reasonable and safe at such location. The following special speed zones have been established: (Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.290) 1. Special 10 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 10 miles per hour is unlawful on all alleys within the City. 2. Special 25 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 25 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof. A. On Roberts Ferry Road. 3. Special 35 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 35 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof. A. On Park Road, from Forevergreen Road southerly to 340th Street SW, except the designated School District zone along Park Road, which will have a speed zone of 25 miles per hour.