ORDINANCE NO. 82

 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ROLAND, IOWA, 2009, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO SPECIAL SPEED RESTRICTIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Roland, Iowa:

 SECTION 1:  SECTION MODIFIED.  Section 63.04 paragraph 1, is hereby repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof.

             63.04.  SPECIAL SPEED RESTRICTIONS.  In accordance with requirements of the Iowa State 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 25 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the streets within the city limits of the City of  Roland except where the Council has determined and adopted by ordinance such  higher or lower speed limit as it deems reasonable and safe.
2. Special 35 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
  A. W. Maple Street - Beginning 530 feet West of the southern side of the West Corporate Line, then East 634 feet to the northern side of the West Corporate Line.
  B.

E. Maple Street – Beginning 200 feet West of the southern side of the East Corporate Line, then West 450 feet to the northern side of the East Corporate Line.

  C. Cottonwood Street - Beginning 200 feet South of the North Corporate Line, then South 580 feet.
3. Special 45 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of forty-five (45) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
  A.

W. Maple Street – Beginning 220 feet East of the southern side of the West Corporate Line, then East 310 feet.

  B. E. Maple Street - Beginning 200 feet West of the southern side of the East Corporate Line, then West 200 feet to the southern side of the East  Corporate Line.
  C. Cottonwood Street – Beginning 200 feet South of the North Corporate Line, then North 200 feet to the North Corporate Line.
4. Special 55 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
  A.  A.  W. Maple Street – Beginning at the southern side of the West Corporate Line, then East 220 feet.

SECTION 2.  SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.  If any section, provisions or part of this ordinance be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

 SECTION 3.  WHEN EFFECTIVE.  This ordinance shall be in effect from March 1, 2012, after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

 First Reading___02/01/2012____

Second Reading _____________

Third Reading _______________

Approved:  _____02/01/2012___

 Passed by the Council this 1st day of February, 2012 and approved this 1st day of February, 2012.

 ___________________________________
Roger Fritz, Mayor

ATTEST: ____________________________
             Jodi Meredith, City Clerk

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 I certify that the foregoing was published as Ordinance No. 82 in the Story City Herald on the -- day of February, 2012.

 ____________________________________
Jodi Meredith, City Clerk
 

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