Explanation
Background: This resolution authorizes the Public Service Director to request the Ohio Department of Transportation to establish a safe operating speed that will be respected and obeyed by a majority of the driving public on Dublin-Granville Road from Sawmill Road to 845 feet west of Fiesta Drive. Engineering studies conducted in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 4511.21 support decreasing the current speed limit from 50 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. The Ohio Department of Transportation has recently conducted a speed study on the portion of Dublin - Granville Road within its jurisdiction (845 feet west of Fiesta Drive eastward to the Linworth corporate limit). The legal speed on that portion of the corridor is now 45 miles per hour
Fiscal Impact: None.
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To repeal any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Dublin-Granville Road and request the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit on Dublin - Granville Road between Sawmill Road and 845 west of Fiesta Drive to 45 miles per hour from the posted speed limit of 50 miles per hour.
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WHEREAS, the current posted speed limit on Dublin-Granville Road from Sawmill Road to 845 feet west of Fiesta Drive is 50 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, engineering and traffic investigations indicate that the current posted speed of 50 miles per hour is greater than is reasonable and safe under existing conditions; and
WHEREAS, Section 4511.21 of the Ohio Revised Code provides for the establishment of a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit under such conditions as determined by the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation upon the request of a local authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Traffic Engineer, City of Columbus, Ohio has recommended that a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit of 45 miles per hour to be so established for Dublin-Ganville Road from Sawmill Road to 845 feet west of Fiesta Drive for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation and Pedestrian Commission voted to support the recommended decrease on the speed limit on January 8, 2004; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Dublin-Granville Road and 845 feet west of Fiesta Drive be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That upon the basis of the aforesaid engineering and traffic investigations, it is hereby determined that the posted speed limit of 50 miles per hour for Dublin-Granville Road between Sawmill Road and 845 feet west of Fiesta Drive is greater than is reasonable and safe under existing conditions.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation is hereby requested to review the engineering and traffic investigation and to determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit of 45 miles per hour for Dublin-Granville Road between Sawmill Road and 840 feet west of Fiesta Drive.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.