Explanation
1. Background
This ordinance authorizes an amendment to previously approved Ordinance No. 3232-2024 by correcting the name of Holt Road to Holt Avenue.
Ordinance 3232-2024, passed December 16, 2024, authorized the Director of Public Service to request that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) establish a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit on Sunbury Road from Holt Road to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road. The legislation must be amended to correct Holt “Road” listed in the ordinance when it should have been to be Holt “Avenue”.
2. Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to the City as a consequence of the passage of this legislation.
Title
To amend Ordinance 3232-2024, passed December 16, 2024, to correctly describe the intended location for speed limit decrease as Sunbury Road from Holt Road to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road to Sunbury Road from Holt Avenue to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, an engineering study conducted by the Franklin County Engineer’s Office determined that a speed limit reduction would be appropriate on Sunbury Road from Holt Avenue to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management, reached the same conclusion after conducting its own investigation; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3232-2024, passed December 16, 2024, authorized the Director of the Department of Public Service to request that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation determine and declare, based upon the recommendation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management, that the prima facie speed limit be lowered to 40 miles per hour on Sunbury Road from Holt Road to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road on the basis of traffic engineering studies and investigations conducted under the direction of professional engineers; and
WHEREAS, it was discovered that Ordinance No. 3232-2024 was incorrect and that Holt Road should have been represented as Holt Avenue; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary amend Ordinance 3232-2024 to reflect the corrected description for the intended location for speed limit decrease to be Sunbury Road from Holt Avenue to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance 3232-2024, passed December 16, 2024, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to request that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation determine and declare, based upon the recommendation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management, that the prima facie speed limit be lowered to 40 miles per hour on Sunbury Road from Holt Road Avenue to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road on the basis of traffic engineering studies and investigations conducted under the direction of professional engineers.
SECTION 2. That Section 2 of Ordinance 3232-2024, passed December 16, 2024, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. That any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Sunbury Road from Holt Road Avenue to Innis Road/McCutcheon Road, be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That existing Section 1 and Section 2 of Ordinance No. 3232-2024 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.