Explanation
Background: This resolution authorizes the Public Service Director to request the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to establish a safe operating speed on Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road. Engineering studies conducted in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 4511.21 support decreasing the current speed limit from 45 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour. The City of Columbus initiated the speed zone study at the request of the Vineyard Church of Columbus.
Fiscal Impact: None.
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To request that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation lower the speed limit on Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road, to forty (40) mph from the posted speed of forty-five (45) mph, and to repeal any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road.
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WHEREAS, the current posted speed limit on Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road is 45 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, the Vineyard Church of Columbus has requested that the posted speed limit be lowered; and
WHEREAS, engineering and traffic investigations indicate that a posted speed of 40 miles per hour 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 by the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation upon request of a local authority; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, City Traffic Engineer, recommends that a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit of 40 miles per hour be established for Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road; 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 Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road, be and are hereby repealed.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 40 miles per hour for Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road, is reasonable and safe under existing conditions.
SECTION 3. Be it further resolved 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 40 miles per hour for Cooper Road from the Columbus Corporation Limit south of Shady Ridge Drive, south to Westerville Road.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law