Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to request the Ohio Department of Transportation to establish a safe operating speed on Neil Avenue from Goodale Boulevard to King Ave.
Per the Ohio Revised Code, The City of Columbus’ Department of Public Service performed an engineering study per the regulations for speed zones and speed limits set forth in the Ohio Department of Transportation Traffic Engineering Manual and the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The results of this study support decreasing the current prima-facie speed limit from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour.
After approval from ODOT, the City will post the recommended enforceable speed limits and begin to implement cost effective traffic calming measures in Spring 2014. After the cost effective traffic calming measures are installed, new speed studies can be conducted within a year. If the speeds decrease, and a posted 25 mph speed limit is justified, the City will resubmit speed studies to ODOT for consideration.
EMERGENCY
An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that the prima-facie speed limit on Neil Avenue from Goodale Boulevard to King Ave. from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare
Title
To request that the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation decrease the prima-facie speed limit on Neil Avenue from Goodale Boulevard to King Avenue from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour; to repeal any and all speed limit ordinances and resolutions on said roadway; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the current prima-facie speed limit on Neil Avenue from Goodale Boulevard to King Avenue is 35 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, per the Ohio Revised Code, The City of Columbus’ Department of Public Service performed an engineering study per the regulations for speed zones and speed limits se...
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