Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to establish a safe operating speed that will be respected and obeyed by a majority of the driving public on Atlas Street and Nike Drive. Engineering studies conducted in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 4511.21 support increasing the current speed limit on Nike Drive from Hilliard Rome Road to Atlas Street from 25 MPH to 35 MPH and Atlas Street from Trabue Rd to the north terminus from 25 MPH to 40 MPH.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
None
Title
To repeal any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Atlas Street and Nike Drive and to raise the speed limit on Nike Drive from 25 MPH to 35 MPH and Atlas Street from 25 MPH to 40 MPH.
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service conducted a speed limit study on Atlas Street and Nike Drive; and
WHEREAS, the current posted speed limit on Nike Drive and Atlas Street is 25 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, engineering and traffic investigations indicate that a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour on Nike Drive from Hilliard Rome Road to Atlas Street and 40 miles per hour on Atlas Street from Trabue Rd to the north terminus is reasonable and safe under existing conditions; and
WHEREAS, Section 4511.21(J) of the Ohio Revised Code provides for the establishment of a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit under such conditions as determined by a local authority; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Division of Planning and Operations has recommended that a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit of 35 miles per hour to be so established for Nike Drive and 40 miles per hour on Atlas Street for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That any and all previous speed limit ordinances and resolutions on Atlas Street and Nike Drive be and are hereby repealed.
Section 2. That u...
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