HomeMy WebLinkAbout0356 Speed Limits 1991CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
ORDINANCE NO. 356
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, AMENDING
SECTION 10.08.050 OF THE CHUBBUCK MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE
CERTAIN SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE CITY; REPEALING PRIOR
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT ALL OTHER
SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 10.08 NOT HEREIN AMENDED
SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; AND PROVIDING WHEN
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO:
Section 1. Intent. The City has had the North Bannock
County Metropolitan Planning Organization (NOBAMPO) conduct
studies of the speed limits on certain of some of the major
streets within the City. The City desires to adopt certain of
NOBAMPO's recommendations, as well as consider input from the
staff and the public.
Section 2. Amended Section 10.08.050. Section 10.08.052 of
the Chubbuck Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
Spe Limit ~
10.08. 050 ed s. A. m~ ......... ~ ...... .' a .'
..................· ..~,.... ~, ..... pol:cy that tThe_
health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city,
as well as of persons visiting the city, require that
reasonable limits be imposed upon the speed at which
vehicles may be operated within the city. * ....... ;"';--
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~"~~"~ ..... ~'~"~"~ "'~' ~ After appropriate traffic
surveys and with the advice of the City's Public Works
Diroctor and othor staff tho followin~ limitations aro
adopted:
1. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour or such other
limit as the Idaho Department of Transportation or its
successor may establish, upon any thoroughfare within
the city which is part of the highway system maintained
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by the Idaho Department of Transportation or its
successor agency;
2. Thirty-five (35) miles per hour on Poleline
Road as it extends from the intersection with
Yellowstone Avenue to the southerly boundary of the
city;
3. Thirty (30) miles per hour on thoroughfares
which are designated as "arterial thoroughfares" except
for the following limits:
Speed
Location Limit
Hiline Rd. from Chubbuck Rd.
north to city limits
35
Hiline Rd. from Chubbuck Rd.
south to city limits
35
"Arterial thoroughfares" are East and West
Chubbuck Road, Hawthorne Road, Hiline Road and S¥~phon
Road.
4. Twenty miles per hour on all thoroughfares
not otherwise classified in this section.
B. The chief of police is authorized to post or cause
to be posted, the speed limits set forth in this section
upon thoroughfares within the city, consistent with the
standards for traffic-control devices prescribed by the
Idaho Code.
C. It is unlawful and punishable as an infraction for
any person to operate a vehicle upon any public
thoroughfare, including any street, highway, vehicular way
or other thoroughfare, at a speed greater than is reasonable
and prudent under the conditions having regard to the actual
and potential hazards then existing. In every event, speed
shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or
entering the thoroughfare in compliance with legal
requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
Where no special hazard exists that requires lower speed for
the purpose of compliance with this subsection, the speed of
any vehicle not in excess of the limits specified in
subsection A shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of
such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is
not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1. ReDeal of Conflicting Ordinances. The
provisions of any Ordinance of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, and
any provision of the Chubbuck Municipal Code which are in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict. All other sections and
provisions of Chapter 10.08 not herein amended shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, for any reason, by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.
Section 3. Effective Date. The rule requiring an ordinance
to be read on three separate days, one of which shall be a
reading in full, is hereby dispensed with, and this Ordinance
shall become effective upon its passage, approval and publication
as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, this
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
15TH. day of JULY
, 1991.
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