HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd2007-001Sponsored bY: Yodu
Inhotluction: January 8, 200]
Public Hearing Data January33, 300]
Enactment Dme:.ienoary 22, 200)
CITY OF SF.W ARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCF.200]-001
AN ORDINANCE OF TH E CITY COl1NC2I.OF TT1E CIT' Y OF SE W ARD,
ALASKA, AMENDING TITLE 11, VEHiCLF.S ANp TRAFN'1C, "1'D
CHANGE SPEED LIMIT DESIGNATIONS AND Al1THORITY 'I'O
CHANGE SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS, Title I I of me SewaN City Codq Vchiclce old Tra[fic provides desiymeted
speul limits; and
YHF.RF.AS, it has been determined that itwonld be inthc intGCSI ofpublicsufelym reduw
the speed limit to I S miles an hour on Fomth Avcmm starting at Jcflbrron Stroet wminuing to
Railway Avwue; and
W IIEREAS, Title t I of the SewaN Ciry Code, Vehicles end'halbc zddrexses amhorhy to
ahengc apcctl limilx; and
l4HElih:AS, 0s curtonl language specifically msmicts the ability b set speed limits of tlltcG,,
hvevny-fmG [piny, Wirty-Gve, forty, forty-five ar fifty miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, the Cily of Seward would likethe following changes implemetttcd ro the City Cudc.
NOw,'IHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITV OOUNCTL OF'IHE CITY OF
SE W ARIL, ALASKA tbat
The Seward City Code Title I I is hereby vmendcd to matl ze followx.
s»keaut=deletions; eo/rt /ra(ia=vddilicne)
Section l: The Seward City Code Title ll, Section 11.10.020 Q.c)is amended by
chengiag tlm IDllowing definilion:
G on POnrth Avcnnc bgtvcca AdWny Jb~ sw, Sleet and Railway Avenue.
Section 2: The SewaN City Code Title I1, Scotian 11.10.025 is nmendW by changing
Os f IlowinK definilion:
whenevathe chief of police ddem,inu upon the basis of an engineering and anffie