01-80 Editing & inclusion of ordinances in Code

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-9- (±) Whenever the Ohio Director of Transportation determines upon the basis of any engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit set forth in subsections (b)(1)A. to (d) hereof is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place upon any part of a State route, the Director shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice are erected at the intersection or other part of the State route. (j) Whenever Council determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by subsections (b) (1)A. to (d) hereof, on any part of a highway under their jurisdiction, is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist at such location, Council may by resolution request the Director to determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit. Upon receipt of such request the Director may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit at such location, and if the Director does so, then such declared speed limit shall become effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such location by the Municipality. The Director may withdraw his declaration of any prima-facie speed limit whenever in his opinion any altered prima-facie speed becomes unreasonable, and upon such withdrawal, the declared prima-facie speed shall become ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately removed by the Municipality. (k) Council may authorize by ordinance higher prima-facie speeds than those stated in this section upon through highways, or upon highways or portions thereof where there are no intersections, or between widely spaced intersections, provided signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed, but Council shall not modify or alter the basic rule set forth in subsection (a) hereof or in any event authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour. Alteration of prima-facie limits on State routes by Council shall not be effective until the alteration has been approved by the Director. The Director may withdraw ~is approval of any altered prima-facie speed limits whenver in his opinion any altered prima-facie speed shall become ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately-removed by the Municipality. (ORC 4511.21) (1) Whenever, in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or this section, the speed limitations as established herein have been altered, either higher or lower, and the appropriate signs giving notice have been erected as required, operators of motor vehicles shall be governed by the speed limitations set forth on such signs. It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to exceed the speed limits posted upon such signs. Section 8. That Section 339.03 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 339.03 MAXIMUM WIDTH, HEIGHT AND LENGTH. No vehicle sha].l be operated upon the public streets, highways, bridges and culverts within the Municipality, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section. (a) No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of: (1) 104 inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within municipal corporations;