63.01  Speed Regulations

63.01    SPEED REGULATIONS.

A.        GENERAL.  Every driver of a motor vehicle on a street shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive a vehicle on any street at a speed greater than will permit said driver to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, such driver having the right to assume, however, that all persons using said street will observe the law.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.285)

B.        STATE CODE SPEED LIMITS.  The following speed limits are established in Section 321.285 of the Code of Iowa and any speed in excess thereof is unlawful unless specifically designated otherwise in this chapter as a special speed zone.

1.         Business District — Twenty (20) miles per hour.

2.         Residence or School District — Twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

3.         Suburban District — Forty-five (45) miles per hour.

C.        PARKS, CEMETERIES AND PARKING LOTS.  A speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour in any public park, cemetery or parking lot, unless specifically designated otherwise in this chapter, is unlawful.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[5])

D.        SPECIAL SPEED RESTRICTIONS.  In accordance with requirements of the Iowa State Department of Transportation, or whenever the Council shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit listed in Section 63.01 (B) is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the City street system, the Council shall determine and adopt by ordinance such higher or lower speed limit as it deems reasonable and safe at such location.  The following special speed zones have been established:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.290)

1.         Special 15 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour is unlawful in any mobile home park that has elected to have the Marion Traffic Code enforced within the mobile home park.

2.         Special 20 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On 10th Street from 5th Avenue to 7th Avenue.

3.         Special 25 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On 31^st Street from 10^th Avenue to the north City limits.

B.         On 44^th Street from its intersection with Business Highway 151 north to its terminus.  South on 44^th from Business Highway 151 to 700 feet south of the south line of 8^th Avenue.

C.        On Third Avenue from 31^st Street to 35^th Street.

4.         Special 30 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On Tenth Street from Tenth Avenue to the north City limits, except that portion of Tenth Street located within the school district zone, in which case the speed limit shall be twenty-five (25) miles per hour when indicated by a flashing warning light system.

B.         On Blairs Ferry Road from Marion Boulevard to Lindale Drive.

C.        On West Eighth Avenue from the western edge of the bridge across Indian Creek to Lindale Drive.

D.        On Lindale Drive from West Eighth Avenue to Blairs Ferry Road.

E.         On 35th Street from 10th Avenue to 29th Avenue.

F.         On South 22nd Street from Grand Avenue to the south City limits.

G.        On Indian Creek Road from 10th Street to 650 feet north of 29th Avenue except for that area from 29th Avenue to a point 550 feet north which shall be a twenty-five mile per hour school zone when children are present.

H.        On South 11th Street from 1st Avenue to Meadowview Drive.

I.          On 29^th Avenue from Indian Creek Road to 35^th Street, except when children are present in which case the speed limit is 25 mph.                                                (Ord. 03-33 – Feb. 04 Supp.)

J.          On 29^th Avenue from 35^th Street to Highland Drive.

(Ord. 03-03 – Feb. 03 Supp.)

5.         Special 35 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On Marion Boulevard from the west City limits to where it becomes Seventh Avenue.

B.         On Seventh Avenue from Marion Boulevard to Eighth Street.

C.        On Seventh Avenue/Business 151 from 15^th Street to a point 500 feet west of the east line of 44^th Street.

D.        On Alburnett Road from the north end of Indian Creek Bridge to the north City limits.

E.         On Blairs Ferry Road from Lindale Drive to the northwest City limits.

F.         On Boyson Road from 10^th Street to the west City limits.

G.        On Indian Creek Road from 650 feet north of 29^th Avenue to the north City limits.

H.        On East Post Road from Meadowview Drive to the south City limits.

I.          On Winslow Road within the incorporated limits of the City.

J.          On Munier Road within the incorporated limits of the City.

K.        On Lucore Road within the incorporated limits of the City.

L.         On 44^th Street from 700 feet south of the south line of 8^th Avenue, 1,218 feet to the south City limits.

M.        On South 62^nd Street south of Highway 151 within the incorporated limits of the City.

N.        On 29^th Avenue from 35^th Street to the West line of the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 32-84-6. (Ord. 02-26 – Feb. 03 Supp.)

6.         Special 45 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of forty-five (45) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On Business Highway 151 from 500 feet west of the east line of 44^th Street to Highway 13.

B.         On 29^th Avenue from Highway 13 to Highland Drive.

C.        On East Robins Road within the incorporated limits of the City.

7.         Special 55 MPH Speed Zones.  A speed in excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.

A.        On Business Highway 151 anywhere in the corporate City limits of Marion.

E.         MINIMUM SPEED.  No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or in compliance with law.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.294)

F.         OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLES.  A low-speed vehicle shall not be operated on a street with a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour.  This section shall not prohibit a low-speed vehicle from crossing a street with a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour.

(Ord. 01-35 & 01-39 – Nov. 01 Supp.)