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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)
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 – 20 miles per hour.
2. Residence or School District – 25 miles per hour.
3. Suburban District – 45 miles per hour.
In accordance with requirements of the Iowa 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 63.02 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 25 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 25 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
A. Vavra Drive from State Street to the northwest end of Vavra Drive.
B. Poplar Street from Dows Street to the south end of Poplar Street.
C. Broadview Court from Dows Street to Dows Street.
D. Fuhrmeister Street from Main Street to State Street.
E. Rowley Street from Main Street to State Street.
F. Main Street from Fuhrmeister Street to Banner Valley Road.
G. Walker Street from Fuhrmeister Street to Rowley Street.
H. Hillcrest Street from Dows Street to the end of Hillcrest Street.
I. Highland Road from Hillcrest Street to the end of Highland Road.
J. Banner Valley Road from Main Street to the corporate limits.
K. Vista Road from State Street to the west corporate limits.
L. Dows Street from Main Street to Jappa Road.
M. Jappa Road from Dows Street to 200 feet north of Rogers Creek Road.
N. Jappa Road from Dows Street to the north City limits for northbound traffic.
O. Rogers Creek Road from Jappa Road to the east side of the bridge over Rogers Creek; 250 feet east of the west property line of Outlot A, Meadowbrook Addition, City of Ely, Iowa.
2. Special30MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 30 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
A. State Street from Traer Street to Rock Island Drive.
3. Special 35 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 35 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
A. Jappa Road from 200 feet north of Rogers Creek Road to the north corporate limits.
B. State Street from Traer Street to the a point 1,500 feet south of the north corporate limits.
C. State Street from south corporate limits to Rock Island Drive.
4. Special 45 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 45 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
A. State Street from a point 1,500 feet south of the north corporate limits to the north corporate limits.