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63.04   SPECIAL SPEED ZONES.
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 Zone Business District. A speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the streets designated as the Business District as defined in Section 60.02(1).
2.   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.
 
STREET
FROM
TO
College Drive
Southwest Boulevard W.
Termination
Jeffreys Drive
Warren Avenue
South Ridge Road
Eddy Saylor Parkway
College Drive
Termination
Truman Road
Ridge Road
End
 
3.   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.
 
STREET
FROM
TO
Clay Street
Delaware Street
1,900’ W. of Clarke Street
 
4.   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.
STREET
FROM
TO
Ridge Road
McPherson Street
South City limits
Jeffreys Drive
Warren Avenue
South Ridge Road
Townline Road
Highway 69
Eisenhower Road
Eisenhower Road
Clay Street
Townline Road
East Clay Street
East View Place
Eisenhower Road
Warren Avenue
Jeffreys Drive
South City limits
Furnas Drive
Jeffreys Drive
End
LeAnn Street
Highway 69
End
McLane Street
McPherson Street
East City limits
Main Street
Station 15±
50' N. of Ayers Street
Main Street
McLane Street
100' S. of Lake Drive
Tieken Drive
Warren Avenue
End
218th Avenue
Clay Street
North City limits
Clay Street
1,900' W. of Clarke Street
West City limits
 
5.   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.
 
STREET
FROM
TO
Main Street
Station 15±
North City limits
Main Street
100' S. of Lake Drive
South City limits
Highway 34
McPherson Street
Furnace Drive
 
6.   Special 50 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of fifty (50) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.
 
STREET
FROM
TO
Highway 34
Furnace Drive
West City limits
 
7.   Special 70 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of seventy (70) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof.