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Designating Como Avenue from Gateway Drive to Dale Street as an Urban District and setting the speed limit at 30 mph.
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The City of Saint Paul approves a speed limit reduction from 35 MPH to 30 MPH on Como Avenue from Gateway Drive to Dale Street by declaring this segment an "Urban District" and setting the Speed Limit at 30 mph for this "Urban District".
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statues Chapter 169.14 establishes statutory speed limits on City Streets under ideal conditions, unless set by the DOT Commissioner based upon an engineering and traffic investigation, as was done on Como Avenue in the past, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 169.14, Subdivision 5b, a City may determine that a street meets specific criteria to be identified as an "urban district"; and
WHEREAS, the City has applied the standards as contained in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 169.14, Subdivision 5b, to Como Avenue from Gateway Drive to Dale Street in the City of St. Paul, and has determined that structures along these streets are at intervals of one hundred feet or less for a distance of a quarter of a mile for at least two one-quarter mile sections; and
WHEREAS, based on this criteria, the City Council has the authority to declare Como Avenue from Gateway Drive to Dale Street as an "urban district", and
WHEREAS, based on this designation, the City Council has the authority to set the speed limit in this "urban district" to be 30 MPH.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA THAT: pursuant to Minnesota statutes Chapter 169.14, Como Avenue from Gateway Drive to Dale Street be declared an "urban district".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. PAUL THAT: the speed limit in this "urban district" is set at 30 mph, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 169.14.