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Designating Otto Avenue from West Seventh Street to Shepard Road 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 Otto Avenue from West Seventh Street to Shepard Road by declaring this segment an “Urban District” and setting the Speed Limit at 30 mph for this “Urban District”.
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 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 Otto 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 Otto Avenue from West Seventh Street to Shepard Road in the City of St. Paul, and has determined that with completion of 400 additional housing units for the Victoria Park development, 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 Otto Avenue from West Seventh Street to Shepard Road as an “urban district”, and
WHEREAS, based on these criteria, 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, Otto Avenue from West Seventh Street to Shepard Road 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 States Chapter 169.14.