Proposed Ordinance NO. 526 – Speed Regulations

Posted: September 12, 2025 | Updated: September 15, 2025

ORDINANCE NO. 526

SPEED REGULATIONS

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE

CITY OF CRESCO, IOWA, BY AMENDING

PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO SPEED REGULATIONS

 

BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Cresco, Iowa, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  SECTIONS MODIFED. Chapter 63.04, Subsection 1, Paragraphs F, G, and H in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, are repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:

 

63.04 SPECIAL SPEED ZONES.

  1. Special 15 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or part thereof.

 

  1. Canterbury Street

 

  1. Second Avenue East from East Second Street to East Third Street.

 

  1. Second Street East from North Park Place to First Avenue East when children are present.

 

SECTION 2.  SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.  If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3.  WHEN EFFECTIVE.  This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

 

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS _______ DAY OF _____________________, 2025.

 

_____________________________              ATTEST: _____________________________

Mayor Alexander Fortune                                                      City Clerk Nicole Hill

 

1st Reading                     2nd Reading                                 3rd Reading                                

 

I certify that the foregoing was published as Ordinance No. 526 on the        day of ______________, 2025                                        

 

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City Clerk Nicole Hill