HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015.02.02 RESO 2015-02RESOLUTION 2015-2
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A REVISED
SPEED LIMIT ON PORTIONOS OF 125TH STREET AND FIONA AVENUE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hugo, Minnesota is authorized to establish
speed limits in accordance with law; and,
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute Chapter 169 provides for statutory speed limits of 55
m.p.h. on city streets unless certain criteria is met; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 169.14, subd. 5b, a city may determine that a street
meets specific criteria to be identified as a "rural residential district;" and,
WHEREAS, the City has applied the standards as contained in Minn. Stat. § 169.14,
subd. 5b to 125th Street from Trunk Highway 61 East to Fiona Avenue and Fiona Avenue from
120TH Street to 125TJ Street in the City of Hugo and have determined that structures along these
roads are at intervals of three hundred feet or less for multiple one-quarter mile sections; and,
WHEREAS, based on this criteria, the City Council has the authority to declare 125th
Street from Trunk Highway 61 East to Fiona Avenue and Fiona Avenue from 120th Street to
125"' Street as a "rural residential district;" and,
WHEREAS, based on this designation, the City Council has the authority to set the speed
limit in this "rural residential district" and is desirous of establishing a new speed limit of 35
m.p.h. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUGO, MINNESOTA:
1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 169.14, 125th Street from Trunk Highway
61 East to Fiona Avenue and Fiona Avenue from 120th Street to 125th Street is a "rural residential
district."
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2. The Speed limit in this "rural residential district' is set at 35 m.p.h. pursuant to
Minn. Stat. § 169.14.
The City Public Works Department is directed to post speed Limit signage at
reasonable intervals along the road.
This resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Hugo on the 2nd day of
February, 2015, by a vote of five Ayes and no Nays.
Tom Weidt, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michele Lindau, City Clerk
(seal)
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