Title
Amend City Code - Changes to Phoenix Speed Limits - Amending Section 36-158, Schedule 1, Local Speed Limits (Ordinance G-6503)
Description
Request to amend City Code Section 36-158, Speed Limit Ordinance, Schedule I, Local Speed Limits due to changing land uses and traffic conditions.
Report
Summary
Speed limits are established under Arizona Revised Statues, section 28-703, which requires an "engineering study and traffic investigation." The Phoenix City Code and Charter require that all speed limits be approved by City Council in the form of an amendment to the Speed Limit Ordinance (Attachment A).
The revisions are necessary due to changing land uses and traffic conditions. All proposed changes are based on traffic investigations conducted by City staff and engineering judgement. Of the 26 changes in speed limits, four involved establishing limits on new or annexed streets, eight speed limits were lowered, two speed limits were raised, five speed limits are no longer within City of Phoenix jurisdiction and seven speed limits involved clarification from the previous ordinance (record keeping). A detailed list of the proposed changes are included in the Summary of Changes
(Attachment B).
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.