City of Toledo - File #: O-461-23

• File #: O-461-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/1/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/12/2023
• Final action: 9/12/2023
• Title: Amending Schedules II and IV of the Traffic Schedules of Part Three of the Toledo Municipal Code by deleting Kenwood Boulevard from the through street schedule and designating a special speed limit on Kenwood Boulevard to be 25 mph.
• Sponsors: Sam Melden

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/12/2023	1	City Council	Suspension	Pass
9/12/2023	1	City Council	Emergency	Pass
9/12/2023	1	City Council	Passage	Pass

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Council Member Melden

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Amending Schedules II and IV of the Traffic Schedules of Part Three of the Toledo Municipal Code by deleting Kenwood Boulevard from the through street schedule and designating a special speed limit on Kenwood Boulevard to be 25 mph.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:

Section 333.03 of the Toledo Municipal Code provides for the alteration of speed limits on streets. After many neighbors’ concerns and complaints, many car crashes, and after a recent tragic traffic fatality on Kenwood Boulevard, residents have demanded action be taken by the Mayor and City Council to lower the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 mph between North Cove Boulevard and Secor Road. Kenwood Boulevard is designated as a through street with a speed limit of 35 mph. The Ohio Revised Code and the Toledo Municipal Code designate the speed limit of through streets to be 35 mph and the speed limit on all other portions of the city except on through streets or highways outside of business districts to be 25 mph.

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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1.  That Schedule II, Through Streets, of the Traffic Schedules of Part Three of the Toledo Municipal code is hereby amended by deletion of the following:

                     LOCATION                                                               FROM                                                                                    TO

                     Kenwood Boulevard                                          North Cove Boulevard                     Secor Road

SECTION 2.  That Schedule IV, Special Speed Limit, of the Traffic Schedules of Part Three of the Toledo Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following:

                     LOCATION                                                               SPEED LIMIT                     TERMINALS

                     Kenwood Boulevard                                          25 mph                                          North Cove Boulevard and Secor Road

                     SECTION 3.   That the Director of Transportation is hereby directed to erect signs designating the aforementioned change in the speed limit.

                     SECTION 4.  That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

Vote on emergency clause:  yeas 12, nays 0.

Passed:  September 12, 2023, as an emergency measure:  yeas 12, nays 0.

Attest:                                          

Gerald E. Dendinger                                          Matt Cherry

Clerk of Council                                          President of Council

Approved:                                                               September 12, 2023

Wade Kapszukiewicz

Mayor