| Show SPEED LIMIT BOOSTED STED V I S. S L. L Ordinance Now Conforms With State Law I Additional Through Highways Designated in New Code Business and Residential Districts Defined Salt Lakes Lake's new traffic ordinance fixing the maximum speed at 35 miles an hour and written in conformity with the new state traffic code was adopted Tuesday by the city commission The maximum speed heretofore has been 30 miles mUes an hour The new ordinance also defines business and residential districts fixes speed limits in both provides provide penalties for violations an and empowers the chief o of police to create additional through highways from Crom time to timo time as demands may require Through highways designated in inthe inthe inthe the ordinance are as follows THROUGH HIGHWAYS State street from Ninth South street south to the city limits Redwood r road ad from North Temple street south to city limits North Temple street from Main street west to city limits Beck street from Ninth North street north to city elty limits Second Second Sec Sec- ond West street from Seventh North street north to city limits Main street from Fayette avenue south to city limits Fifth West street from South Temple street south to city limits Ninth East street from rom South Temple street south to city limits Eleventh East street from Ninth South street south to Hollywood avenue avenue ave aye nue Highland drive from Simpson avenue south to city limits Thirteenth East street from rom Ninth South street to Twenty first South street Seventeenth Seventeenth Seven Seven- South str street et from West Temple street to Seventeenth East street Twenty first South street from rom West Temple street to Tenth East street and from Twelfth East street to city limits South Temple street from Second Second Sec Sec- ond West street to Virginia street The first addition to the through highway streets will probably be Second Second Sec See ond West street from North Temple street to Fayette avenue Commissioner Commission Commission- er John M M. Knight said SLOW DRIVING BANNED The ordinance also makes it unlawful unlawful un un- lawful for any person unnecessarily to drive at such a low speed as to impede normal movement of traffic in an any part of or the city Maximum speed on through highways highways high high- w-a w ways rs is 35 miles an hour Maximum speed when passing schools during durine school r recess cess or when children are going to or leaving leavine school is 15 miles an hour The limit is also 15 miles an hour when approaching any railway railway rail rail- wa way grade crossing where the drivers driver's view of railway traffic is obstructed for lor a distance of or feet Maximum speed In the business districts or within 50 feet a of any intersecting highway where the drivers driver's view of traffic on the intersecting intersecting intersecting in in- highway is obstructed for fora a distance of feet is 20 miles an hou hour MAXIMUM SPEED The maximum speed in residential districts at any railway grade crossing crossing cross cross- ing ine where the drivers driver's view is is n not t obstructed and in all public parks is 25 miles an hour In general the boundaries of the downtown business district are the same as the they have been heretofore except that they are extended south on State street from Fifth South street to Ninth South street and on Mam Main street from Fifth South street Continued on Pare Pan Three CITY INCREASES C SPEED LIMIT Continued from Pate Paie One to Fayette avenue This takes in the newly developed market districts in m inthe inthe the vicinity of Ninth South on Main Mam and State State streets The Sugarhouse business district comprises the area on Eleventh East street and Highland drive from Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Hol Hol- lywood avenue on the north to Simpson Simpson Simp Simp- son avenue on the south and from Tenth East to Twelfth East street on Twenty-first Twenty South street Erection of oC signs to designate various various va va- rious districts and inform drivers of speed limits will be started at once Commissioner Knight said The work will be done under direction of the poJ police ce traffic squad The new traffic ordinance was as submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to the commission by Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Knight and adopted by unanimous vote |
