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Emergency vehicle exception to a Prospect Avenue traffic restriction

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On October 16, 2023 the City Council approved, on its consent agenda, the final reading of an ordinance amending the traffic code so that an existing weekday rush-hour restriction on southbound Prospect Avenue at Main Street and Vine Avenue does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles. The consent agenda roll call was 7–0. The ordinance number is not printed in the minutes.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Oct 16 2023. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the ordinance on the consent agenda

    Meeting date: Oct 16 2023. Agenda item 3. (consent agenda): Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending 13-5-1 to include "Except Authorized Emergency Vehicles" on Prospect Avenue, Southbound Only, at Main Street/Vine Avenue. Item VI: the motion carried (7 to 0); moved by Alderperson Moran, seconded by Alderperson Harrington.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-10-16, City Council, Oct 16 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-10-16, City Council, Oct 16 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-10-16, City Council, Oct 16 2023. Open the quote and source.

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  1. City Council minutes, 2023-10-16

    City Council, Oct 16 2023

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