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<br />~;.o..( <br /> <br />5.0 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED STATUTE CHANGES <br /> <br />This section summarizes the proposed changes to Minnesota statutes (proposed additions to <br />statute are highlighted and underlined; proposed deletions are highlighted and strucktlu'ough). <br /> <br />$,1 Urban District <br /> <br />Statute 169.01, Subd. 59. Urban district. 11Urban distri,~t" means the <br />territory contiguous to and including any street or highway which is built up <br />with structures devoted to business! industry,ordwellinghouses situated at <br />intervals of less th~ 100 feet for a distanceofaquarter ofamileor more. <br /> <br />5.2 Rural Residential District <br /> <br />The current defInition for Rural Residential Districtis found in MS 169.14, Subd. 2(c). It <br />is recommended that it be removed from its current location in statute, redefIned, and <br />reintroduced in the defInition portion of statute, 169.01; <br /> <br />Statute169.0LSubd. x.x. Rural Residential District. (a)"Rural <br />~esidential Districtll means the territory contiguous to and including any <br />street orhigllwav that is built ut' withvisibledwellinghouses on one orboth <br />si~esofthe road with their pritnary accesspoints.at intervals avera~in~ 300 <br />feet or less for a distance of one~quarter mile or more. <br />CP) :F' or purposes' of this subdivision. "interVal" means the measured distance <br />between the oriinarv access point for each dwelling house whether houses <br />are on,one or both 'sides of the road. <br /> <br />5.3 '.Residential Roadway <br /> <br />Statute 169.01, Subd. 81. Residential Roaqway. "Residential roadway" <br />means a street er pardon era street that is'less than one-half mile in length <br />and is functionally classified as a local street by the road authority having <br />jurisdiction. <br /> <br />5.3 Speed Limit Statute <br /> <br />Statute 169.14, Subd.2. Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the <br />following speeds shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits <br />shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and <br />that it is unlawful; except thatthe spee.d limit within any municipality shall <br />be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful: <br />(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban ,district or on 0. town reo.cl in a rural <br />'6 . fa' . ' <br />feSl ent1Ei. l~t:l'1et; , <br />(2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate freeways and expressways, as defmed <br />in section 160.02, subdivision 19; <br />(3) 55 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section; <br />, (4) 70 miles pet hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any <br />urbanized area with a population of greater than 50,OQO as defined by order <br /> <br />Page 25 <br /> <br />52 <br />