140.01 EXERCISE OF POLICE POWER. This chapter shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the City under Chapter 306A, Code of Iowa, for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety and for the promotion of the general welfare.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 306A.1)

140.02 DEFINITION. The term “controlled access facility” means a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled access facility or for any other reason.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 306A.2)

140.03 RIGHT OF ACCESS LIMITED. No person has any right of ingress or egress to or from abutting lands onto or across any controlled access facility, except at such designated points at which access is permitted.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 306A.4)

140.04 ACCESS CONTROLS IMPOSED. There are hereby fixed and established controlled access facilities within the City, described as follows:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 306A.3)
1. Project No. 1. On the Primary Road System extension improvement, Project No. 1, Primary Road No. 184, within the City, described as follows:
From the westerly City limits, along Highway No. 184, to the easterly City limits
regulating access to and from abutting properties along said highway all in accordance with the plans for such improvement identified as Project No. 1, on file in the office of the Clerk.

140.05 PARKING RESTRICTED. The parking of vehicles on or along controlled access facilities is restricted as follows:
1. Minor Street Approaches. Parking shall be prohibited on all minor street approaches for a distance of 35 feet in advance of the stop sign.
2. Minor Street Exits. Parking shall be prohibited on the exit side of a minor street for a distance of 35 feet.
3. Diagonal Parking on Minor Street. Where diagonal parking is permitted, on the minor street approach, parking shall be restricted so that a 55-foot stop sign distance is maintained.
4. Intersection. Parking shall be prohibited on the Primary Road Extensions a distance of 55 feet in advance of the near crosswalk and a distance of 22 feet beyond the far crosswalk.

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