Medina approves expanded school zone with reduced speed limit

MEDINA – The Medina Village Board approved an expanded school zone where the speed limit is capped at 15 miles per hour.

Police Chief Todd Draper advocated for the change with the extended boundaries near the Wise Intermediate School and Oak Orchard Primary School.

The Village Board held a public hearing on the change on Monday evening. Tim Zeiner, a local resident, supported the change and asked the village to better mark cross walks for pedestrians. He would like to see signs and paint in the road similar to what is done with the Main Street cross walks.

The school zone is designated from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Mondays through Fridays. The state Department of Transportation allows a school zone to extend a maximum of 1,320 feet along a highway passing a school building entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway.

The expanded zone includes:

• Gwinn Street, extending 1,320 feet north from the northern intermediate school entrance
• Gwinn Street, extending 650 feet south of the southern intermediate school entrance
• West Oak Orchard Street, extending 500 feet west of Oak Orchard School western loop entrance
• West Oak Orchard Street, extending 1,320 feet east of Oak Orchard School eastern loop entrance

The school zone restrictions do not apply to ambulances, fire vehicles or police vehicles when on emergency trips.