The State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall
be applicable upon all streets within the City, except that the City
may by ordinance declare and determine upon the basis of engineering
and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be
applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed
in excess of any speed so declared when signs are in place giving
notice thereof.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate the timing
of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly
and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise
applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect
appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
Except where otherwise provided by signs erected pursuant to
duly passed and approved ordinances, no person shall operate a vehicle
on any street in the City in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per
hour.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as
to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic,
except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance
with law. Peace Officers may enforce the provisions of this Section
by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience
to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer
in accordance herewith, the continued slow operation by a driver is
an ordinance violation.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon those portions
of the roadways which are set forth and described in Schedule I at
a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions
of the roadways by said Schedule.
[R.O. 2011 §320.030; Ord. No. 518-01 §1, 9-19-2001]
A.Â
As used
in Sections 304.582 and 304.585, RSMo., and this Section, the term "construction zone" or "work zone" means
any area upon or around any highway as defined in Section 302.010,
RSMo., which is visibly marked by the Department of Transportation
or a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the Department
of Transportation as an area where construction, maintenance, incident
removal, or other work is temporarily occurring. The term "work zone" or "construction zone" also
includes the lanes of highway leading up to the area upon which an
activity described in this Subsection is being performed, beginning
at the point where appropriate signs or traffic control devices are
posted or placed. The terms "worker" or "highway
worker" as used in Sections 304.582 and 304.585, RSMo., shall
mean any person that is working in a construction zone or work zone,
or any employee of the Department of Transportation that is performing
duties under the Department's motorist assist program on a State highway
or the right-of-way of a State highway.
B.Â
No person
shall exceed the posted speed limit in a construction zone or work
zone.
C.Â
The driver
of a motor vehicle may not overtake or pass another motor vehicle
within a work zone or construction zone as provided in this Section.
D.Â
Upon
the first conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding
violation under either Section 304.009 or 304.010, RSMo., or this
Section or a passing violation under Subsection (4) of Section 304.582,
RSMo., the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law if the offense
occurred within a construction zone or a work zone and at the time
the speeding or passing violation occurred there was any highway worker
in such zone. Upon a second (2nd) or subsequent such conviction or
plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of three hundred dollars
($300.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law. However,
no person assessed an additional fine under this Subsection shall
also be assessed an additional fine under Subsection (1) of Section
304.582, RSMo., and no person shall be assessed an additional fine
under this Subsection if no signs have been posted under Subsection
(3) of Section 304.582, RSMo.
E.Â
The penalty authorized by Subsection (D) of this Section shall only be assessed by the court if the Department of Transportation or a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the Department of Transportation has erected signs upon or around a construction zone or work zone which are clearly visible from the highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: Minimum $250 fine for speeding or passing in this work zone when workers are present.".
