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, but no City ordinance shall regulate the speed of vehicles upon controlled access highways of the State.
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 (20) miles per hour, except as otherwise provided in Schedule I of this Title.
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.
[CC 1981 §315.040; Ord. No. 270 §25, 3-24-1970]
No person shall operate or drive a vehicle or motor vehicle on any parking lot, drive-in or on any driveway or access road thereto at a rate of speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour; and the operator or driver of such vehicle or motor vehicle is charged with the duty of operating at such lesser speed as will be consistent of the safety of others using such places, taking into consideration the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the visibility and atmospheric conditions and condition of the pavement.