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 (20) miles per hour.
[R.O. 2009 §14-188; Code 1969 §22-48]
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle on any alley,
except emergency vehicles on emergency runs, at a rate of speed in
excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour.
[R.O. 2009 §14-189; Code 1969 §§22-44, 22-46
— 22-47, 22-47A]
The speed of vehicles on the streets listed in Schedule I shall
not exceed the limits provided for same in such Schedules.
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. 2009 §14-190; Code 1969 §22-37]
The operator of a motor vehicle shall not accelerate his/her
motor vehicle from any stop, stop sign or electric traffic signal
or driveway at a high and excessive rate of speed so as to endanger
pedestrian and other traffic present, taking into consideration the
traffic, its character, its volume, surface of the street or roadway,
the width of the street or alley and the hazard or danger at the intersection
and any other conditions then existing, including the person's ability
to safely brake his/her vehicle in the event of an emergency, nor
shall the operator of a motor vehicle so accelerate his/her motor
vehicle, whether from a stopped or moving position, or brake his/her
motor vehicle from a moving position, so as to cause the tires thereof
to squeal upon the pavement or ground, when said activity is not necessary
to avoid a collision.