[R.O. 2008 § 320.010; R.O. 2007
§ 320.010]
The State traffic laws regulating
the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within
the City, except that the City Traffic Engineer may 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.
[R.O. 2008 § 320.020; R.O. 2007
§ 320.020]
A.
No person shall operate a vehicle upon
any street or highway within the City limits of the City of O'Fallon,
Missouri, at a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour,
unless official signs are posted designating another speed limit.
[R.O. 2008 § 320.030; R.O. 2007
§ 320.030]
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.
[R.O. 2008 § 320.040; R.O. 2007
§ 320.050; Ord. No. 4030 §§ 2
– 4, 3-27-2000]
A.
Speed limits are set according to standards
established by the City Traffic Engineer, and these standards include
consideration for pedestrian use, traffic volume and congestion, traffic
flow patterns and other criteria necessary to make the roadways as
safe as possible. These speed limits may be lower in certain areas
to provide for the safe passage of vehicles, safer ingress and egress
to the roadway, and to ensure safer areas for pedestrians and bicycles
to travel on or near the roadway.
B.
For the purposes of this Section, a special
enforcement area shall be defined as follows: Any public or private
street or roadway where the speed limit has been established at twenty-five
(25) miles per hour or less, and/or any street or roadway posted as
a school speed zone.
C.
Conviction of a violation of this Section
is punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or
imprisonment in the St. Charles County Jail for a period up to three
(3) months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. In order to determine
the fine, any person found guilty of a moving motor vehicle violation
in a special enforcement area in the City of O'Fallon shall be fined
at a rate double the standard fine for such moving motor vehicle violation.
