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.
[R.O. 2005 §26-102; Ord. No. 2400 §2, 9-6-2000]
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. 2005 §26-104; CC 1997 §26-104]
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.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon those portions
of the roadways which are set forth and described in at a rate of
speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions of the roadways
by said Schedule.
[Ord. No. 2779 §1, 7-19-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
at a speed in excess of a duly authorized and posted speed limit as
provided in this Code, but notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
a speeding violation which is over the posted speed limit by five
(5) miles an hour or less shall be a "no-point" speeding violation
as allowed by Section 304.009, RSMo., and shall not be reported to
the Missouri Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles.
[Ord. No. 3126 §1, 9-4-2013; Ord. No. 3202, 1-7-2015; Ord. No. 3413, 4-3-2019]
A. For
purposes of this Section, Special Enforcement Area is defined as follows:
any public or private roadway or street that has been designated as
such by the City Council and is clearly posted with Special Enforcement
Area signage.
B. Conviction
of a moving violation in a Special Enforcement Area, as defined by
this Section, is punishable by a fine at least double that set for
such moving violation on the schedule of the Traffic Violations Bureau,
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
C. Damage
to, defacement of or unauthorized removal of special enforcement signage
is prohibited and shall not relieve a violator of the additional penalty
provided by this Section.