[R.O. 2017 § I-A; Ord. No. 93-100101 § 2(b), 10-1-1993; Ord. No. 18-17, 12-18-2018]
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter
320, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the speeds listed below on the streets as designated.
Street
|
Speed Limit (mph)
|
---|
Highway FF from the north City limits
to the south City limits
|
45
|
Weaver Road from Highway FF to a
point two hundred (200) feet east of the intersection of Cloverdale
Street
|
30
|
Weaver Road from a point two hundred
(200) feet east of the intersection of Cloverdale Street and City
limits of the City
|
35
|
[R.O. 2017 § I-B; Ord. No. 05-30 §§ 1—4, 11-1-2005; Ord. No. 18-17, 12-18-2018]
A. There is hereby established a school zone
within the City on Weaver Road where the same borders Wilson's Creek
School.
B. Such school zone shall include that portion
of Weaver Road beginning at a point two hundred (200) feet west of
the western property boundary of Wilson's Creek School and shall extend
east along Weaver Road to a point two hundred (200) feet east of the
intersection of Cloverdale Street and Weaver Road.
C. The speed limit within such school zone
shall be twenty (20) miles per hour from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. and
from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Monday through Friday of each week
when school classes are in session. It shall be the duty and responsibility
of the Springfield R-12 School District to notify the City, in writing,
of the beginning and ending times of school classes during each year.
If the beginning and/or ending time of school classes changes during
the course of any year, it shall be the duty and responsibility of
the Springfield R-12 School District to so notify the City in writing.
[Ord. No. 22-15, 8-16-2022]
D. The eastern and westernmost boundaries
of the school zone created hereby shall be clearly marked with signs
notifying the operators of all motor vehicles of the twenty-mile-per-hour
speed limit and the times during which such speed limit applies. These
boundaries of the school zone may also be marked by a flashing light
when the school zone is to be observed.
E. Anyone convicted of the offense of speeding
within the school zone created hereby, or anyone convicted of any
other traffic offense committed in such school zone, shall, at a minimum,
be sentenced to pay a fine of such offense of not less than double
that set forth in the fine schedule established by the Municipal Court
of the City. Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation upon
the punishment which may be imposed upon anyone convicted of violating
the provisions of this Table I-B; and any such person shall be subject
to the imposition of any punishment within the range set and provided
by law and as determined applicable in the discretion of the Municipal
Court Judge.