[CC 1999 §27-361; Ord. No. 96-102, 8-26-1996; Ord. No.
2012-18 §1, 3-12-2012]
A. It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle or vehicles at
speeds in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour while the school located
in or adjacent to the named street is in session during the hours
of 7:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. on the following designated streets:
[Ord. No. 2018-66, 8-27-2018]
Calhoun Street between the intersection of Dickinson Street
and State Street
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Dickinson Street between the intersections of Calhoun Street
and Bryan Street
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Polk Street between the intersections of State Street and Fair
Street
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John F. Kennedy Street between the intersections of Oak Street
and Maple Street
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Trenton Street between the intersections of John F. Kennedy
and Eleventh Street
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Oak Street between the intersections of Tenth and John F. Kennedy
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Tenth Street between the intersections of Maple and Broadway
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Hornet Drive between the intersection with Missouri Highway
190 and the City limits
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B. The
City Street Superintendent shall erect signs indicating the reduced
speed zones upon said streets.
[CC 1999 §27-362; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
A. The
City is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon
either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property
when such parking would, in its opinion, interfere with traffic or
create a hazardous situation.
B. When
official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side
of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein,
no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
[CC 1999 §27-363; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
Every motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire, every
school bus and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives or
poisonous or compressed inflammable gases and every motor vehicle
used for the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in
bulk, whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad
grade crossing, be brought to a full stop within fifty (50) feet,
but not less than ten (10) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad
grade crossing and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken
to ascertain that the course is clear; provided that such full stop
shall not be required at a railroad grade crossing protected by a
watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a traffic control "stop
and go" signal (not railroad flashing signal) giving positive indication
to approaching vehicles to proceed.
[CC 1999 §27-364; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
A. The
following terms, as used in this Section, shall mean:
BUS
Any vehicle or motorcar designed and used for the purpose
of carrying more than seven (7) persons.
TRUCK
Any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semi-trailer or
any combination thereof propelled or drawn by mechanical power and
designed or used in the transportation of property upon the highways.
B. The
driver of any truck or bus, when traveling upon a public highway of
this State outside of a business or residential district, shall not
follow within three hundred (300) feet of another such vehicle; provided
the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to prevent the
overtaking and passing by any such truck or bus or another similar
vehicle.
[CC 1999 §27-366; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
Any motor vehicle which is not regularly being operated by a
school district or under contract with a school district or by private
schools for the transportation of school children shall not bear signs
indicating that it is a school bus. When any person operating a school
bus under contract with a school district uses it for purposes other
than for the transportation of school children, he/she shall cover
the signs thereon in such manner that it will not appear on the highways
as a school bus.