[R.O. 2008 §16-303; Ord. No. 977 §1(5.2), 1-5-1981]
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 20 miles per hour.
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. Police 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 III
at a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions
of the roadways by said Schedule as amended from time to time.
[R.O. 2008 §16-300; Ord. No. 977 §1(5.4), 1-5-1981]
In every event, speed shall be controlled as may be necessary
to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance or
on entering the public way in compliance with legal requirements and
it shall be the duty of all persons to use due care and drive at a
safe and appropriate speed.
[R.O. 2008 §16-302; Ord. No. 977 §1(5.1), 1-5-1981]
No person shall drive a vehicle in excess of the posted speed
limit in a posted school zone.
[R.O. 2008 §16-304; Ord. No. 977 §1(5.5), 1-5-1981]
No person shall engage in any motor vehicle speed contest or
exhibition of speed on any street or highway of this City and no person
shall aid or abet any motor vehicle speed contest or speed exhibition
on any street or highway of this City, except that a passenger shall
not be considered as aiding or abetting.
[R.O. 2008 §16-305; Ord. No. 977 §1(5.8), 1-5-1981]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere in any manner
with the operation of radar or any other device or method used to
test, check, gauge or determine the speed of a motor vehicle within
this City or to post any sign or notice that any speed checks or tests
are being conducted.
