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, but no City ordinance shall regulate the speed of
vehicles upon controlled access highways of the State.
The Chief of Police or his/her designee 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.
[CC 1961 §38.55 (B,C,G); Ord. No. 1031, 10-14-1957; Ord. No.
1320 §1, 2-5-1962; Ord. No. 2553, 7-19-1982; Ord. No. 3179, 10-7-1991; Ord. No. 3210, 6-15-1992]
A.
General. No person shall operate a vehicle, except emergency
vehicles on emergency runs, on any street in the City at any time
at a rate of speed in excess of the maximum speeds set forth in Schedule
I of this Title.
B.
School Zones. No person shall operate a vehicle in a school
zone described in Schedule I, Table I-B of this Title, at a speed
in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour during the times indicated.
C.
The Director of Public Works shall post at all entrances to the City signs with black letters four (4) inches high and one (1) inch wide, on a white background, indicating the speed limits provided in Subsection (A), and at all entrances to congested districts and school zones, signs indicating the speed limits provided in Subsection (B).
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. Peace 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
a misdemeanor.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon those portions
of the roadways which are set forth and described in Schedule I at
a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions
of the roadways by said Schedule.
[CC 1961 §38.55(E)]
No person shall operate a vehicle used primarily for advertising
purposes or display posters, or placards, or any article for the inspection
of the public on such vehicle, or as a part thereof, and the operator
of such vehicle shall move the same continuously, and shall not stop
the same, except when ordered by any Police Officer, or in obedience
to traffic signals and signs.
