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. 2006 Sch. III; CC 1992 Sch. III; CC 1974 §76.100; Ord. No. 14-040 §2, 9-15-2014]
A.Â
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to establish appropriate
speed limits within and for the streets and roads within the City
not otherwise established by State Law. Once established, the City
Traffic Engineer shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the
established speed limit.
B.Â
Except where otherwise provided by signs erected pursuant to established
speeds set by the City Traffic Engineer, no person shall operate a
vehicle on any street in the City in excess of twenty-five (25) miles
per hour.
C.Â
No person shall operate a vehicle on any street or roadway in the
City in excess of the speed established by the City Traffic Engineer
in violation of signs posted at the beginning of each speed zone (other
than the general speed provided above) by the City Traffic Engineer.
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
an ordinance violation.
