Cross Reference — As to speed limits in parks, see §230.020.
[CC 1976 §33-161]
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.
[CC 1976 §33-167]
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.
[Ord. No. 814 §12, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-162; Ord. No. 2303 §1, 9-3-2002]
No person other than the operator of an emergency vehicle on
an emergency run shall operate a vehicle in the City at a rate of
speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour on any private
or public street or road within the City except where otherwise expressly
designated by the Board of Aldermen from time to time on the official
traffic schedules.
[Ord. No. 814 §12, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-163]
Whenever signs are posted giving notice of the maximum legal
speed limit established for a particular street or portion thereof,
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any vehicle
at a rate of speed in excess of such posted limit.
[Ord. No. 814 §12, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-164; Ord. No. 2303 §2, 9-3-2002; Ord. No. 3077, 7-3-2018]
A.
Every
person operating a motor vehicle on any public or private street or
road within the City shall operate or drive the same in a careful
and prudent manner, and in the exercise of the highest degree of care
and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another
or the life or limb of any person, taking into consideration the circumstances
at the location of the operation.
B.
It
shall be prima facie evidence that a vehicle operator is not exercising
the highest degree of care if the operator of a moving vehicle engages
in any conduct that causes his or her vision or attention to be obscured,
diminished or directed away from the path of travel or operation of
the vehicle, including, but not limited to, by using a mirror to engage
in grooming; reading anything located in the vehicle other than operational
information displayed on vehicle gauges and equipment; writing; drawing;
manually inputting information into a GPS or mapping device, or turning
one's head substantially away from the path of travel to observe things
in the vehicle or outside the vehicle but contrary to the path of
travel.
[Ord. No. 814 §12, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-165]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow rate of
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 Section and refusal to comply with the
directions of an Officer in accordance herewith, the continued slow
operation of a vehicle by a driver shall be an offense.
[Ord. No. 814 §8, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-166]
The use of, and results determined by, any speed meter, machine
or mechanism which seeks to reduce the error of manual operation to
a minimum shall be acceptable as evidence where driving in excess
of posted speed limits is the cause of action provided, however, the
use thereof shall not be construed to exclude any competent evidence
secured by any other manner or means.
