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.
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 twenty-five (25) 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. 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.
[Ord. No. 2005-07 §1, 1-3-2006; Ord.
No. 2022-001, 1-6-2022]
A. 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.
B. Regulations.
1. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall mean:
CONSTRUCTION ZONE or WORK ZONE
Any area upon or around any highway which is visibly marked
as an area where construction, maintenance or other work is occurring,
including the lanes of highway leading up to the area upon which an
activity described in this Subsection is being performed, beginning
at the point where appropriate signs directing motor vehicles to merge
from one (1) lane into another lane are posted. Orange traffic signs
and/or orange barrels or cones shall designate a construction or work
zone is present.
HIGHWAY
Any public thoroughfare for vehicles, including State roads,
County roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or
alleys.
MOVING VIOLATION
That character of traffic violation of traffic or motor vehicle
operation ordinance of the City where at the time of violation the
motor vehicle involved is in motion, except that the term does not
include the driving of a motor vehicle without a valid motor vehicle
registration license or violations relating to sizes and weights of
vehicles.
2. Upon a conviction or a plea of guilty by any person for a moving
violation, the court shall assess a fine of one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00) in addition to any other fine or penalty authorized to be
imposed by law, if the offense occurred within a construction zone
or a work zone.
3. Upon a conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding violation or a passing violation pursuant to Subsection
(B)(6) of this Section, the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fines or penalties authorized by law, if the offense occurred within a construction zone or a work zone and at the time the speeding or passing violation occurred there was any person in such zone who was there to perform duties related to the reason for which the area was designated a construction zone or work zone. However, no person assessed an additional fine or penalty pursuant to this Subsection shall also be assessed an additional fine pursuant to Subsection
(B)(2) of this Section, and no person shall be assessed an additional fine or penalty pursuant to this Subsection if no signs have been posted pursuant to Subsection
(B)(4) of this Section.
4. The penalty authorized by Subsection
(B)(3) of this Section shall only be assessed by the court if signs have been erected upon or around a construction or work zone which are clearly visible from the highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: $250.00 additional fine for speeding or passing in this work zone."
5. During any day in which no person is present in a construction zone
or work to perform duties related to the purpose of the zone, the
sign warning of additional penalties shall not be visible to motorists.
During any period of two (2) hours or more in which no person is present
in such zone on a day in which persons have been or will be present
to perform duties related to the reason for which the area was designated
as a construction zone or work zone, the sign warning of additional
penalties shall not be visible to motorists. The contractor performing
the work shall be responsible for compliance with provisions of this
Subsection. Nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit warning or traffic
control signs necessary for public safety in the construction or work
zone being visible to motorists at all times.
6. The drive of a motor vehicle may not overtake or pass another motor
vehicle within a work zone or construction zone.