[Ord. No. 19 §§1,6(A), 6-1-1995]
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.
[Ord. No. 19 §§1,6(B), 6-1-1995]
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. 19 §6(C), 6-1-1995]
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.
[Ord. No. 52 §2, 8-3-1995]
Except where otherwise posted, no person shall operate a motor
vehicle on the streets or highways of the City of Green Park in excess
of a speed of twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
[Ord. No. 90 §3(6-D), 3-7-1996]
A.
No
person shall drive a motor vehicle in excess of the posted speed listed
in a posted school zone.
B.
That
portion of Mueller Road located between Lindbergh Boulevard (U.S.
61) and Antigo Drive is hereby designated a school zone wherein the
maximum speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour.
[Ord. No. 851, 8-21-2023]
A.
Definitions.
As used in this Code, the term "construction zone" or "work zone"
means the area upon or around a public right-of-way, highway, street,
or road within the City of Green Park which is visibly marked by the
Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT), St. Louis County, and/or
the City of Green Park, or a contractor working for MODOT, St. Louis
County, and/or the City of Green Park as an area where construction,
maintenance, or other work is temporarily occurring. The limits of
a "construction zone" or "work zone" shall extend from the first warning
sign, cone, barricade, or high intensity rotating, flashing or strobe
light on a vehicle to the last warning device in place beyond where
the work is occurring. The term "construction zone" or "work zone"
also includes the lanes of a roadway 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.
B.
The
driver of a motor vehicle shall comply with all permanent and temporary
traffic control devices and may not exceed a posted "construction
zone" or "work zone" speed limit while traveling within a "construction
zone" or "work zone."
C.
Upon
a conviction or a plea of guilty by any person for any moving traffic
violation established by the City of Green Park Code of Ordinances,
the court shall assess a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in addition
to any other fine authorized to be imposed by law, if the offense
occurred within a "construction zone" or "work zone."
D.
Upon a conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding violation pursuant to Subsection (B), the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law, if the offense occurred within a "construction zone" or a "work zone" and at the time the speeding 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 pursuant to this Section shall also be assessed an additional fine pursuant to Subsection (C), and no person shall be assessed an additional fine pursuant to this Subsection if no signs have been posted pursuant to Subsection (E).
E.
The penalty authorized by Subsection (D) shall only be assessed by the court if MODOT, St. Louis County, and/or the City of Green Park, or a contractor performing work for MODOT, St. Louis County, and/or the City of Green Park has erected signs upon or around a "construction zone" or "work zone" which are clearly visible from the highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) fine for speeding in this work zone when workers are present."
