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. 2013 §23-96; Ord. No. 2.17 (Bill No. 71) §2, 5-3-1973; Ord. No. 2.17 (Bill No. 2229) §1, 4-5-2007]
No person shall operate a vehicle in the City at a rate of speed
more than twenty (20) miles per hour unless otherwise posted. Any
person who receives a citation for a speed zone violation in any zone
where the speed limit is twenty (20) miles per hour shall have a special
notation placed in his/her record. This initial violation may be amended,
but the notation in his/her record shall remain. Any person receiving
a second citation, within two (2) years, in a zone where the speed
limit is twenty (20) miles per hour shall not be eligible for an amendment
and if convicted or submitting a plea of guilty shall receive a fine
of not less than twice the normal fine. Any person receiving a third
citation, within two (2) years, in a zone where the speed limit is
twenty (20) miles per hour shall not be eligible for an amendment
and if convicted or submitting a plea of guilty shall receive a fine
of not less than thrice the normal fine.
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.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon those portions
of the roadways which are set forth and described in Schedule XII
and XIII at a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for
such portions of the roadways by said Schedules.
[R.O. 2013 §23-95; Ord. No. 8.6 (Bill No. 74) §6, 5-8-1973]
The Director of Public Works is directed to establish speed
zones at any school or church and may reduce the legal speed limit
on any street in the City within three hundred (300) feet in either
direction of the school or church to a maximum speed limit of twenty
(20) miles per hour, and if he/she does so, shall cause to be posted
appropriate signs displaying this information to the operation of
vehicles traveling on said streets or roadways.