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.
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.
[Code 1974 §320.030; CC 1984 §28-142]
A.
No
person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle, except authorized emergency
vehicles on emergency runs, on any street, boulevard or thoroughfare
in the City, at any time, at a rate of speed in excess of twenty-five
(25) miles per hour, except as otherwise posted.
B.
No
person shall drive through any school lane at the rate of speed greater
than fifteen (15) miles per hour. Any person driving through a school
lane shall exercise the highest degree of care at all times.
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 I at
a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions
of the roadways by said Schedule.
[CC 1984 §28-143]
A.
The
City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to place appropriate
signs marking the maximum speed limits established in this Chapter
and Schedule I unless appropriate signs have been provided by the
State Highways and Transportation Commission.
B.
The City Traffic Engineer, on any Section of a roadway in this City where construction or major maintenance operations are being effected, may fix a speed limit in any such areas by posting of appropriate signs, and the operation of a motor vehicle in excess of any such speed limit in the area so posted shall be deemed prima facie evidence of careless and imprudent driving and a violation of Section 320.030.
[Ord. No. 6-159, 3-8-2018]
A.
When
signs or signs with active warning flashing lights have been erected
to establish a school zone, the speed limit in school zones shall
be effective on any day that school is in session.
B.
School
zones shall be clearly identified by one (1) or more of the following
methods:
C.
No
person shall operate a motor vehicle in excess of the posted speed
limit in a designated school zone.
D.
Any
person who shall be convicted of a violation of any provision of this
Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and subject
to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 6-163, 2-11-2021]
Any person who is convicted or pleads guilty to a speeding violation
or passing/overtaking a vehicle in a work/construction zone when there
was any person present performing duties in the work/construction
zone and appropriate signs were posted stating "Warning: $250 fine
for speeding or passing in this work zone" shall be assessed a fine
of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fine
assessed; except that any person assessed the two hundred fifty dollar
($250.00) fine shall not also be assessed the thirty-five dollar ($35.00)
fine for any of the following ordinance violations in a construction
or work zone: any moving violation or violation of speeding, leaving
the scene, careless and imprudent driving, operating without a valid
license, operating with a suspended or revoked license, obtaining
a license by misrepresentation, driving while intoxicated, under the
influence or BAC, any felony offense involving the use of a vehicle,
or failure to maintain financial responsibility.
