The State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall
be applicable upon all streets within this Town, except that this
article, as authorized by State law, hereby declares and determines
that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified
streets or in certain areas.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-116)
Unless expressly designated otherwise by signs designating another
speed in accordance with this article, within all intersections and
on all public streets within the Town, thirty (30) miles per hour
shall be the prima facie maximum speed limit, and any speed in excess
thereof shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable
or prudent and that it is unlawful.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-117(a))
The prima facie maximum speed limit for the operation of motor
vehicles in any alley within the Town as defined in this article shall
be fifteen (15) miles per hour, and any speed in excess thereof shall
be prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable or prudent
and that it is unlawful.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-118)
(a) Special school zones are hereby established in which the prima facie
maximum speed limit for operation of motor vehicles in school zones
as defined herein shall be twenty (20) miles per hour, and any speed
in excess thereof shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is
not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful, notwithstanding
any other provision of this article, during the hours indicated. Such
special school zones are hereby designated to control traffic on the
following streets and thoroughfares, at the following times:
Street
|
Extent
|
Requested Time
|
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Abbott Avenue
|
Beverly Drive to 125 feet south of Mockingbird Lane
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Armstrong Avenue
|
Fairfax Avenue to north Town limit line
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Auburndale Avenue
|
Beverly Drive to Mockingbird Lane
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Beverly Drive
|
Drexel Drive to Auburndale Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Byron Avenue
|
Mockingbird Lane to Beverly Drive
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Cornell Avenue
|
Byron Avenue to St. Johns Drive
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Cornell Avenue
|
Byron Avenue to Auburndale Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Douglas Avenue
|
Fairfax Avenue to Potomac Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Drexel Drive
|
Byron Avenue to Auburndale Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
High School Drive
|
Normandy Avenue to north Town limit line
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Hillcrest Avenue
|
Beverly Drive to 125 feet south of Mockingbird Lane
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Mockingbird Lane
|
Lomo Alto Drive to 195 feeet east of Douglas Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Mockingbird Lane
|
Key Street to Mt. Vernon Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Normandy Avenue
|
Key Street to High School Drive
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
St. John’s Drive
|
Byron Avenue to Auburndale Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
St. John’s Drive
|
Beverly Drive to Cornell Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
St. Johns Drive
|
Cornell Avenue to Byron Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
Southern Avenue
|
Lomo Alto Drive to Douglas Avenue
|
7:15–8:30 a.m.
2:45–4:15 p.m.
|
(b) The speed limit fixed in this section shall be in effect and in force
on all official school days at the times indicated herein, when special
school signs are posted, and at no other time. At all other times,
the speed limits provided for by other sections of this chapter and
any amendments thereto shall remain in full force and effect.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-119; Ordinance 1764 adopted 9/22/08; Ordinance 1800 adopted 8/10/09; Ordinance 2068 adopted 10/6/20; Ordinance 2082 adopted 8/3/21; Ordinance 2117 adopted 4/18/2023)
The prima facie maximum speed limit for the operation of motor
vehicles on the following streets and thoroughfares in the Town shall
be twenty (20) miles per hour, and any speed in excess thereof shall
be prima facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable or prudent
and that it is unlawful:
Street
|
Extent
|
---|
Cornell Avenue
|
Between Byron Avenue and St. Johns Drive
|
Overhill Drive
|
All of the 4300 block
|
Roland Avenue
|
Between Mockingbird Lane and Bowser Avenue
|
St. Johns Drive
|
Between Cornell Avenue and Byron Avenue
|
Southern Avenue
|
Between Douglas Avenue and Armstrong Parkway
|
(1971 Code, sec. 15-120; Ordinance 1721 adopted 12/10/07)
The Town Administrator shall cause to be placed appropriate
signs in conspicuous places so that every motorist may be aware of
the speed limits established by this article, except no sign shall
be required where the maximum speed limit is thirty (30) miles per
hour.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-122)
The speed limits established in this article on the respective
streets named are deemed to be the maximum reasonable and safe speeds
that a person may operate a motor vehicle, and any person operating
any motor vehicle upon any public street in excess of the speed limit
shall be deemed to be operating such motor vehicle at a speed that
is not reasonable or safe.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-123)