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
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)
(a) 
The provisions of this article regulating the speed of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles of the Fire Department, when responding to a call, nor to Police patrols, nor to physicians or ambulances when actually engaged in responding to emergency calls; provided, however, in no event shall an ambulance be driven at a speed of more than ten (10) miles per hour greater than the authorized posted speed limits on the route of travel of such ambulance.
(b) 
This section shall not relieve any driver from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the streets, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
(1971 Code, sec. 15-124)