Except when a special hazard exists that requires a lower speed
limit in order to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, conveyance,
or other object on or entering a street, and except as otherwise provided
herein, the driving of a motor vehicle on any street within the city
at any speed in excess of thirty miles per hour shall be prima facie
evidence that the speed is not reasonable and prudent and is unlawful.
(Ordinance 2003-01-20-02, sec. II,
adopted 1/20/03)
Ordinances specific speed limits in the city are on file in
the city secretary’s office. Such ordinances are specifically
saved from repeal upon adoption of the Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
All of the streets of this city, and all portions of any such streets,
are hereby declared to be public streets, and the driving or operating
of any motor vehicle on or along any portion of any street of this
city at a rate of speed that is greater than the maximum rate of speed
for said portion of said street, as fixed by this division, shall
be a misdemeanor, which is named “the offense of speeding,”
and said offense is punishable by a fine in any sum not to exceed
two hundred dollars ($200.00). The use of the word “speeding”
shall be sufficient to designate said offense, and shall mean that
a motor vehicle has been driven upon a public street at a greater
rate of speed than fixed by city ordinance for the street and for
the zone thereof that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon,
if zoned.
(b)
In prosecutions under this division for the offense of speeding,
the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall, as
to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient
if it in substance alleges that the defendant did while driving a
motor vehicle in the city commit the offense of “speeding.”
(Ordinance 2007-05-21-3, sec. 2,
adopted 5/21/07)
