Any person or persons who endanger the lives or the property
of others by traveling at a high rate of speed, running someone off
the road, whipping in and out of traffic, driving across someone’s
property, skidding a motor vehicle around in the street, road or alley,
or letting a person or persons ride on the outside of a motor vehicle
while in movement (by riding on the fender, on top of a car, or on
the bumper of a motor vehicle) in the city limits shall be issued
a ticket or placed under arrest and brought before the magistrate
of the court. Any person or persons guilty of the above will be subject
to a fine not less than $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) nor more than
$200.00 (two hundred dollars).
(Ordinance 94, sec. 5, adopted 8/31/61)
(a)
The area within the city limits which is within a distance of 1,500
feet of any school, public or private, is hereby designated as a school
zone.
(b)
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle upon any public
street, alley, or highway within any school zone within the corporate
limits of the city at a greater rate of speed than twenty miles per
hour.
(c)
Subsection (b) of this section shall be applicable and in effect during the morning hours between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.; also during the afternoon hours between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on all days and in all school zones when school is officially in session but shall be of no force or effect at any other time.
(d)
The chief of police of the city is hereby directed to erect signs
in all school zones to warn the operators of motor vehicles within
such school zones of the speed limits enforced therein.
(Ordinance 522-17 adopted 4/20/17)
