Ordinances ordering the placement of traffic-control signs, signals and devices at designated locations are not included in this code, but such ordinances are on file in the city secretary’s office. Ordinances ordering the placement of traffic-control signs, signals and devices at designated locations are specifically saved from repeal upon adoption of the Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Ordinances establishing special speed limits for specific streets are not included in this code, but such ordinances are on file in the city secretary’s office. Ordinances establishing special speed limits are specifically saved from repeal upon adoption of the Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
All of the streets of the city, and all portions of any such streets, are hereby declared to be public streets. Any person driving or operating 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 chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, which is named “The Offense of Speeding,” and this offense shall be punishable by a fine in any sum in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. The use of the word “Speeding” shall be sufficient to designate the misdemeanor of “The Offense of Speeding.”
(Ordinance 72-1 adopted 1/17/1972; 1989 Code, sec. 19.103; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)