[Last amended 11-20-2023 by Ord. No. 6549]
There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of
regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Parsons,
Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the "Standard
Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities," Edition of 2023, prepared and
published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka,
Kansas. One copy of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked
or stamped "Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 6549," and to
which shall be attached a copy of this ordinance, and filed with the
City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at
all reasonable hours. The Police Department, Municipal Judge and all
administrative departments of the City charged with the enforcement
of the ordinance shall be supplied, at the cost of the City, such
number of official copies of such Standard Traffic Ordinance similarly
marked as may be deemed expedient.
[Last amended 11-20-2023 by Ord. No. 6549]
A.
An ordinance traffic infraction is a violation of any section of
this ordinance that proscribes or requires the same behavior as that
proscribed or required by a statutory provision that is classified
as a traffic infraction in K.S.A. § 8-2118.
[Last amended 11-19-2012 by Ord. No. 6272[1]]
The fine for violation of an ordinance traffic
infraction or any other traffic offense for which the Municipal Judge
establishes a fine in a fine schedule shall not be less than $30 nor
more than $2,500, except for speeding which shall be not less than
$30 nor more than $500. A person tried and convicted for violation
of an ordinance traffic infraction or other traffic offense for which
a fine has not been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a
fine fixed by the court not to exceed $500.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed Ord. No. 6170, adopted
9-15-2008, which comprised former §§ 565-1 through
565-3, as amended.
All official traffic control signs, signals,
devices and markings which are in place on the adoption date of this
Code are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall be deemed to have
been placed and maintained in accordance with lawful authority of
the City.
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State law references — Authority to erect
local traffic control devices, K.S.A. §§ 8-2001 and
8-2002(a)(2); local traffic control devices generally, K.S.A. § 8-2005
et seq.
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Editor's Note: Original § 22-1,
Standard Traffic Ordinances - Adopted, § 22-2, Same - Amendments,
and § 22-3, Same - Certain provisions apply throughout chapter,
which immediately preceded this section and were added 10-18-1982
by Ord. No. 5269, were repealed 9-29-1986 by Ord. No. 5417.
It shall be the duty of the City Manager to
cause to be placed and maintained all traffic control signs, signals,
devices and markings signals required by ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the City Manager to
cause engineering and traffic studies to be made respecting the need
of the City for additional traffic regulations to expedite the flow
of traffic and to safeguard pedestrians and report his recommendations
thereon to the governing body. The action of the governing body shall
be effective and binding upon all persons when signs and signals are
in place. Where a particular section of this chapter does not state
that signs are required, such section shall be effective without signs
being erected to give notice thereof.
[Added 2-6-1975 by Ord. No. 4444]
No person shall operate or halt any vehicle
in such a manner as to indicate a careless or heedless disregard for
the rights or safety of others or in such a manner as to endanger
or be likely to endanger any person or property.
[Amended 3-19-1990 by Ord. No. 5523]
In zones designated by the proper signs as school
zones, the speed limit shall be 20 miles per hour from 7:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on days that school is in
session.
[Added 5-21-1979 by Ord. No. 5155]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any motor-driven cycle, motor scooter, motorbike, minibike or any
other motor vehicle having a seat or a saddle for the use of the rider
and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with
the ground, but excluding tractors and lawn mowers, within the limits
of the City unless said motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler in
good repair which shall effectively prevent loud or disturbing noises
therefrom.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating
a zone of quiet, no person operating a motor vehicle within any such
zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of said vehicle
except in an emergency.[1]
[Added 12-20-1982 by Ord. No. 5277]
Members of the Police Department are hereby
authorized to remove a vehicle violating the provisions of any ordinance
to the nearest private garage or lot or to a garage or lot or other
place designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise
maintained by this City and to hold the vehicle until all the procedural
requirements for claiming the vehicle established below are satisfied.
A.
When a Kansas registered vehicle is impounded, taken
into custody or immobilized by the Police Department, the Police Department
shall send by certified mail to the registered owner of the vehicle
and any lienholder of record notice that the vehicle is in the custody
of the Police Department. Such notice shall set forth the reasons
for impoundment, information regarding the rights of the owner/lienholder
in the recovery of the vehicle, and a statement that unless the owner/lienholder
takes action within 15 days the vehicle will be sold at public auction
to cover any costs and fines accrued as of the date of towing. The
notice is to be mailed before the close of the first full working
day after the towing.
B.
If the vehicle is registered in another state, or bears no registration plate, the Police Department shall take prompt action reasonably calculated to apprise the owner/lienholder of the vehicle's location and potential disposition. Such action may include, but not be limited to, contacting the Department of Motor Vehicles of other states to learn to whom a vehicle is registered and publishing an official notice of vehicles in custody. Owners or lienholders identified through Police Department efforts shall be afforded the same notice as set forth in Subsection A.
C.
Once the vehicle has been impounded, the owner/lienholder
may:
(1)
Immediately pay the accrued towing fee and storage
charges and thereby regain possession;
(2)
Sign a signature bond in the amount of the accrued
towing fee and storage charges and thereby regain possession; or
(3)
Refuse the options in Subsection C(1) and (2) above and demand a hearing on the validity of the towing, to be held before the Municipal Court before the second full working day following said demand. Before the owner or lienholder may regain possession, however, the Municipal Court must determine whether or not there was probable cause for the towing. If there was probable cause, the Judge will thereby order the owner or lienholder to comply with Subsection C(1) or (2) above before possession may be regained. If no probable cause for the towing can be shown, the vehicle shall be returned to the owner or lienholder.
D.
No vehicle shall be returned until the owner/lienholder
provides sufficient documentation to establish right to possession.
E.
After the vehicle is returned to the owner/lienholder
pursuant to this section, trial on the traffic violation which led
to the actual towing shall then be scheduled in accordance with the
normal Municipal Court schedule. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
the owner/lienholder from entering a plea of guilty and paying all
fines incurred and thus avoiding going to trial.
F.
Whenever a traffic violation is dismissed or an owner/lienholder is acquitted or it is otherwise determined that the towing of a vehicle was improper and the owner or lienholder has already paid the towing fee and storage charges pursuant to Subsection C above, the fees and charges shall be automatically refunded by the City. Refunds may be ordered by the Municipal Court, and the owner/lienholder shall not be required to resort to the procedure of submitting a claim for the governing body's consideration.
G.
The rights of the owner/lienholder, in addition to being set forth in the certified letter as provided for in Subsection A above, shall be made known by the posting of prominent signs in English at the Police Department headquarters where owners or lienholders inquire as to the status of their vehicles.
H.
Towing fees and storage charges shall be assessed
in the amount actually charged to the City by a person providing the
towing and storage service, commencing 24 hours after the vehicle
is removed. Such towing and storage charges shall be a lien in favor
of the City on the vehicle.
[Amended 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 6189]
[Added 2-20-1989 by Ord. No. 5498; amended 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 5624; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 6257]
It has been found and determined that the main function of the
streets within the corporate limits of Parsons, Kansas, generally
known as the following, are for the movement of traffic between areas
of concentrated activity within the City or between such areas within
the City and traffic facilities outside the City; and, therefore,
it is hereby authorized, ordered and directed that the entirety of
said streets within the corporate limits of the City are designated
and established as main trafficways, as provided by the Main Trafficway
Act.[1]
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Name of Street
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Location
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10th Street
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Within the City limits
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13th Street
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Within the City limits
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16th Street
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Within the City limits (also known as U.S. Highway 59)
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21st Street
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Within the City limits
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26th Street
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Within the City limits
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32nd Street
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Within the City limits
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35th Street
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Within the City limits
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Appleton Avenue
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From 16th Street to 32nd Street
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Crawford Avenue
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From 16th Street to 32nd Street
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Main Street
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Within the City limits
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Southern Avenue
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From 10th Street to 35th Street
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Editor's Note: See K.S.A. § 12-685 et seq.
[Added 3-19-2012 by Ord.
No. 6257]
It has been found and determined that the main function of the
streets within the corporate limits of Parsons, Kansas, generally
known as the following, are to connect a street with one of the main
trafficways and/or connect any two main trafficways; and, therefore,
it is hereby authorized, ordered and directed that the entirety of
said streets within the corporate limits of the City are designated
and established as trafficway connections, as provided by the Main
Trafficway Act.[1]
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Name of Street
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Location
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22nd Street
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North from Main Street to Stevens Avenue
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23rd Street
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North from Main Street to Dirr Avenue
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29th Street
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From the Parsons State Hospital to Main Street
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Briggs Avenue
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From 26th Street to 32nd Street
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Commerce Drive
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Within the City limits
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Corning Bypass
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Within the City limits
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Corporate Drive
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Within the City limits
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Gabriel Avenue
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From 16th Street to 21st Street
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Gabriel Avenue
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West from 32nd Street to the City limits
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Grand Avenue
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From 10th Street to 13th Street
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Harding Drive
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From 16th Street to 21st Street
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Jothi Avenue
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From U.S. Highway 59 to 32nd Street
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Leawood Drive
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Within the City limits
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Mosher Road
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From 32nd Street to 35th Street
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Northern Boulevard
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From 16th Street to 21st Street
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Northern Boulevard
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From 26th Street to 32nd Street
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Queens Road
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North from Main Street 1/2 mile
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Union Gas
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From 16th Street to 21st Street
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Willowbrook
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Within the City limits
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[1]
Editor's Note: See K.S.A. § 12-685 et seq.
