[R.O. 2009 § 320.010]
A.
The State traffic laws regulating the speed
of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the City,
except that the City may by ordinance declare that certain speed regulations
shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas to
be set forth and described in Schedule II of this Title, in which
event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a
speed in excess of any speed so declared when signs are in place giving
notice thereof.
B.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle
upon those portions of the roadways which are set forth and described
in Schedule II at a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set
for such portions of the roadways by said Schedule.
[R.O. 2009 § 320.020]
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement
of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance
from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections
and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
[R.O. 2009 § 320.030; R.O. 2006
§ 320.040]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate or drive a motor vehicle on any street or highway within
the City at a rate of speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per
hour, except as otherwise provided by the laws and ordinances of the
City.
[R.O. 2009 § 320.040]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle
at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe
operation or in compliance with law. Peace Officers may enforce the
provisions of this Section by directions to drivers, and in the event
of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to
comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith, the continued
slow operation by a driver is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2009 § 320.050; R.O. 2006
§ 320.060; Ord. No. 497 § 108, 6-26-1979]
The use of, and results determined
by any speed measuring devices shall be acceptable as evidence where
driving in excess of posted speed limits is the cause of action; except
the use thereof shall not be construed to exclude any competent evidence
accrued by any other manner or means.
[R.O. 2009 § 320.055; Ord. No. 2841 § 1, 10-16-2006]
The City has declared and determined
and duly authorized by ordinance that certain areas within the vicinity
of elementary schools within the limits of the City be declared school
speed zones. The school speed zones will be in effect from 6:30 A.M.
— 6:30 P.M. with a speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour
in said zone. The Commanding Officer of the City's Police Department
and/or the City Administrator is authorized to designate specific
area(s), post and install such signs provided that the school zone
lengths and signs are consistent with the current edition of the Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. It shall be unlawful for any person
to drive a vehicle in violation of this Section when signs are in
place giving notice thereof. The fine for violation of this Section
will be two (2) times the amount normally assessed for speeding violations.
