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 and determine upon the basis of engineering
and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be
applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, 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, but no City ordinance shall regulate the speed of
vehicles upon controlled access highways of the State.
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.
[Ord. No. 36 §§2, 3, 6-22-1967; Ord. No. 97-7 §§1 — 2, 3-11-1997]
A.
No motor
vehicle shall be operated upon any street within the City of Lake
Ozark at a speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless
signs are posted designating another speed limit, except for school
roads, which are fifteen (15) miles per hour. None of these provisions
shall apply to limited access State and Federal Highways opened to
traffic after June 22, 1967.
[Ord. No. 88-4, 4-26-1988]
A.
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.
B.
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 shall constitute
a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 2003-19, 6-10-2003]
A.
The Street
Superintendent is hereby authorized to establish temporary reduced
speed limits within temporary construction traffic control zones.
The temporary reduced speed limits shall be implemented when the City
of Lake Ozark or the Missouri Department of Transportation determines
that the permanent speed limits set for the area under construction
are neither reasonable nor safe under the existing conditions.
B.
Any temporary
reduced speed limit established by the Street Superintendent or the
Missouri Department of Transportation shall be effective only for
the duration of the roadway construction. "Construction" shall mean the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of any
road by City, County or State agency and/or any contractor of the
City, County or State.
C.
The reduced
speed limit shall become effective when:
D.
Upon
conviction or a plea of guilty by any person for speeding pursuant
to either this Section or Sections 304.009 or 304.010, RSMo., or for
a passing violation within a temporary construction zone, the court
shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), in addition
to any other fine authorized to be imposed by law, if the offense
occurred within a construction zone or work zone and at the time the
violation occurred there was any person in such zone who was there
to perform duties related to the reason for which the area was designated
a construction or work zone. However, no person shall be assessed
an additional fine pursuant to this Subsection if signage has not
been posted pursuant to this Section.