[RSMo 300.205; Ord. No. 13 §1]
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.
[RSMo 300.210; Ord. No. 13 §1]
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. 98 §§1 —
5]
A.
A school
zone shall be any street or part of a street listed on Schedule IX
and incorporated by reference herein.
B.
The speed
limit in any school zone designated herein shall be 20 m.p.h. during
the time set forth in Schedule IX.
C.
School
zone speed limits shall be in force and effect at the following times
during the following periods.
1.
On any
day that school is in session from 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; including
but not limited to Monday through Friday in the months of September,
October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May.
2.
During
any time when school grounds and facilities are being used for school
sponsored extracurricular activities for the duration of such activities
and one hour prior to and one hour following said activities.
3.
The
speed limit in school zones at any other time other than those designated
herein shall be as provided for in the ordinances of the City of Herculaneum.
4.
Upon
conviction for the violation of this Chapter the penalty shall be
not less than one ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Ord. No. 01-021 §1, 8-27-2001]
A.
A "construction zone", as used in this Section, shall be any
area within the City limits upon or around any public thoroughfare
for vehicles, including State roads, public streets, County roads,
avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys, which is visibly marked by
the Department of Transportation, the City or a contractor performing
work for the Department of Transportation or the City as an area of
construction, maintenance or other work is temporarily occurring.
B.
No person
shall exceed the posted speed limit in a construction zone.
C.
Upon
conviction or a plea of guilty, the Court shall assess a fine of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fine authorized
to be imposed by the Municipal Code of the City of Herculaneum, Said
fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be assessed under
the following conditions:
1.
The
offense occurred within a construction zone at the time where there
was a person in such zone performing duties related to the reason
for which the area was designated a construction zone.
2.
The
Department of Transportation, the City or a contractor performing
work for the Department of Transportation or City erected signs up
and around the construction zone which were clearly visible from the
highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: $250.00 fine for speeding in this work zone".
[Ord. No. 06-026 §1, 4-24-2006]
A.
As used
in this Section, "travel safe zone" means any area
upon or around any public thoroughfare for vehicles, including State
roads, public streets, County roads, avenues, boulevards, parkways
or alleys, which is visibly marked by the Department of Transportation
and when a highway safety analysis demonstrates fatal or disabling
motor vehicle crashes exceed a predicted safety performance level
for comparable roadways as determined by the Department of Transportation.
B.
Upon
a conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a moving violation,
as defined in Section 302.010, RSMo., any offense listed in Section
302.302, RSMo., or any speeding violation under Sections 304.009 or
Section 304.010, RSMo., the court shall double the amount of fine
authorized to be imposed by law if the moving violation, offense or
speeding violation occurred within a travel safe zone.
C.
The penalty authorized under Subsection (B) of this Section shall only be assessed by the court if the Department of Transportation has erected signs upon or around a travel safe zone which are clearly visible from the public thoroughfare and which state substantially the following message: "Travel Safe Zone — Fines Doubled".
D.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to enhance the assessment of court
costs or points under Section 302.302, RSMo.
