Cross References — As to designated speed limits, sch.
I of this Title; as to the congested district, sch. IV.
[CC 1996 §320.010]
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.
[CC 1996 §320.020; CC 1977 §76.140; Ord. No. 1026 §I, 11-11-1997]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
within the Congested District of this City as defined in Schedule
IV at a rate of speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour or outside
of the Congested District but within the corporate limits of this
City at a rate of speed exceeding twenty-five (25) miles per hour
except for emergency vehicles.
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.
[CC 1996 §320.040; Ord. No. 1028 §I, 12-8-1997]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
within the City of Bowling Green, Missouri, at a rate of speed exceeding
that stated in Schedule I of this Title of the Bowling Green, Missouri,
City Code.
