[Adopted 1-21-1992 by Ord. No. 22-1991]
Section 346.57(4), Wis. Stats., limits vehicular speeds to no more than 15 miles per hour in a school zone when children are present unless indicated by official traffic signs. The State Department of Transportation authorizes speed limits of up to 20 miles per hour in school zones, especially in rural areas where there is a demonstrated absence of danger to children due to distance or physical segregation from the roadway. This article is designed to promote a more orderly flow of traffic and lessen a burden on law enforcement while still protecting school children.
A. 
Vehicles shall travel at speeds of no more than 20 miles per hour:
(1) 
When passing a schoolhouse at those times when children are going to or from school or are playing within the sidewalk area at or about the school; or
(2) 
When passing an intersection properly marked with a "school crossing" sign of a type approved by the Department of Transportation when children are present throughout Adams County.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
Subsection A shall apply provided that signs authorizing such higher speed have been erected within the school zone in view of oncoming traffic.
The effective date of this article in any vicinity shall be upon the erection of such signs posting a speed limit of 20 miles per hour. Copies of this article shall be provided to all law enforcement departments having jurisdiction in Adams County.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to contravene or to modify existing penalties in regards to vehicles travelling in excess of posted speeds.