(A) Speed limits generally.
(1) It shall be prima facie unlawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to drive the same at a speed not exceeding the following: 25 mph in all other portions of the municipal corporation, except on a state routes.
(2) The operator of a motor vehicle shall not drive through the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway underpass or subway at a speed greater than ten mph and no such operator shall enter said underpass or subway while another vehicle is proceeding through said underpass or subway in the opposite direction.
(Ord. 195, passed 7-2-1929; Ord. 297, passed 3-10-1941; Ord. 46-1973, passed 9-18-1973)
(B) Specific speed limits.
Street | Speed Limit | Ord. | Passage Date |
Street | Speed Limit | Ord. | Passage Date |
Alleys | 10 mph | 50-1973 | 9-19-1973 |
Elton Street east of State Route 93 | 45 mph | 49-1979 | 10-1-1979 |
Elton Street west of State Route 93 | 35 mph | 49-1979 | 10-1-1979 |
Schools; passing buildings or grounds during school recess or while children are going to or leaving the grounds | 20 mph | 46-1973 | 9-18-1973 |
East Seventh Street | 35 mph | 49-1979 | 10-1-1979 |
State Route 62/Navarrre Road southwest from Center Street in unincorporated Justus for 1,300 feet to the south, both directions | 35 mph | 44-2012 | 12-17-2012 |
State Route 93 | 25 mph in business district; 35 mph outside business district | 25-1975 | 7-7-1975 |
State Route 93, north from the underpass to Oak Street | 35 mph | 29-2001 | 7-2-2001 |
Penalty, see § 70.99