(A) Basic rule. No person shall drive a vehicle on any street, alley, or other place within the corporate limits at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. A person shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or road conditions.
(B) Maximum limits. Except when a special hazard exists as listed in division (A) above, no person shall operate a motor vehicle on any street, alley, or other place within the corporate limits at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) On 5th Street:
(a) Between the western city limits and I Street, a limit of 40 mph; and
(b) Between I Street and M (Main) Street, a limit of 35 mph.
(2) On M (Main) Street:
(a) Between 4th Street and the junction of US-385, –88, and Railroad Avenue, a limit of 30 mph; and
(b) Between the junction of US-385, –88, and Railroad Avenue and the southern city limits at County Road CR-12, a limit of 40 mph.
(3) On US-385/N-92:
(a) Between the junction of N-88 and Railroad Avenue to 100 feet west of O Street, a limit of 30 mph;
(b) Between 100 feet west of O Street to 100 feet east of Q Street, a limit of 40 mph; and
(c) Between 100 feet east of Q Street to the southeastern city limits at the junction of County Road 92, a limit of 50 mph.
(4) On 7th Street: between Q Street and S Street, a limit of 15 mph;
(5) On 9th Street: between Q Street and S Street, a limit of 15 mph;
(6) On Q Street: between 7th Street and 9th Street, a limit of 15 mph;
(7) On all other highways and streets in the city, a limit of 25 mph; and
(8) On S Street between 13th and 14th Streets and R Street between 13th and 14th Streets and 13th Street between R and S Streets and 14th Street between R and S Streets, a limit of 15 mph.
(1973 Code, § 5-614) (Ord. 391, passed 9-3-1973; Ord. 442, passed 9-8-1977; Ord. 448, passed 11-3-1977; Ord. 551, passed 9-6-1984; Ord. 647, passed 4-7-1994; Ord. 758, passed 1-11-2007; Ord. 925, passed 7-26-2017; Ord. 932, passed 1-11-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99