A. Speed Limits Generally; Exceptions:
1. No vehicle shall be driven at a greater speed than twenty five (25) miles per hour upon any street or highway within the city, except:
a. Emergency vehicles being lawfully driven as provided in this title;
b. When a different speed limit is otherwise designated and posted; or
c. When a different speed limit is established in this title.
2. The city council, by motion or resolution, may reduce or increase the speed limits provided in this title, and when it does so, appropriate signs shall be placed on such streets or parts of streets indicating the lower or higher speed limit. (1985 Code § 15-401)
B. School Zones: No vehicle shall be driven at a greater speed than the miles per hour posted, between the hours posted, on any street adjacent to any school in a designated school zone on days when school is in session, unless a different speed limit or time is otherwise designated and posted. (1985 Code § 15-402)
C. Speed Reasonable Or Prudent For Existing Conditions: No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or prudent under the condition then existing, taking into consideration, among other things, the condition of the vehicle, the traffic, roadway surface or width, the amount of light or darkness, the presence of pedestrians in or near the roadways, and the obstruction of view. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed greater than will permit him to bring such vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead. (1985 Code § 15-403)
D. Minimum Speed Requirements; Exceptions: No vehicle shall be driven at such an unreasonably slow speed in relation to the effective maximum speed allowed as to constitute a hazard or to interfere with the normal movement of other traffic except when the slow speed is unavoidable. (1985 Code § 15-404)
E. Obedience To Maximum And Minimum Speed Limits: Where official signs and markings give notice of both maximum and minimum speed limits in effect on any street, no vehicle shall be driven at rates in excess of the maximum, nor slower than the minimum, except as required by an authorized officer or in obedience to posted official signs. (1985 Code § 15-405)
F. Speed Contests Prohibited:
1. No person shall engage in, aid or abet any motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on any street or highway.
2. No person shall, for the purpose of facilitating or aiding or as an incident to any motor vehicle speed contest upon any street or highway, in any manner, obstruct or place any barricade or obstruction upon any street or highway.
3. When three (3) or more persons assemble to witness or participate in an unlawful speed contest, such assembly is an unlawful assembly, and any person who participates in such unlawful assembly is guilty of an offense. (1985 Code § 15-529)