(A) (1) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Neb. RS 60-6,185, the limits set forth in this section and Neb. RS 60-6,187, 60-6,188, 60-6,305, and 60-6,313 shall be the maximum lawful speeds unless reduced pursuant to division (B), and no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of such maximum limits:
(a) Twenty-five miles per hour in any residential district;
(b) Twenty miles per hour in any business district;
(c) Fifty miles per hour upon any highway that is gravel or not dustless surfaced;
(d) Fifty-five miles per hour upon any dustless surfaced highway not a part of the state highway system;
(e) Sixty-five miles per hour upon any four-lane divided highway not a part of the state highway system;
(f) Sixty-five miles per hour upon any part of the state highway system other than an expressway, a super-two highway, or a freeway.
(2) The maximum speed limit established in division (A) may be reduced by the Department of Transportation or the City Council pursuant to Neb. RS 60-6,188.
(3) The City Council may erect and maintain suitable signs along highways under its jurisdiction in such number and at such locations as it deems necessary to give adequate notice of the speed limits established pursuant to division (A) or (B) upon such highways.
(B) Posted limits. Speed limits for the following streets shall be established as follows and said speed limits shall be appropriately posted. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on these streets at a speed greater than the following speed limits:
Street | Location | Speed Limit |
Street | Location | Speed Limit |
24th Street | Newell Street to O Street | 40 mph |
Alleys | 15 mph | |
East 8th Street | From E Street to Locust Street | 25 mph |
From Locust Street to the east city limits | 35 mph | |
East Monroe Street | From Meridian Avenue/State Highway 21 to U.S. Highway 30 | 35 mph |
Newell Street | From 8th Street to 10th Street | 25 mph |
From 10th Street to 18th Street | 35 mph | |
From 18th Street north to the intersection of the first country road | 45 mph | |
O Street | 19th Street north to city limits | 35 mph |
School crossings | 16th Street from Meridian Avenue to C Street | 20 mph while flashing lights are operating between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days city schools are in session; all school crossings shall have advance warning crossing signs and all crosswalks shall have crossing signs |
16th Street from Papio Lane to M Street | ||
Meridian Avenue from 16th Street to 19th Street | ||
C Street from 14th Street to 16th Street | ||
14th Street from C Street to D Street | ||
14th Street from K Street to M Street | ||
M Street from 14th Street to 16th Street | ||
State Highway 21 | From south corporate limits of the city to 250 feet south of Monroe Street | 45 mph |
From 250 feet south of Monroe Street to 7th Street | 35 mph | |
From 7th Street to 8th Street | 25 mph | |
From E Street to F Street | 25 mph | |
From 8th Street to U.S. Highway 30 | 25 mph | |
Swimming pool crossing | 14th and O Streets | 20 mph while flashing lights are operated between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on days when the swimming pool is open or youth recreation is scheduled; the swimming pool crossing shall have advance warning crossing signs and the crosswalk shall have a crossing sign |
U.S. Highway 30 | From O Street (west city limits) to K Street | 40 mph |
From K Street to D Street | 35 mph | |
From D Street to 350 feet east of A Street | 40 mph | |
From 350 feet east of A Street to the east city limits | 55 mph | |
West 2nd Street | State Highway 21 to west city limits | 35 mph
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(1976 Code, § 5-305)
(C) Electronic detection.
(1) Determinations made regarding the speed of any motor vehicle based upon the visual observation of any law enforcement officer may be corroborated by the use of radio microwaves or other electronic device. The results of such radio microwave or other electronic speed measurement may be accepted as competent evidence of the speed of such motor vehicle in any court or legal proceeding when the speed of the vehicle is at issue. Before the municipality may offer in evidence the results of such radio microwave or other electronic speed measurement for the purpose of establishing the speed of any motor vehicle, the municipality shall prove the following:
(a) The measuring device was in proper working order at the time of conducting the measurement;
(b) The measuring device was being operated in such a manner and under such conditions so as to allow a minimum possibility of distortion or outside interference;
(c) The person operating such device and interpreting such measurement was qualified by training and experience to properly test and operate the device; and
(d) The operator conducted external tests of accuracy upon the measuring device, within a reasonable time both prior to and subsequent to an arrest being made, and the measuring device was found to be in proper working order.
(2) The driver of any such motor vehicle may be arrested without a warrant under the authority herein granted if the arresting officer is in uniform or displays his or her badge of authority; provided that, such officer shall have observed the recording of the speed of such motor vehicle by the radio microwaves, or other electronic device or had received a radio message from the officer who observed the speed of the motor vehicle recorded by the radio microwaves or other electronic device. In the event of an arrest based on such a message, such radio message must have been dispatched immediately after the speed of the motor vehicle had been recorded, and must include a description of the vehicle and the recorded speed.
(1976 Code, § 5-306)
(Ord. 733, passed 9-15-1983; Ord. 892, passed 3-10-1986; Ord. 904, passed 6-9-1986; Ord. 1028, passed 3-18-1991; Ord. 1289, passed 4-9-2001; Ord. 1314, passed 3-10-2003; Ord. 1390, passed 7-10-2006; Ord. 1483, passed 2-4-2019) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 39-662, 39-663, 39-664, 60-6,186