Any person driving a vehicle upon a highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway and of any other conditions then existing. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway at such speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. Subject to the above provisions, it shall be prima facie lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed not exceeding the following, but in any case, when the speed hereafter designated would be unsafe, it would be lawful:
A. General Speed Limit: Twenty five (25) miles per hour in residential and other areas, as defined by the city zoning regulations 1 , except as otherwise provided herein.
B. Intersections: Fifteen (15) miles per hour when approaching within fifty feet (50') of and in traversing an intersection when the driver's view is obstructed. A driver's view shall be deemed obstructed when, at any time during the last fifty feet (50') of his/her approach to such intersection, he/she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of such intersection and of the traffic upon all the highways entering such intersection for a distance of two hundred feet (200') from such intersection. (Ord. 349, 5-4-1976; amd. 1994 Code)
C. Schools: Twenty five (25) miles per hour on Highway 30, and twenty (20) miles per hour in other school zones, as posted. (Ord. 583, 11-16-2010)
D. Specific Speed Limits:
Front Street, from Stevens Avenue to Yakima Avenue | 15 mph |
Ramsey Drive and Davis Street | 15 mph |
7th Street, from Fair Avenue to Yakima Avenue | 15 mph |
Business districts | 25 mph |
Residence districts | 25 mph |
(Ord. 349, 5-4-1976; amd. 1994 Code)
E. Alleys: Fifteen (15) miles per hour in all alleys. (Ord. 465, 11-1-1994)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 9 of this code. |