(a) Subject to the provisions of § 28-70 and, except in those instances where a lower speed is specified in this ordinance, it shall be prima facie lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same on any highway, street, alley or thoroughfare at a speed not exceeding the maximum speed as is indicated by signs posted along said highway, street, alley or thoroughfare, but in any case when such speed would be unsafe it shall not be lawful; and on any highway, street, alley or thoroughfare along which no such speed limit signs are posted, it shall be prima facie lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed not exceeding 25 miles per hour, but in any case when such speed would be unsafe it shall not be lawful.
(b) It shall be prima facie unlawful for any person to exceed any of the foregoing speed limitations.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1850, passed 6-28-1965; Ord. 2376, passed 1-15-1973)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2376 was passed as an emergency ordinance; therefore changes contained within were not permanent in nature.