A. General Rule. No person shall operate any vehicle on, over, or upon any street or streets in the City at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions, having due regard for the traffic, surface, width, and condition of the road; nor at a rate of speed as to endanger life or limb of a person. 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 approaching a hillcrest, 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 roadway conditions.
B. Basic Limit. Except as may be otherwise provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle on, over, or upon any street within the City at a rate of speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, or on, over, or upon any alley at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour.
C. Modification of Limits. The city council may, by resolution, establish speed limits at a rate of speed greater or less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour for any street or portion of a street within the City. The city engineer shall cause the installation of speed limit signs along the street or portion of a street, indicating the speed so established, and upon such installation, the speed limit for such street or portion of a street shall be as indicated by the speed limit signs installed.
D. Construction Zones. The maximum speed limit through any maintenance, repair or construction zone on any street or streets within the city shall be twenty-five miles per hour. Such speed limits shall take effect only after appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected or displayed in a conspicuous place in advance of the area where the maintenance, repair or construction activity is or will be taking place and a written order establishing the work area speed zone is approved by the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director may increase or decrease the speed limit through any street maintenance, repair or construction zone in increments of five miles per hour as needed for the safety of the public and the construction workers for the duration of the construction project.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 9962 on 2/14/2024