A. Basic Rule: No person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
B. Maximum Limits: Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subsection A of this section, the limits specified in this section shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of such maximum limits:
1. Schools: Twenty (20) miles per hour when passing a school building, or grounds thereof, or a school crossing, during school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours; provided, that the presence of such school building, grounds thereof or school crossing is indicated plainly by signs or signals conforming to the provisions hereof.
2. Urban Districts: Twenty five (25) miles per hour in any urban district.
3. Highway 26: Thirty (30) miles per hour on Highway 26. (1987 Code § 8-51; amd. Ord. 11-04-002, 5-4-2010)
C. Minimum Speeds:
1. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
2. Whenever local authorities have determined on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a street consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and a minimum speed limit has been established and signs erected, no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed less than such minimum speed, except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (1987 Code § 8-52; amd. Ord. 11-04-002, 5-4-2010)
D. Motor Driven Cycles: No person shall operate any motor driven cycle at any time from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand feet (1,000') at a speed greater than thirty five (35) miles per hour unless such motor driven cycle is equipped with a headlamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of three hundred feet (300') ahead. (1987 Code § 8-53; amd. Ord. 11-04-002, 5-4-2010)