There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Howard, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities”, 50th Edition, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. One copy of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ord. 690”, and to which shall be attached a copy of this section and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours. The Police Department, Municipal Judge, City Attorney and all administrative departments of the city charged with enforcement of the section shall be supplied, at the cost to the city, such number of official copies of such Standard Traffic Ordinance similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.
(Ord. 677, passed 8-5-2019; Ord. 690, passed 8-7-2023)
(a) An ordinance traffic infraction is a violation of any section of this article that prescribes or requires the same behavior as that prescribed or required by a statutory provision that is classified as a traffic infraction in K.S.A. 8-2118.
(b) All traffic violations which are included within this article, and which are not ordinance traffic infractions, as defined in division (a) above, shall be considered traffic offenses.
(Ord. 677, passed 8-5-2019)
The fine for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or any other traffic offense for which the Municipal Judge established a fine in a fine schedule shall not be less than $30 nor more than $200, except for speeding which shall be not less than $30 no more than $500. A person tried and convicted for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or other traffic offense for which a fine has been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the Court not to exceed $500.
(Ord. 677, passed 8-5-2019)