CHAPTER 460
Operation Generally

460.01   Speed limits generally.

460.015   Speed limits in alleys.

460.02   Prohibited operation.

460.99   Penalty.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   Obedience to and effect of traffic laws - see Vehicle Code §§ 3101 et seq.

   Rules of the road - see Vehicle Code §§ 3301 et seq.

   Speed - see Vehicle Code §§ 3361 et seq.

   DUI - see Vehicle Code § 3731

   Accidents and accident reports - see Vehicle Code §§ 3741 et seq.

   Speed timing devices - see TRAF. 422.01

   Responsibility of drivers re pedestrians - see TRAF. 442.05

   Motor vehicles in Stackhouse Park - see S.U. & P.S. 1062.13, 1062.14

   Location of uses involving motor vehicles - see P. & Z. Ch. 1260

460.01 SPEED LIMITS GENERALLY.

   State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles upon all streets which are a part of the State highway system shall be applicable upon all such streets within the City. On all City streets not a part of the highway system of the Commonwealth, no vehicle shall proceed at a rate of speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, unless otherwise posted.

(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65.)

460.015 SPEED LIMITS IN ALLEYS.

   Speed limits for all City alleys (i.e. roadways named as "Places" and "Courts") will be limited to a maximum of ten miles per hour.

(Ord. 4821. Passed 2-10-99.)

460.02 PROHIBITED OPERATION.

   No driver of any motor vehicle shall:

   (a)   Drive through any procession, such as funerals and parades, which are properly indicated and identified as such;

   (b)   Drive through and upon an area which has been barricaded and obstructed;

   (c)   Drive through a school safety patrol flag or area where school traffic patrols have indicated, by flag or otherwise, that drivers of vehicles are to stop;

   (d)   Operate the vehicle upon City streets under slippery conditions created by snow and ice, without winter chains or treads, as the case may be; or

   (e)   Open a car door into another lane of traffic.

(Ord. 3639. Passed 3-19-65.)

460.99 PENALTY.

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 422.99 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)

   Any person violating Section 460.01 is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35.00). Any person exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than five miles per hour shall pay an additional fine of two dollars ($2.00) per mile for each mile in excess of five miles per hour over the maximum speed limit.

(Ord. 4393. Passed 9-10-86.)