(A) (1) Pursuant to I.C. 9-21-5-6, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to exceed the speed limit posted on county roads and as designated in Chapter 74, Schedule III of this code.
(2) The County Highway Department is directed and ordered to post all roads with signs indicating the speed limits as designated in Chapter 74, Schedule III.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to exceed 55 miles per hour on county roads not otherwise designated and marked with a speed limit. (`88 Code, § 7-10)
(4) For the purpose of these speed provisions, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TRUCKS. All trucks, except pickup trucks and carry-all vans which shall have the same speed limit as automobiles.
(B) (1) All subdivisions approved after January 1, 1997 shall be deemed urban areas under I.C. 9-21-5-2, and unless specifically set to the contrary by ordinance, the speed limit on all county roads in these subdivisions shall be 30 miles per hour. These subdivisions are included in the table in division (B) of Chapter 74, Schedule III of this code.
(2) Roadways in subdivisions approved after January 1, 1997 shall not be accepted as county roads until the developer shall post all roads with speed limit signs noting the speed limit at 30 miles per hour. The speed limit signs shall be placed at locations as shall be directed by the County Highway Department.
(3) This division (B) shall not apply to county roads that existed prior to the subdivision being platted and which abut the subdivision.
(Ord. 1996-21, passed 12-9-96; Am. Ord. 99-11, passed 10-12-99) Penalty, see § 70.99