SCHEDULE VIII. SPEED LIMITS.

   (A)   Speed restrictions.

      (1)   Any person driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall drive the vehicle at a careful and prudent speed not greater than or less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than will permit him or her to bring the vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, such driver having the right to assume, however, that all persons using the highway will observe the law.

      (2)   The following shall be the lawful speed, and except as modified, any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:

         (a)   In any business district: 20 mph;

         (b)   In any residence or school district: 25 mph;

         (c)   For any motor vehicle drawing another vehicle, except as otherwise specified: 40 mph; and

         (d)   In any suburban district: 45 mph.

      (3)   The maximum speed limits on the following designated streets, avenues, roads or drives is hereby established at the rates designated as follows:

On Street	From Street	To Street	mph
12th Avenue/Governor Road	Anson Street	Merle Hibbs Boulevard	35
12th Avenue/Governor Road	East Merle Hibbs Boulevard	Southerly city limits	45
12th Avenue	Main Street	Anson Street	30
12th Street	Lincoln Way	Olive Street	35
12th Street	Westwood Drive	Prairie Lane	35
18th Avenue	500 feet south of E. Anson Street	Hwy 30	55
18th Avenue	Hwy 30	Burns Road	35
18th Avenue	Marion Street	500 feet south of E. Anson Street	35
18th Avenue	Marion Street	Jackson Street	35
1st Avenue	State Street	Church Street	20
1st Street	State Street	Church Street	20
2nd Avenue	State Street	Church Street	20
2nd Street	State Street	Church Street	20
233rd Street	Westerly city limits	Campbell Drive	35
3rd Avenue	200 feet north of Boone Street	Anson Street	35
3rd Avenue	North city limits	200 feet north of Woodland Street	45
3rd Avenue	200 feet north of Woodland	100 feet north of Bromley Street	35
3rd Street	Madison Street	6th Street	35
6th Street	3rd Street	Iowa Avenue West	35
6th Street, when school flash is on	Meadow Lane	Westwood Drive	25
8th Avenue	Marion Street	Edgewood Street	35
Anson Street	12th Avenue	Beer Garden Road	35
Anson Street	3rd Avenue	12th Avenue	30
Anson Street	Center Street	3rd Avenue	35
Campbell Drive	233rd Street	Olive Street	35
Center Street	Nevada Street	Nicholas Drive	35
Center Street	Iowa Avenue	3,000 feet south of Iowa Avenue	50
Center Street	Nicholas Drive	Iowa Avenue	45
Center Street	State Street	Church Street	20
Church Street	3rd Street	4th Avenue	20
Church Street	4th Avenue	7th Avenue	30
Church Street	9th Street	3rd Street	30
Edgewood Street	3rd Avenue	5th Avenue (east side)	25
Edgewood Street	5th Avenue	8th Avenue	35
Governor Road	Merle Hibbs Boulevard	South city limits	35
Highland Acres Road	Main Street	South city limits	35
Hwy 30	West city limits	East city limits	65
Iowa Avenue E.	12th Street	Rose Hill Cemetery	50
Iowa Avenue W.	Parker Avenue	12th Street	55
Iowa Avenue W.	Rose Hill Cemetery	East city limits	55
Lincoln Way	Approximately 200 feet west of Ann Rutledge Road	9th Street	30
Lincoln Way	Highland Acres Road	Approximately 200 feet west of Ann Rutledge Road	40
Lincoln Way	West city limits	Highland Acres Road	45
Linn Street	4th Avenue	8th Avenue	30
Lincoln Way/Madison	9th Street	6th Street	30
Madison Street	6th Street	4th Avenue	30
Main Street	12th Avenue	400 feet east of 18th Avenue	35
Main Street	13th Street	3rd Street	30
Main Street	20th Street	14th Street	30
Main Street	3rd Avenue	8th Avenue	25
Main Street	3rd Street	3rd Avenue	20
Main Street	400 feet east of 18th Avenue	East city limits	55
Main Street	5th Avenue	12th Avenue	30
Main Street	Highland Acres	20th Street	45
Marion Street	N. Center Street	N 1st Avenue	10
Marion Street	8th Avenue	18th Avenue	30
Nevada Street	18th Avenue	Quarry Road	35
Nevada Street	4th Avenue	12th Avenue	35
Nicholas Drive	3rd Street	Center Street	35
Olive Street	18th Avenue	East city limits	45
Olive Street	6th Street	Campbell Drive	35
Olive Street	Rainbow Drive	18th Avenue	35
Quarry Road	Nevada Street	East to city limits	35
Riverview Park Road			15
Southridge Road	Edgebrook Drive	Governor Road	35
State Street	3rd Street	3rd Avenue	20
Summit Street	22nd Street	9th Street	30
Summit Street	Valley View Road	22nd Street	45
West Merle Hibbs Boulevard	South Center Street	South 6th Street	35
Westwood Drive	6th Street	Campbell Drive	35
Westwood Drive	6th Street	Freiburg Court	25
Woodland Street	3rd Avenue	East to end	15

 

(2013 Code, § 20-78)

   (B)   Speed limit signs. Appropriate signs indicating the maximum rate of speed of moving vehicles within the speed zones above created shall be erected and maintained by the Public Works Department to advise the operators of motor vehicles using said streets or highways of the maximum rate of speed as is herein defined or established in the districts in which entrance is being made.

(2013 Code, § 20-79)

(Ord. 68, passed 8-14-1950; Ord. 14881, passed 2-14-2011; Ord. 14892, passed 11-28-2011; Ord. 14915, passed 2-25-2013; Ord. 14994, passed 1-27-2020; Ord. 15060, passed 3-27-2023; Ord. 15074, passed 10-23-2023; Ord. 15076, passed 11-13-2023) Penalty, see § 70.999