(A) State speed laws applicable.
(1) The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the town, except as this schedule, as authorized by state law, hereby declares and determines, upon the basis of engineer and traffic investigation, that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas; in which event, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this schedule when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
Street/Location | Speed Limit |
Street/Location | Speed Limit |
College Avenue, from Wayne Street to East Street, East Street, from College Avenue to Indiana Highway 13 | 20 |
Market Street, from Seventh to College Avenue | 25 |
Ninth Street, between Market and Beckley Streets | 20, when children are present |
River Road, between State Road 114 (Main Street) and Singer Road | 20, when children are present |
Shock Road, between River Road and a point 500 feet east thereof | 20, when children are present |
Singer Road, between Sycamore Street and River Road Extended (covered bridge) | 15, when children are present |
West Ninth Street, from Market Street to Beckley Street | 25, when children are not present in the school zone |
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 mph on the covered bridge or on Singer Road between its intersections with Sycamore Street and River Road extended (formerly S.R. 113).
(B) Decrease of state speed limits at certain intersections. It is hereby determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law at the following street intersections is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at such intersections and it is hereby declared that the maximum speed limit within 100 feet upon every approach to every such intersection giving notice of the maximum speed limit so declared thereat.
(C) Increasing state speed limits in certain zones. It is hereby determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe operation of vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and sign posting of said streets as through highways and (or) by reason of widely spaced intersections and it is hereby declared that the maximum speed limit shall be as hereinafter set forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at the times specified when signs are erected giving notice thereof.
(D) Decrease of state law maximum speed. It is hereby determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law outside of business and residence districts as applicable upon the following streets is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets and it is hereby declared that the maximum speed limit shall be the miles per hour as hereinafter set forth in the schedule above, on those streets or parts of streets thereon described, from and after the date signs are posted showing the maximum speed determined to be reasonable and safe.
(E) Regulation of speed by traffic signals. The town’s Traffic Commission is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. V, XXI) (Ord. passed 8-1-2007) Penalty, see § 70.99