(A) The Town Council has determined that, on the basis of engineering and traffic investigations, or as otherwise allowed by law, the maximum speed permitted by state statute is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist on certain highways and portions of highways. The Council declares that the following maximum speeds shall be in effect on the highways and portions of highways listed below:
STREET OR ALLEY
| LOCATION
|
SPEED LIMIT (MILES PER HOUR)
|
STREET OR ALLEY
| LOCATION
|
SPEED LIMIT (MILES PER HOUR)
|
All highways or portions of highways | Within the immediate vicinity of a school between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on school days | 20 |
All alleys | 20 | |
All highways or portions of highways | In Falls Park | 20 |
Asbury Street | Between Canterbury Road and Oxford Avenue | 20 |
Ashwood Drive | 10 | |
Canterbur y Road | Between Pendleton Avenue and Oxford Avenue | 20 |
North Pendleton Avenue | From Blue Spruce North to Bess Boulevard | 40 |
Northwest Drive | 15 | |
Oxford Avenue | Between Broadway Street and Asbury Street | 20 |
Pendleton Avenue | Fall Creek Parkway to Elm Street | 20 |
Pendleton Avenue | Fall Creek Parkway to St. Rd 67 and Elm Street South to St. Rd 67 | 30 |
State Street | From Fall Creek Drive to its intersect ion with Main Street | 30 |
State Street | Between its intersection with Main Street and its intersection with Caroline Street | 20 |
State Street | Between its intersection with Caroline Street and its intersection with State intersection with State Route 67 | 30 |
Old State Road 38 | From Interstate 69 to Heritage Way | 50 |
Old State Road 38 | From Heritage Way to Fall Creek Drive | 40 |
Water Street | At pool area (when children are present) | 20 |
Old 132 | From Road 425 W west to the town corporate boundary | 50 |
CR 300 West | Beginning at its intersect ion with Angle Road and traveling south | 30 |
Warrick Way | In town | 25 |
Chateau Drive | In town | 25 |
Bay Ridge Drive | In town | 25 |
(B) There shall be erected appropriate signs indicating the speed limits as provided herein. Such signs shall be marked advising of the speed limit in compliance with the law of the state governing the posting of speed limits.
(C) The proper maximum speed for all highways, portions of highways, and urban districts not listed in division (A) shall be 30 miles per hour, unless otherwise provided for by state law.
(D) Except as provided in division (D)(1), any person violating any provisions of this schedule shall be guilty of a Class C infraction and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount as set forth in (D)(2).
(1) A person who exceeds a speed limit that is:
(a) In the immediate vicinity of a school when children are present; or
(b) In the immediate vicinity of a worksite when workers are present;
(c) Commits a Class B infraction and, upon conviction, shall be fined two times the amount set forth in division (D)(2).
(2) Fines for violations of the town’s posted speed limits shall be assessed according to the following schedule:
MPH Over Posted Limit | Fine |
1 to 10 | $90.00 |
11 to 20 | $100.00 |
21 to 25 | $125.00 |
26 to 30 | $150.00 |
31 + | $200.00 |
(3) The judge may deviate from levying the fines set forth in division (D)(2) if, in his or her sole discretion, he or she deems the circumstances warrant such deviation.
('82 Code, § 9-4-1-58) (Ord. 1995-10, passed 10-17-95; Am. Ord. 2004-17, passed 12-14-04; Am. Ord. 2005-06, passed 8-1-05; Am. Ord. 2006-12, passed 12-7-06; Am. Ord. 2008-01, passed 1-3-08; Am. Ord. 2009-07, passed 9-3-09; Am. Ord. 2013-02, passed 4-10-13; Am. Ord. 2015-17, passed 10-8-15; Am. Ord. 2018-22, passed 1-10-19)