A. Adoption: There is hereby enacted, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the "Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities", edition of 2022, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, including those articles, sections, parts or portions that are modified or changed.
No fewer than three (3) copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped "Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 1242" with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omission or change and to which shall be attached a copy of the ordinance codified herein, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours. The Police Department, Municipal Judge, City Attorney and all administrative departments of the City charged with enforcement of the ordinance shall be supplied, at the cost of the City, such number of official copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.
B. Amendments:
Section 33 of said Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended and changed to read as follows:
MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Section 32, the limits specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of such maximum limits unless a different speed limit is posted:
(1) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district;
(2) Thirty (30) miles per hour in any residential district;
(3) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any park or school zone; and,
(4) Fifty-Five (55) or Sixty-Five (65) miles per hour in all other locations, as provided by law.
(b) No person shall drive a school bus to or from school, or interschool or intraschool functions or activities, at a speed in excess of the maximum speed limits provided in subsection (a), except that the board of education of any school district may establish by board policy lower maximum speed limits for the operation of such district's school buses. The provisions of this subsection relating to school buses shall apply to buses used for the transportation of students enrolled in community colleges or area vocational schools, when such buses are transporting students to or from school, or functions or activities (K.S.A. Supp. 8-1558).
(c) The maximum speed limits in this section may be altered as authorized in K.S.A. 8-1559 and K.S.A. 8-1560, and amendments thereto.
Section 98 of said Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended and changed to read as follows:
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY VEHICLES: LOADING AND UNLOADING; BLOCKING TRAFFIC; REMOVAL OF VEHICLE; DUTY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
(a) Subject to any provision prohibiting parking at all times or during specified hours, vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may stand or be parked at the curb to take on or discharge loads on any street marked for parallel parking; provided that such vehicles may be backed into any curb at such times and places when and where the same may not interfere with or become a hazard to vehicular traffic on such street within the block; provided further, that traffic may be temporarily blocked by any such vehicle backed into any curb to load or unload when the same may be necessary during such times as loading or unloading shall be undertaken in any expeditious manner without delay, upon prior notice to and under the direction and supervision of the Police Department; provided, further, that the driver or some person in charge of such vehicle shall constantly be present or available to remove such vehicle in an emergency and the vehicle shall be removed immediately upon the same being loaded or unloaded as the case may be. The Chief of Police may place suitable warning signs to direct or control traffic during the time any street may be blocked or traffic is restricted from its normal flow or course.
(b) It shall be unlawful to park a truck tagged for GVW of more than Twenty-Four Thousand (24,000) pounds or a bus, truck, tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer or semi-trailer, vacation travel trailer, motor home, boat, boat trailer, snow- mobile, snow-mobile trailer and utility trailer, open or enclosed, (hereinafter prohibited "prohibited vehicles/trailers") on any street or alley longer than two (2) hours within any 24-hour period; except when parking longer for an approved purpose in subsection (b)(1) herein without a permit or with a permit issued under subsection (b)(2) by the traffic division of the Police Department authorizing the same clearly displayed on the vehicle during the time the vehicle is parked over two hours. Vehicles/trailers parked pursuant to (b)(1) or (b)(2) herein will not be allowed to block or obscure traffic control devices or intersections and cannot create unsafe or narrow traffic conditions.
(1) In the following situations, prohibited vehicles/trailers may be parked for no longer than twelve (12) hours within any 24-hour period without a permit:
(i) While loading or unloading persons or property subject to the terms in subsection (a) herein
(ii) While being used to facilitate lawn mowing or landscaping service
(iii) During a service or repair call
(iv) School Buses or other School transportation vehicles
(v) Sudden and unexpected repairs becoming necessary during the transport of the prohibited vehicle/trailer
(vi) When necessary for public safety or involved in an emergency
(vii) Belonging to a government agency while conducting official business
(viii) When the prohibited vehicle/trailer cannot safely be removed due to weather or other situation beyond the owner's control
(ix) During other situations as allowed by the Chief of Police
No unpermitted parking as allowed herein shall extend beyond that time reasonably necessary for the exception purpose.
(2) In the following situations, the Chief of Police may issue a permit allowing prohibited vehicles/trailers to be parked for a period of one week:
(i) Any of the situations listed in (b)(1) above which lasts longer than twelve (12) hours
(ii) During construction, renovation, or repair of the property
(iii) When necessary to prepare a travel trailer, boat, or other recreational vehicle/trailer before or after a trip or when entering or exiting seasonal storage
(iv) Other times as allowed by the Chief of Police.
Permits will be managed by the Police Department. Permits will be issued for one week and may be renewed for a total of two (2) consecutive weeks per vehicle/trailer. Each residence or business is entitled to a total of four (4) weeks of permit per year. The Chief of Police may grant additional permits when reasonably warranted when extraordinary circumstances exist, such as larger construction projects. Permits are only valid for parking on the frontage of the residence or business holding the permit. Permit must be visibly displayed on the permitted vehicle/trailer at all times.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to disconnect from a tractor designated to pull a semi-trailer, so that any part of such semi-trailer is supported by dollies or support not bearing on a tractor designed to pull such semi-trailer unless the owner or person in his possession complies with the remaining provisions of this section. Any person leaving a semi-trailer disconnected from a tractor shall cause to be placed between dollies and support for trailers and pavement a wooden plank of such thickness and width, that no portion of a semi-trailer other than wheels with pneumatic tires coming in contact with the pavement. Such plank shall be 3 feet in length and of such thickness that it does not break, crush or crumble and so that the weight will be distributed over the entire length of the plank. Provided however, that any semi-trailer shall not remain on any street, avenue, alley, public-way, or right-of-way, for a period of longer than two (2) hours, without obtaining a permit as hereinabove required.
(c) If any such vehicle or trailer or other item described in subparagraph (b) hereof shall be so parked or placed, deposited or left unattended upon any street, avenue, alley, public-way or right-of- way, the same shall be removed by the owner within twenty-four (24) hours after a citation issued by police or law enforcement official. If such vehicle or trailer or other item described in subparagraph (b) hereof is not removed within said twenty-four (24) hour time period, the same shall be caused to be removed by an officer in the most reasonable manner. Said vehicle shall not be returned to the owner until the towage and storage charges are paid in full to the City of Scott City, Kansas. In the event said vehicle or trailer or other item described in subparagraph (b) hereof is not claimed and towage and storage charges are not paid in full within sixty (60) days from the date of the impoundment, the appropriate law enforcement official shall proceed to sell such vehicle or trailer or other item described in subparagraph (b) hereof as abandoned vehicle, pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1102, as amended, and such payment and/or sale shall not relieve the owner of said vehicle or trailer or other item described in subparagraph (b) hereof of prosecution for said violation.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person, business or corporation to park or to permit any bus or truck with a registered gross weight of twenty- four thousand (24,000) pounds or more or any tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or similar vehicle or part of vehicle to be parked or to be so left whether attended or unattended at any time or for any amount of time, on the following roadways or streets in Scott City, Kansas:
From the intersection of Twelfth Street and Main Street (U.S. Highway No. 83) on the east and west portions of said street or highway north to the corporate limits of the City.
If any such vehicle or trailer shall be so parked or placed, deposited or left unattended on the above street(s), the same, shall be caused to be removed immediately by an officer using the same process as listed in paragraph (c). (K.S.A. Supp. 8-15, 106)
(Ord. 1191, 8-20-2018; amd. Ord. 1197, 5-20-2019; Ord. 1202, 7-15-2019; Ord. 1218, 8-16-2021; Ord. 1227, 12-6-2021; Ord. 1242, 8-15-2022)