Except as may otherwise be provided by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than the following:
(a) Fifteen miles per hour when approaching within 50 feet of a grade crossing of any railway when the driver’s view is obstructed. A driver’s view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 200 feet of his or her approach to the crossing, he or she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of any traffic on the railway for a distance of 400 feet in each direction;
(b) Fifteen miles per hour when approaching within 50 feet and in traversing an uncontrolled intersection of highways when the driver’s view is obstructed. A driver’s view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 50 feet of his or her approach to the intersection, he or she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of the intersection and of the traffic upon all of the highways entering the intersection for a distance of 200 feet from the intersection;
(c) Fifteen miles per hour when passing a school during school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours for the school;
(d) Fifteen miles per hour on streets adjacent to schools while children are present on school property, streets adjacent to school property or in zones near school property established and posted by the city engineer;
(e) Fifteen miles per hour when approaching within 50 feet and in traversing a school crossing when the school crossing is properly established and posted by the city engineer;
(f) Twenty miles per hour on any highway in a business district, unless a different speed is posted by the city engineer;
(g) Fifteen miles per hour in public parks, on any of the flood protection levees, and on recreation trails unless a different speed is posted by the city engineer;
(h) Twenty-five miles per hour in a residential district unless a different speed is posted by the city engineer;
(i) Thirty miles per hour on all highways and through streets in a residential district unless a different speed is posted by the city engineer and except as provided in division (c) above; and
(j) Fifteen miles per hour in any public alley.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.157; 1992 Code, § 40-139) (Ord. 2255, passed 3-23-1964; Ord. 2303, passed 12-7-1964; Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966; Ord. 2668, passed 2-24-1970; Ord. 64-75, passed 9-29-1975; Ord. 118-18, passed 12-18-2018; Ord. 18-24, passed 3-5-2024)
Statutory reference:
Related subject matter, see SDCL 32-25-13, 32-25-15