(A) Any person driving a vehicle on a street shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street and to any other conditions then existing, and no persons shall drive any vehicle upon a street at a speed greater than will permit him or her to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
(B) Subject to the provisions of division (A) above and except in those instances where a lower speed is specified in this title, it shall be prima facie lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed not to exceed the following, but in any case when such speed would be unsafe it shall not be lawful; 25 mph on all streets in a business or residential district and 25 mph in public parks unless a difference speed is fixed and duly posted; and 12 mph in any alley.
(C) It shall be unlawful to exceed the foregoing speed limitations except upon through streets or state trunkline highways where a difference speed limit is authorized and has been marked by adequate signs giving notice of permissible speed.
(Ord. 21, passed - -1952) Penalty, see § 71.99