(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or move, a motor vehicle on and across county highways at a speed limit greater than 35 miles per hour except as hereinafter provided.
(B) Whenever road conditions and traffic conditions warrant, the Board of Commissioners shall reserve the right by resolution to post highways at different speed limits than as hereinabove set forth and when said limits are so posted, said posted limits shall prevail as the existing speed limit on the highway.
(BC Ord. 1984-4, passed 2-6-84)
(C) The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable on all roads within the county, except as the Board of Commissioners shall declare and determine certain speed regulations as applicable on specified roads or in certain areas, from time to time. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the County Highway Engineer that the maximum speed permitted by the state traffic laws is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigation in accordance with I.C. 9-21-5-6.
(1) The County Highway Department shall have the power to place and maintain all necessary signs when and as required in order to regulate traffic in accordance with the declarations and determinations of the Board of Commissioners posting the necessary signs on or at the entrances to the entrances to the roads or part or parts thereof affected in a position most appropriate.
(2) It shall be a violation of this § 70.01(C) for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared by the Board of Commissioners when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
(BC Ord. 1992-24, passed 12-7-92; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9- 21)
Penalty, see § 70.99