(A) Designated school safety zones described. The following highways and streets are hereby declared to be school safety zones. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any motor or other vehicle upon these street or portions of street in such school safety zones at a rate of speed in excess of 20 miles per hour between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except weekends, holidays and summer vacation.
Street | Location |
Street | Location |
College Street | From Main Street northerly to Otis Street |
Fourth Street | From Union Street westerly to U.S. Highway 82 |
Hall Street | From Union Street westerly to White Street |
Jordan Street | From Fourth Street to approximately 100 feet south of Fourth Street |
Otis Street | From approximately 100 feet north of White Street to approximately 210 feet west of Union Street |
Patricia Lane | From Bois D’Arc Street westerly to Donna Circle |
Susan Drive | From U.S. Highway 82 southerly to Patricia Lane |
Wainwright Street | From approximately 100 feet west of White Street and from College Street to approximately 170 feet west of Union Street |
White Street | From Hall Street northerly to Fourth Street |
White Street | From approximately 150 feet north of Otis Street to Hall Street |
(B) Designated pedestrian safety zones described. The following street are hereby declared to be pedestrian safety zones by the City Council due to special hazards with respect to children and the elderly within such areas:
Street | Location |
Beauty Lane | From Clark Avenue easterly to Sloan Street |
Pecan Street | From Buchanan Street northerly to Beauty Lane |
Morningside Drive | From State Highway 56 (Main Street) northerly through the entire length of Morningside Drive |
(C) Highways. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any motor or other vehicle upon any highway or portion of highway within the city at a speed in excess of that specified for the following highways or portions of highways:
Street | Speed limit and Location |
Loop 441 | For the purpose of the enforcement of this schedule may also be known as U.S. Highway 377 Business or South and North Union Street: southerly from the intersection of U.S. Highway 377, a distance of approximately 0.695 miles, a speed limit of 40 miles per hour at all times; thence southerly a distance of approximately 0.600 miles, a speed limit of 35 miles per hour at all times except that a school speed limit of 20 miles per hour will be effective on school days only at the school crossing zone from approximately highway milepoint 0.785 to approximate highway milepoint 0.925 only during the following hours: from 45 minutes before school opens until classes begin, from the beginning to the end of the lunch period, if needed, and for a 30 minute period beginning at the close of the school; thence southerly to the south city limits, a distance of approximately 0.220 miles, a speed limit of 50 miles per hour at all times. |
State Highway 56 | For the purpose of the enforcement of this schedule may also be known as East or West Main Street: easterly from the west city limits to Chestnut Street for a distance of approximately 0.375 miles, a speed limit of 50 miles per hour at all times; thence easterly for a distance of approximately 1.643 miles, a speed limit of 35 miles per hour at all times, except that a school speed limit of 20 miles per hour will be effective on school days, from highway milepost 2.002 to highway milepost 2.102, only during the following hours: from 45 minutes before school classes begin, from the beginning to the end of the lunch period, if needed, and for a 30 minute period beginning at the close of school; thence easterly a distance of approximately 0.400 miles, a speed limit of 50 miles per hour at all times; thence easterly for a distance of approximately 0.457 miles, to the east city limits, a speed limit of 55 miles per hour at all times. |
U.S. Highway 82 | 55 miles per hour at all times, easterly from the west city limits for a distance of approximately 0.198 miles; thence, 60 miles per hour at all times, easterly for a distance of approximately 2.123 miles to the east city limits. |
U.S. Highway 377 | (1) For southbound traffic, from the north city limits southerly for approximately 409 feet, 55 miles per hour at all times; thence southerly to Randy Drive, 45 miles per hour at all times; thence from Randy Drive southerly to the south city limits, 55 miles per hour at all times. (2) For northbound traffic, from the south city limits northerly to Randy Drive, 55 miles per hour at all times. |
(D) Reasonable and prudent rates of speed.
Street | Speed limit and Location |
Common Street | From S. Union Street for a distance of approximately 520 feet to Collinsville Street a speed of ten miles per hour at all times. |
Morningside Street | From Main Street for a distance of approximately 392 feet to the north cul-de-sac a speed of five miles per hour at all times. |
Mineral Street | From N. Union Street for a distance of approximately 400 feet to Center Street a speed of ten miles per hour at all times. |
(E) Authority. Authority to enforce this schedule shall be vested in the Chief of Police or his or her assigns.
(F) Exceptions. The provisions of this schedule shall not apply to motor vehicles operated by the Fire Department responding to calls, nor to police patrols or physicians and/or ambulances responding to emergency calls.
(G) Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this schedule shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $200.
(Ord. 621, passed 9-9-82; Am. Ord. 713, passed 5-8-90; Am. Ord. 716, passed 8-14-90; Am. Ord. 769, passed 11-14-95; Am. Ord. 776, passed 11-14-95; Am. Ord. 777, passed 2-15-96; Am. Ord. 821, passed 8-11-98; Am. Ord. 863, passed 10-16-01; Am. Ord. 1127, passed 1-14-20; Am. Ord. 1203, passed 1-17-23)