11-10611 Adopt 2011 Standard Traffic Ordinance(Published in the Salina .lournal on July�� , 2011.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-10611
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR 771E AMENDMEY OF CILAPTER 38,
SECTION 38-1 OF THE SALINA CODE 13Y ADOPTING THE 2010 S'T'ANDARD TRAFFIC
ORDINANCE AND LOCAL. AMENDMENTS AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
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Section 1. That Section 38-1 of Chapter 38 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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"Sec. 38-1. Incorporating Standard Traffic Ordinance.
(a) Incorporation by reference. '['here is hereby incorporated by reference for the
purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Salina, Kansas, that
certain standard traffic ordinance known as the 'Standard Traflic Ordinance for Kansas
Cities,"39°i Edition (2011), prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas
Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, except as Sections 33 and 85 contained therein are
modified as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) below. No fewer than three (3) copies of
the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped 'Office Copy as Adopted by
Ordinance Number 11-10611, 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 this ordinance, and Piled with the City Clerk to be open to inspection
and available to the public at all reasonable hours.
(b) Amendment. Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 33. Maximum speed limits.
(a) Except 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 chive a vehicle at
a speed in excess of such maximum limits:
(1) In any city park, fifteen (15) miles per horn, unless posted differently, in
which case the maximum speed limit shall be the posted speed limit;
(2) In any school zone, twenty (20) miles per hour;
(3) In any non -arterial residential district, thirty (30) miles per hour;
(4) in any alley, ten (10) miles per hour;
(5) In all other locations, fifty -live (55) miles per hour, unless posted differently,
in which case the maximum speed limit shall be the posted speed limit.
The maximum speed limits established by or pursuant to this paragraph shall be
of force and effect'regardless of whether signs are posted giving notice thereof.
(b) No person shall drive a school bus to or from school, or interschool or inuaschool
functions or activities, ata 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 Im the operation ol'such
district's school buses. The provision 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.
(c) Amendment. Section 85 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 85. Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law
or the directions of a police officer or official traffic -control device, no person shall:
(a) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or club
of a street;
(b) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not except momentarily to pick up
or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway;
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic -
control signal located at the side of the roadway;
(5) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any lire station and on the side of a
street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance,
when properly sign -posted;
(6) At any place when official signs prohibit standing.
(c) park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of,
and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading properly or passengers:
(1) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(d) No person shall.move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such
prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(e) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in areas designated as Fire lanes upon
public or private property.
(d) Amendment. Section 114.4 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 114.4. Unlawful Operation of a Golf Cart
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a golf cart:
(1) On any interstate highway, federal highway, or state highway;
(2) On any public highway or street within the corporate limits ofthc City of -
Salina;
(3) On any street or highway with a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles
' per hour; or
(4) On any public sidewalk.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prohibit a golf cart from crossing a
federal, state or local street or highway or a sidewalk within a crosswalk.
(c) A golfcart shall be operated on any public street or highway in compliance with
provisions ol'subsection (b) only during the hours between sunrise and sunset
(K.S.A. Supp. 8-15, 108)
Section 2. That the existing Section 38-1 of the Salina Code is hereby repealed.
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On a sidewalk;
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Within an intersection;
(4)
On a crosswalk;
(5)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on
the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different
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length is indicated by signs or markings;
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Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
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Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a
highway tunnel;
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On any railroad tracks;
(9)
On any controlled -access highway;
(10)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
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At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or
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,Alongside the curb of a street where the curb is painted yellow.
(b) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not except momentarily to pick up
or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway;
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic -
control signal located at the side of the roadway;
(5) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any lire station and on the side of a
street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance,
when properly sign -posted;
(6) At any place when official signs prohibit standing.
(c) park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of,
and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading properly or passengers:
(1) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(d) No person shall.move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such
prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
(e) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in areas designated as Fire lanes upon
public or private property.
(d) Amendment. Section 114.4 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 114.4. Unlawful Operation of a Golf Cart
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a golf cart:
(1) On any interstate highway, federal highway, or state highway;
(2) On any public highway or street within the corporate limits ofthc City of -
Salina;
(3) On any street or highway with a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles
' per hour; or
(4) On any public sidewalk.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prohibit a golf cart from crossing a
federal, state or local street or highway or a sidewalk within a crosswalk.
(c) A golfcart shall be operated on any public street or highway in compliance with
provisions ol'subsection (b) only during the hours between sunrise and sunset
(K.S.A. Supp. 8-15, 108)
Section 2. That the existing Section 38-1 of the Salina Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: July 25, 2011
Passed: July 2", 2011
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= ATT F, S, Samantha 1'. Angell, Mayor
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CMC, ty Clerk