01-10043 2001 STO0o 1 al" Saline
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(Published in The Salina Journal on, 2001)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 01-10043
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER
38 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES BY
AMENDING SECTION 38-1 AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
follows:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 38-1 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to read as
"Section 38-1. Incorporating Standard Traffic Ordinance.
(a) Incorporation by reference. There 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 Traffic
Ordinance for Kansas Cities,' 29th Edition (2001), 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 01-
10043', 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 filed 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 drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of such maximum
limits:
(1) In any city park, fifteen (15) miles per hour, 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-five (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
functions or activities, at a speed greater than forty-five (45) miles per
hour on any roadway having a dirt, sand or gravel surface, and in no
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event shall a school bus be driven to and from school, or functions or
activities, in excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour, notwithstanding any
maximum speed limit in excess thereof. The provisions of this
subsection 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 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 curb of a street;
(2) On a sidewalk;
(3) 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 length is indicated by signs
or markings;
(6) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(7) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway
or within a highway tunnel;
(8) On any railroad tracks;
(9) On any controlled -access highway;
(10) In the area between roadways of a divided highway,
including crossovers;
(11) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or
(12) 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 fire 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 property
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.
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(e) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in areas designated as fire
lanes upon public or private property."
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.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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Lieu Arm Nicola, City Clerk
Introduced: June 25, 2001
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d: ne 25, 2001
n M. Seat , Mayor