00-10001 2000 STOCan9p&I, Selina
(Published in The Salina Journal October 4 , 2000)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 00-10001
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,'
28th Edition (2000), 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 00-10001', 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
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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 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:
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(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. "
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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Introduced: September 25, 2000
Passed: October 2, 2000
Alan E. Jilka, yor