97-9821 1997 STOconwM
(Published in The Salina Journal August /5, 1997)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 97-9821
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.
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 follows:
"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,' 25th
Anniversary Edition (1997) , prepared and published in
book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka,
Kansas, except as Section 33 contained therein is modified
as set forth in paragraph (b) below. No fewer than three
(3) copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be
marked or stamped 'Office Copy as Adopted by Ordinance
Number 97-9821', 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.
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(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 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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Ju D. ng , CM it Clerk
Introduced: August 4, 1997
Passed: August 11, 1997
lKstin M. Se on, Mayor