94-9656 1994 STO(Published in The Salina Journal September t29, 1994)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 94-9656
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 38-1 OF THE SALINA CODE
REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
SALINA, KANSAS; INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE "STANDARD
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS CITIES," EDITION OF 1994; AND
REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 5851.
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
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,' Edition of
1994, 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 94-9656', 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 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. "
Section 2. That the existing Section 38-1 of the Salina Code and
Ordinance Number 5851 are 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.
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ATTEST:
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Long, Ci Clerk
Introduced: September 26, 1994
Passed: September 26, 1994
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AJoA. Warner, Mayor