92-9538 1992 STO(Published in The Salina Journal October/I, 1992)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 92-9538
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS; INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE
THE "STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS CITIES," EDITION OF
1992; AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SALINA CODE SECTION 38-1.
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,' Edition
of 1992, 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
Section 2 below. No fewer than three (3) copies of the
Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped
"Office Copy as Adopted by Ordinance Number 92-9535",
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;
(2) In any school zone or business district,
twenty (20) miles per hour;
(3) In any 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 87 of the Standard Traffic
Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 87. Accessible Parking.
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle
in a parking space, whether on public or private
property, which is clearly marked as being reserved
for the use of persons with a disability or persons
responsible for the transportation of persons with a
disability unless such vehicle bears a special license
plate, permanent placard or temporary placard issued
pursuant to K.S.A. 8-161 or K.S.A. 8-1,125, and
amendments thereto, and is being operated by or used
for the transportation of a person with a disability
or disabled veteran. In addition to the temporary
placard, a person issued such temporary placard shall
carry the state or county receipt showing the name of
the person who is issued such temporary placard. If
a parking space on private property is clearly marked
as being reserved for the use of a specified person
with a disability it shall be unlawful for any other
person to park in such space.
(b) When a motor vehicle which bears a special
license plate or placard issued pursuant to K.S.A.
8-1,125, and amendments thereto, is being operated by
or used for the transportation of a person with a
disability, such motor vehicle:
(1) May be parked in any parking space,
whether on public or private property,
which is clearly marked as being reserved
for the use of persons with a disability or
persons responsible for the transportation
of a person with a disability, except a
parking space on private property which is
clearly marked as being reserved for the use
of a specified person with a disability;
(2) May be parked for an unlimited period in
any parking zone which is restricted as to
the length of parking time permitted, except
where stopping, standing or parking is
prohibited to all vehicles, where parking is
reserved for special types of vehicles or
where parking would clearly present a
traffic hazard; and
(3) Shall be exempt from any parking meter fees
of the state or any city, county or other
political subdivision.
(c) Official identification devices issued to persons
with a disability by any other state, district, or
territory subject to the laws of the United States, or
any foreign jurisdiction, shall be recognized as
acceptable identification in the state of Kansas.
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Motor vehicles bearing a valid device from such a
jurisdiction shall be accorded the parking privileges
contained in subsection (b), except that if such
person becomes a resident of the state of Kansas,
such identification devices shall not be recognized as
acceptable identification 60 days after such person
becomes a resident of this state.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A.
8-2003, and amendments thereto, each
designated accessible parking space shall be
clearly marked by vertically mounted signs
bearing the international symbol of access.
Such signs shall be displayed with the
bottom of the sign not less than 32 inches
above the surface of the roadway.
(2) Any owner of private property available for
public use establishing a new parking space
or relocating an existing parking space for
persons with a disability, shall conform to
sections 4.6.3 and 4.6.4 of the federal
regulations adopted under the Americans
with disabilities act, published in 56 Fed.
Reg. 35,408 (July 26, 1991) (to be codified
at 36 C.F.R. Part 1191, Appx . 4.6.3 and
4.6.4).
(e) (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic, or in compliance with the law
or the directions of a law enforcement
officer or official traffic -control device,
no person shall:
(A) stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
parking space designated as accessible
parking without having a special
license plate, permanent placard or
disabled veteran license plate and an
individual identification card, or a
valid temporary placard;
(B) stop, stand or park a vehicle so that
it blocks an access entrance adjacent
to a designated accessible parking
space; or
(C) stop, stand or park a vehicle in an
access aisle between or beside a
designated accessible parking space.
(2)
From the date of publication of this
ordinance through December 31, 1992,
violation of subsection (e) (1) is punishable
by a fine of not more than $50. From and
after January 1, 1993, violation of
subsection (e) (1) is punishable by a fine of
$50.
(3)
The provisions of subsection (e)(1) shall be
enforced by law enforcement officers on
public and private property.
(f) (1)
Any person who willfully and falsely
represents that such person has the
qualifications to obtain a special license
plate, a permanent placard and an individual
identification card or temporary placard shall be
guilty of a violation of this ordinance and shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or
by imprisonment for not more than one month or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Any licensee of the healing arts or
Christian Science practitioner who willfully
and falsely certifies that a person has the
qualifications to obtain a special license
plate, a permanent placard and an individual
identification card or temporary placard
shall be guilty of a violation of this
ordinance and shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $500 or by imprisonment for
not more than one month or by both such
fine and imprisonment. (K.S.A.
8-1,125:8-1,130, as amended)"
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: September 28, 1992
Passed: October 12, 1992
Carol E. Beggs Mayor
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(SEAL)
ATTEST:
JacquIline Shiever, CMC
City Clerk