It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, accelerate, or halt any vehicle upon a public highway, street, or alley within the city in a manner not reasonably necessary for the ordinary use or normal operation thereof, or in such a manner as to indicate a careless or heedless disregard for the rights or the safety of others, or in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.
(Ord. 434, Sec. 1; Code 1984; Ord. 932)
Article 7, Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, be amended to the extent that:
(a) The speed limit on First Street, between Highway 77 and the Santa Fe railroad tracks be increased to 30 m.p.h.; subject, however, to previously and currently existing school zone speed limits in that area.
(b) The speed limit on Second Street and Fourth Street from Elm Street east in the city shall be 20 m.p.h. Any speed in excess of 20 m.p.h. on the streets in the designated area shall be deemed a violation of this code and punishable as set forth in the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities.”
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in any alleyway within the city limits at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in any alleyway of the city when using the alleyway as a through thoroughfare, it being understood that the purpose of the alley is to grant access to landowners whose rear yards abut the alleyway, it shall be unlawful for any person by motor vehicle or other means to cause ruts or damage to the alleyways.
(d) Residential district speed limits.
(1) Residential District Speed Limit Established. Pursuant to the authority granted by K.S.A. 8-1560, the maximum speed limit on all streets and highways located within residential districts of the City is hereby established at twenty-five (25) miles per hour, except where a different speed limit is otherwise lawfully posted.
(2) Definition of Residential District. For purposes of this section, “residential district” shall have the same meaning as “residence district” set forth in the Kansas Uniform Act Regulating Traffic, including but not limited to K.S.A. 8-1456 the definition applicable under K.S.A. 8-1560 and related statutes.
(e) Signage. The City shall erect and maintain appropriate traffic control signs giving notice of the speed limit established by this section in conformity with state law. The absence or presence of signage shall be governed by the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1560 and applicable regulations.
(f) Enforcement. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for violations of speed regulations under the Kansas Uniform Act Regulating Traffic and applicable city ordinances.
(Ord. 493, Sec. 1; Ord. 512, Sec. 1; Ord. 629, Sec. 1; Code 2007; Ord. 932; Ord. 939)
(a) The governing body is hereby authorized to designate and establish truck routes through the city for the use of transports and heavy vehicles as hereinafter defined. All such routes shall be marked by suitable signs by the city to advise the traveling public of the existence of such truck routes.
(b) From and after the designation and signing of any truck route as provided for herein, every transport, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, trailer, mobile home, semitrailer and every other truck or vehicle of a licensed capacity in excess of 4,000 gross vehicle weight (GVW) shall use and follow such prescribed route or routes while within the city and shall not use any residential street or other street except as stated herein. When it is necessary for any such vehicle to deliver or load freight or cargo at a destination not on a designated route, the vehicle may leave the truck route by the most direct and shortest route and return to the truck route the same way after loading or delivery. City police officers may direct the routing of all such vehicles.
(c) No transport or other truck carrying gasoline, benzene, hazardous materials or other flammable or explosive liquids or gases, whether empty or full, shall stop within 300 feet of a school building except for emergency refueling, repairs or delivery of product.
(d) For the purpose of this section, the following streets, avenues and traffic ways of the city are hereby designated as truck routes:
(1) 1st Street from west city limits to 77 Highway.
(e) No transport, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, trailer, mobile home, semitrailer, nor any vehicle of a licensed capacity of more than 24,000 pounds GVW shall be, at any time, parked or left unattended on any street, avenue or public way within the city except on such streets, avenues and public ways that have been specifically designated for such parking by the city. This provision shall not apply for the stopping of trucks for emergency refueling or making repairs. All such vehicles may be stored on private property, either on vacant ground or in a building, if such property is zone B-1, B-2 or 1-1, unless such parking shall constitute a fire hazard or shall be prohibited by building codes or zoning ordinances of the city or shall be dangerous to persons or property.
(Ord. 560; Ord. 616; Code 2007, 14-204:208; Ord. 932)
(a) Definitions.
(1) Sound Amplification System - Any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
(2) Plainly Audible - Any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based on direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included. The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway, on either public or private property.
(b) No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway, whether public or private property, shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by the city or a gas, electric, communications or refuse company; or
(4) The system or vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions, and other activities which have the approval of the governing body or a department of the city authorized to grant such approval.
(d) Any person, individual, partnership, corporation, or association who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:
(1) For a first offense, a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00.
(2) For a second and subsequent offense in a calendar year, a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $750.00.
Each separate offense in violation thereof which is found to exist or continues to exist shall be a separate offense and punishable as such hereunder.
(Ord. 578; Code 2007, 14-209:211, 213; Code 2022; Ord. 932)
(a) In the area designated as the Central Business District, the driver of a vehicle shall not cross the center line of any street to enter a parking space on the opposite side of the street. This section shall not in any way limit the ability of a driver to cross the center line to enter a private driveway, street, parking lot, alley, or the like. The Central Business District shall be designated as Forrest Street from 2nd to 4th Street and 3rd Street from Maple to Walnut Street.
(b) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street in the designated Central Business District, nor upon any other street unless such movement can be made in safety without interfering with other traffic.
(Ord. 613, Sec. 1; Code 2007, 14-212; Ord. 932)
(a) The following areas are designated as school zones:
(1) First Street from Highway 77 to Elm Street
(2) First Street from Poplar Street to Willow Street
(3) Third Street from Poplar Street to Willow Street
(4) Fourth Street from Willow Street to Chestnut Street
(5) Fifth Street from Willow Street to Chestnut Street
(6) Chestnut Street from Fourth Street to Sixth Street
(b) The speed limit in a school zone shall be 20 miles per hour when a flashing yellow 20 miles per hour speed limit indicator is operating or at times posted on school zone signs and school is in session.
(Ord. 854; Code 2017; Ord. 932)
The following are designated as no parking zones:
(a) In the north Right of Way of East First Street, beginning at the West Right of Way of U.S. Hwy 77, going west to the West Right of Way of School Street.
(Ord. 862; Code 2017; Ord. 932)
(a) No vehicle, as defined within K.S.A. 8-126, as amended, including but not limited to transport, truck tractor, semitrailer, commercial trailer not mechanized, recreational vehicle or truck of a rated capacity of more than 1½ tons or being in an aggregate length of 20 feet, including one or more connected vehicles, shall be, at any time, parked or left unattended on any street, avenue or public way within those portions of the city that are zoned R-1, R-2, MH-1,or MH-2; provided, that nothing herein shall deny the right to park any such vehicles for emergency refueling or making an emergency repair or for the purpose of making delivery or pick up within prohibited areas, or providing temporary service in said location; provided further, that all such vehicles may be parked in other areas of the city so long as such parking shall not be contrary to other ordinances of the city relating to the parking of such vehicles.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park vehicles as set forth in this section and any such person so violating any of the provisions shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $50.00.
(c) In a prosecution for parking a vehicle as set forth in this section, proof of identify of the registered owner of the vehicle, as shown by the registration license plate upon the vehicle in violation, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the place where the violation occurred.
(Ord. 936)