§ 10.08.010. Maximum speed limits.

The maximum speed limits provided by Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities shall apply within the City of Larned except on the streets designated below for which streets an engineering and traffic investigation resulted in a determination that the speed limits permitted under state law and Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance are greater or less, as hereinafter indicated, than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon said streets.

A.

The maximum speed limits for motor vehicles, day and night, on Edwards Street (U.S. Highway 156) between Carroll Avenue and Morris Avenue is hereby fixed and established at forty-five (45) miles per hour, said street being a connecting link in the State Highway System, and the Secretary of Transportation having approved such speed limit in writing.

B.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on 14th Street (U.S. Highway 156) between Fry and the East City limits is hereby fixed at forty-five (45) miles per hour, said street being a connecting link in the State Highway System and the Secretary of Transportation having approved such speed limit in writing.

C.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Northeast Trail Street from Broadway to East 9th Street is hereby fixed at thirty (30) miles per hour.

D.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Northeast Trail Street from East 9th Street to the City limits is hereby fixed at thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

E.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Southwest Trail Street from Broadway to First Street is hereby fixed at thirty-five (35) miles per hour, and the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Southwest Trail Street from First Street to the City limits is hereby fixed at forty-five (45) miles per hours, said street being a connecting link in the State Highway System (U.S. Highway 56) and the Secretary of Transportation having approved such speed limits in writing.

F.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Broadway from Southwest Trail Street to the South City limits is hereby fixed at thirty (30) miles per hour, said street being a connecting link in the State Highway System (KS Highway 19) and the Secretary of Transportation having approved such speed limit in writing.

G.

The maximum speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, on Village Avenue, Sycamore Drive, Aspen Street, Hickory, Maple Lane, Locust Street and Cherry Lane Drive is hereby fixed at fifteen (15) mile per hour.

H.

The speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, in the parking areas and driving areas surrounding the City of Larned Municipal Swimming Pool, located within Schnack-Lowery Park, is hereby fixed at ten (10) miles per hour.

I.

The speed limit for motor vehicles, day and night, in and on the parking area at the ball field in Jordaan Park, which parking area is located immediately West of said ball fields is hereby fixed at ten (10) miles per hour.

J.

The speed limit for all motor vehicles, day and night, on streets located within Jordaan Park in the City of Larned, Kansas, is hereby fixed at twenty (20) miles per hour.

(Ord. 1486 § 3, 2008: Ord. 1477 § 3, 2007: Ord. 1452 § 3, 2006: Ord. 1424 § 3, 2005: Ord. 1400 § 3, 2004: Ord. 1394 § 3, 2004: Ord. 1388 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1358 § 3, 2000: Ord. 1345 § 3, 1999: Ord. 1301 § 3, 1996)

(Ord. No. 1495, § 1, 3-2-09; Ord. No. 1506, § 3, 9-21-09; Ord. No. 1517 § 3, 9-20-10; Ord. No. 1536, § 3, 11-7-11; Ord. No. 1546, § 3, 12-17-12; Ord. No. 1557, § 3, 5-5-14; Ord. No. 1565, § 3, 12-1-14; Ord. No. 1589 , § 3, 12-4-17)