HomeMy Public PortalAboutTitle 9, Chapter 03- Speed RegulationsTITLE 9 IONA CITY CODE
CHAPTER 3 (Revision: December 7, 2023) Page 244
CHAPTER 3 Speed Regulations
SECTION:
9-3-1: Basic Rule
9-3-2: General Speed Limit
9-3-3: Establishment of Speed Limits
9-3-4: Minimum Speed Regulations
9-3-1: BASIC RULE. Any person who operates a vehicle within the limits of the City,
at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the
actual and potential hazards then existing shall be guilty of an infraction.
9-3-2: GENERAL SPEED LIMIT. Subject to the provisions of the preceding section,
any person who drives or operates any vehicle in excess of the speed set forth below shall be guilty
of an infraction. Such speeds are as follows:
(A) Any speed established pursuant to Section 9-3-3 of this Code.
(B) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour on all streets except as posted in accordance with Section
9-3-3 of this Code.
(C) Twenty (20) miles per hour in all posted school zones, except where a different speed is
posted in accordance with Section 9-3-3 of this Code.
9-3-3: ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS. Whenever the Chief of Police and the
Mayor and Council shall determine, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study or
investigation that any prima facie speed set forth above is greater or less than is reasonable or safe
under the conditions found to exist at any location within the City, the Council may determine and
declare by resolution a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit, which, when proper signs
giving notice thereof have been erected, shall be the speed limit for such street or portion thereof.
9-3-4: MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. Any person who drives a vehicle at such
a slow speed as to impede or block the safe and efficient movement of vehicular traffic, shall be
guilty of an infraction.