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ORDINANCE NO. 72j/
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REGULATING THE OPERATION
OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE .ROADWAYS OF THE CITY,, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. Manner of operating vehicles; maximum speed limits.
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the roadways of this city shall
drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, and shall exercise the high-
est degree of care, and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property
of another or the life or limb of any person.
2. No vehicle shall be operated at a speed in excess of:
A. 70 Miles Per Hour:
(a) On the Whitton Expressway between Vetter's Lane
underpass and the east city limits.
(b) On U. S. Highway 54 between the south city limits
and the U. S. Highway Business Route 50 overpass.
B. S5 Miles Per Hour:
(a) On the Whitton Expressway between Vetter's .Lane
underpass and the west city limits.
(b) On U. S. Highway 54 between the south end of the
Missouri River Bridge and U. S. Highway 50 Business
Route overpass.
(c) On U. S. Highway 63 between Bolivar Street and the
south end of the Missouri River Bridge.
Section 2. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions
of section 1 of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than
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90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. Repeal Clause. Paragraphs A. and B. of Subsection 2. of
Section 1.030 of Ordinance Number 7344 of the City of Jefferson, Missouri,
regulating the speed of motor vehicles on the Whitton Expressway be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and approval. Ir,Passed: Approved:
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City Clerk