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(First Published in the Ark Valley News
on the -LId day of ~ ' 1991.)
THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS
ORDINANCE NO.
/77
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE,
KANSAS AND AMENDING SECTION 33 OF THE
"STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS
CITIES," EDITION OF 1990, AS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE NUMBER 174.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE,
KANSAS:
Section 1.
Amending Standard Traffic Ordinance Section 33
Section 33 of the "Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas
Cities," Edition of 1990, as adopted by Ordinance Number 174 of the
City of Bel Aire, Kansas is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 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) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district;
(2) Thirty (30) miles per hour in any residence district;
(3) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any park; and
(4) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour in all other
locations.
However, when the State of Kansas or the governing body of
Sedgwick County, Kansas or the City of Bel Aire, Kansas determines
on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the
maximum speed established herein is not consistent with the normal
and reasonable movement of traffic on any highway or part of a
highway, the State of Kansas or the governing body of Sedgwick
County, Kansas or the City of Bel Aire, Kansas may determine and
declare a maximum speed limit on said highway or said part of a
highway consistent with said engineering and traffic investigation.
Said maximum speed limit shall become effective when posted upon
the appropriate highway or part of a highway and no person shall
drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of such maximum limit.
(b) No person shall drive a school bus to or from school or
interschool or intraschool functions or activities at a speed
greater than 45 miles per hour on any roadway having dirt, sand or
gravel surface, and in no event shall a school bus be driven to and
from school or activities in excess of 55 miles per hour,
notwi thstanding any maximum speed 1 imi t in exces s thereof. The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to buses used for the
transportation of students enrolled in community junior colleges or
area vocational schools when such buses are transporting students
to or from school functions or activities."
Section 2.
Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its publication in the official city newspaper.
Passed by the City Council this ~~ day of
1991.
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Approved by the Mayor this ~1~ day of
(.~~~~I ' 1991.
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