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(First Published in the Ark Valley News
on the..J.:L day of tf'~ ,2008.)
THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 467
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING VEHICLE SPEED
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS BY AMENDING SECTION
12.1.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE,
KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE,
KANSAS:
Section 1. Amendina Section 12.1.2 of the Code
Section 12.1.2 of the Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas is amended to
read as follows:
"Section 12.1.2
Amending Section 33
Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance 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 or industrial district;
(2) Thirty (30) miles per hour in any residence district;
(3) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in any alley or alleyway in any district;
(4) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any park; and
(5) 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
intra school 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,
notwithstanding any maximum speed limit in excess 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 19th day of August, 2008.
Approved by the Mayor this 19th day of August, 2008.
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