ORDINANCE NO. 912 AN ORDINANCE TO AMMEND ARTICLE 3, SECTION 5-303 OF THE MILFORD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS; TO PRESCRIBE THE TIME THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE AND TAKE EFFECT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MILFORD, NEBRASKA: Section 1. Article 3, Section 5-303 of the Municipal code is hereby amended to read as follows: 5-303: Speed Limits. (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any street at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing and except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed, the limits specified in this paragraph or established as hereinafter authorized in paragraph (a) of this section shall be maximum lawful speeds, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle on any street within the city to drive such vehicle at a speed in excess of such maximum limits: (1) Fifteen miles per hour in an alley; (2) Twenty miles per hour within the business district; (3) Fifteen miles per hour on “D” Street from U.S. Highway Six to Eighth Street from June 1 of each year through September 1 of each year; (4) Fifteen miles per hour when flashing yellow lights are activated, 25 miles per hour when not flashing on First Street from “F” Street to Welch Park Road; (5) Fifteen miles per hour when flashing yellow lights are activated, 25 miles per hour when not flashing on State Street from Highway Six to the south city limits; (6) Twenty-five miles per hour on all other streets; (7) Fifteen miles per hour on Fairway Drive from U.S. Highway Six to “D” Street from June 1 of each year through September 1 of each year. Unless a different rate of speed is specifically permitted by ordinance or resolution. In no instance shall a person drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions. (b) Any person who violates any maximum speed limit established pursuant to this section for any street within the City shall be deemed guilty of a traffic infraction and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine as follows, recoverable with costs: (1) 1-5 mph over authorized limit: $10.00 (2) over 5 mph but not over 10 mph: $25.00 (3) over 10 mph but not over 15 mph: $75.00 (4) over 15 mph but not over 20 mph: $125.00 (5) over 20 mph but not over 35 mph: $200.00 (6) over 35 mph of authorized limit: $300.00 (c) The fines prescribed in subsection (c) of this section shall be doubled if the violation occurs within a maintenance, repair, or construction zone. Signs shall be placed within or in advance of maintenance, repair, or construction zones which provide information that the fines for exceeding the speed limit in such zones are doubled. (d) The fines prescribed in subsection (c) of this section shall be doubled if the violation occurs within a school crossing zone. The Chief of Police, with the consent of the Governing Body shall designate, by flashing yellow lights, reduced speed zones for such distances as deemed proper by the Chief of Police on arterial streets adjacent to a public or private elementary school or school crossings, provided, that the Chief of Police may exempt from the requirements of this section those potential reduced speed zones which; (a) have fewer than four lanes to cross and are not adjacent to a school building or; (b) are crossed by less than fifty students per day. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)(4&5) of Section 5-303, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in a reduced speed zone as herein designated at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour at such time as the flashing yellow lights are in operation. Daily operating time of said flashing yellow lights shall be determined by the Chief of Police Section #2. Repeal. That any other ordinance or section passed and approved prior to the passage, approval, and publication or posting of this ordinance in conflict with its provision is hereby repealed. Section #3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage, approval, and publication or posting as required by law. Passed and approved this 2nd day of May, 2017 Attest: Jeanne Hoggins, City Clerk Nick Glanzer, Mayor MT — May 10, 2017
