§ 15-448. Limits on certain streets.


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  • The operation of a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following posted speed limits shall be considered evidence of driving at a rate of speed which is not reasonable, careful, prudent and lawful, and shall be considered dangerous to persons, property, life and limb:

    Bobwhite Street : Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Cherry Lane: From Lincoln (Route P) to east of James Street, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    College Park Drive: Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Cottage Grove Place: From LaHarpe Street to Hamilton Street, (20) miles per hour.

    Cottonwood: From Marion to Davis, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Crestline Drive: From Cherry Lane to York Street, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    First Street: From LaHarpe Street to Shepard Avenue, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Franklin Street: From Patterson Street to Grim Drive, twenty-five (25) miles per hour; from Grim Drive to LaHarpe Street, thirty-five (35) miles per hour; from LaHarpe Street to U.S Highway 63, forty-five (45) miles per hour.

    Green Street: From Elm Street to Highway 6, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Highway 6 west: From the west city limits east to Route B, fifty-five (55) miles per hour; from Route B to U.S. Highway 63, forty-five (45) miles per hour.

    Highway 6 east: From the east city limits to Timber Lane, fifty-five (55) miles per hour; from Timber Lane to U.S. Highway 63, forty-five (45) miles per hour.

    Highway 11 east: From U.S. Highway 63 east to Harrison, thirty-five (35) miles per hour; from Harrison east to Village Avenue, forty-five (45) miles per hour; from Village Avenue to the city limits, fifty-five (55) miles per hour.

    James Street: From Route P to Cherry Lane, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Kellwood Hills Addition: All streets, including Overbrook Street, Vista Drive, Center Road, Kellwood Drive, Broadview and Catalina, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Kingsridge Addition: All streets, except Crown Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Hamilton Street: From Cottage Grove to Jamison, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    LaHarpe Street: Between U.S. Highway 63 and Business Highway 63, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Meadow Lane: Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Missouri Highway 6 east: From Highway 63 east two-tenths ( 2/10 ) of a mile, forty-five (45) miles per hour; from two-tenths ( 2/10 ) of a mile to the east city limits, fifty-five (55) miles per hour.

    Osteopathy Street: From Hamilton Street to Highway 6, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Osteopathy Street: Extending the twenty (20) miles per hour zone, authorized in section 15-447, two (2) blocks south of Scott Street to Normal Avenue.

    Oxford Drive: Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Pleasant Run Addition: Bluewing, Canvasback, Gadwell, Greenway, Pintail, and Teal, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Route B (Industrial Road): From Potter Avenue to Highway 6 west thirty (30) miles per hour; from Highway 6 west to city limits forty-five (45) miles per hour.

    Route H (Boundary): From city limit to one-tenth ( 1/10 ) of a mile south of LaHarpe; fifty-five (55) miles per hour; from this point to Michigan Street thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Route P: From U.S. Highway 63 east to the east city limits, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Town and Country Addition: Including Suburban Drive, Park Plaza, Monte Carlo Road, Broadlawn Drive, Highline Drive, Honda Drive, Melody Lane, Sunset Drive, and Fairlane Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    U.S. Highway 63: Sixty (60) miles per hour from south city limits to Highway 6 east; forty-five (45) miles per hour from Highway 6 east to LaHarpe; thirty-five (35) miles per hour from LaHarpe to Mill Street; forty (40) miles per hour from Mill Street to Route P; forty-five (45) miles per hour from Route P to Brewington; sixty (60) miles per hour from Brewington to the north city limits.

    Valley Forge Drive: Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Walnut: From Burton to Potter, thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

    Weatherstone Addition: Weatherstone Drive, Weatherbrooke Drive and Breezewood Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour.

    Westbury Lane: Twenty (20) miles per hour.

    York Street: From Route P to south of Crestline Drive, twenty (20) miles per hour.

(Code 1974, § 13-4; Ord. No. 10580, § 2, 8-1-83; Ord. No. 10694, § 1, 11-4-85; Ord. No. 10776, § 1, 6-1-87; Ord. No. 10824, § 1, 6-20-88; Ord. No. 11025, §§ 1, 2, 3-2-92; Ord. No. 11047, §§ 1, 2, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 11097, §§ 1, 2, 6-21-93; Ord. No. 11105, § 1, 7-12-93; Ord. No. 11162, § 1, 10-10-94; Ord. No. 11205, § 1, 8-21-95; Ord. No. 11357, § 1, 11-16-98; Ord. No. 11448, § 1, 4-17-2000; Ord. No. 11451, § 1, 5-15-2000; Ord. No. 11471, § 1, 10-16-2000; Ord. No. 11571, § 1, 6-3-2002; Ord. No. 11710, § I, 4-25-2005; Ord. No. 11716, § II, 6-27-2005; Ord. No. 11735, § I, 10-24-2005; Ord. No. 12009, § 1, 6-18-2012; Ord. No. 12057, § I, 5-6-2013)