Ordinances-1980-86

Chapter 8 SPEED RESTRICTIONS SECTIONS: 1-8-1: Careful; prudent speed 1-8-2: Minimum Speed regulation 1-8-3: Elevated structures 1-8-1 CAREFUL; PRUDENT SPEED: Any person driving a motor vehicle on a street or highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive any vehicle upon a street or highway at a speed greater than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, such driver having the right to assume, however, that all persons using such street or highway will observe the law. 1-8-2 MINIMUM SPEED REGULATION: No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with the law. Police officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers, and apparent wilful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith the continued slow operation by a driver is a misdemeanor. 1-8-3 ELEVATED STRUCTURES: No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a street or highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in the Code of Iowa. 1-8-4 SPEED LIMITS: The following are the lawful maximum speed limits: (A) Ten (10) miles per hour in any public alley. (B) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district. (C) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour in any residential district or school zone. (D) Forty (40) miles per hour for any motor vehicle drawing another vehicle. (E) Forty-five (45) miles per hour in any suburban district.