Ordinance 3211 - Laserfiche WebLink

(6) Twenty (20) miles per hour when passing any school-house on school days, or school or public playground between the hours of 8:00 o' clock a.m. and 5:00 o ' clock p.m. , or when cros- sing any marked school crossing during such hours. (7) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in any alley, unless a lower speed is specified by signs posted in such alley. (8) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour within the corporate limits of the City of Everett, except as herein provided. (c) Compliance with such speeds under the circumstances hereinabove set forth shall not relieve the operator of any vehicle from the further exercise of due care and caution as further cir- cumstances shall require. The unlawful operation of a vehicle in excess of the maximum speeds provided in this section at the point of operation and under the circumstances described shall be prima facie evidence of the operation of a motor vehicle in a reckless manner by the operator thereof. Section 77: SPECIAL SPEED LIMITATION FOR CURVES, ETC. yrhen it is deemed inadvisable for vehicles to operate at a maximum speed allowed by law on account of sharp curvature, highway con- struction or repairs, excessive traffic, any dangerous condition or other temporary or permanent cause, the Commissioner of Public works in conjunction with the Chief of Police may adopt a lower maximum or otherwise regulate the permissive speed: .provided, that in no case shall the maximum speed be reduced to less than ten (10) miles per hour. Where decreased speed limits are adopted and signs posted indicating the maximum allowed it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any such order, rule or regulation. Section 78: MINI1'R Rf SPEED. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic at the point of operation thereof, except when a reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with any law, rule or regulation. Peace officers are hereby authorized to enforce this section by directions to vehicle operators, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate in wilful disobedience to the provisions of this section or refuse to comply with the directions of any peace officer relating thereto. Inhere any slow-moving vehicle tends to congest traffic any peace officer may cause such vehicle to be removed from the roadway and permit the congested traffic to be relieved. Section 79: RACING OR SPEED TESTS PROHIBITED. No person or persons shall race any motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon any public highway of the City of Everett. Any person or persons guilty of comparing or contesting relative speeds by the simultaneous operations shall be guilty of reckless driving, whether or not such speed is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by law. Section 80: DRIVE ON RIGHT OF HIGH AY - EXCEPTIONS. Whenever any person is operating any motor vehicle upon any public highway of this city he shall at all times drive the same to the right of the center of such highway except when in the exercise of care in the overtaking and passing of another vehicle traveling in the same direction, or where an obstruction exists it is necessary -28-