Except as provided either in article 3 of this chapter or elsewhere in this article, and except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with K.S.A. 8-1557 (or the corresponding provisions of this chapter), and any amendments thereto:

(a)   No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of:

(1)   Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district;

(2)   Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district;

(3)   Seventy (70) miles per hour on any separated multi-lane highway, as designated and posted by the secretary of transportation;

(4)   Fifty-five (55) miles per hour on any county or township highway; and

(5)   Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on all other highways.

(b)   No person shall drive a school bus to or from school, or interschool or intraschool functions or activities, at a speed greater than forty-five (45) miles per hour on any roadway having a dirt, sand or gravel surface, and in no event shall a school bus be driven to and from school, or functions or activities, in excess of fifty-five (55) miles per hour, notwithstanding any maximum speed limit in excess thereof. The provisions of this subsection relating to school buses shall apply to buses used for the transportation of students enrolled in community colleges or area vocational schools, when such buses are transporting students to or from school, or functions or activities.

(c)   No person shall operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of:

(1)   Thirty (30) miles per hour on Maple Street.

(2)   Twenty (20) miles per hour over and upon that part of Oak Street within the city commencing at the intersection of said street and Third Avenue of said city and running north to the intersection of the alley between, and running parallel to, First and Second Avenues of said city.

(3)   Forty (40) miles per hour on Westgate Road; provided, however, the maximum speed limit on that part of Westgate Road between Fourth Avenue on the north and Seventh Avenue on the south shall be thirty (30) miles per hour.

(4)   Forty (40) miles per hour over and upon that part of East Fourth Avenue within the city commencing at the southwest corner of the Maggio Addition to the city, and thence running east four hundred eight feet (408’), more or less, to the west right of way line of the Union Pacific (formerly Missouri-Pacific) Railroad.

(5)   Ten (10) miles per hour over and upon any alley.

(6)   Thirty (30) miles per hour on any roadway within any park within the city or owned by the city.

(7)   Forty (40) miles per hour over and upon that part of K-31 Highway commencing at the intersection of said highway and U.S. Highway 59 and running west to the point at which the southwest corner of the veterinary hospital addition to the city abuts said K-31 Highway.

(8)   Fifteen (15) miles per hour in the Garnett municipal cemetery.

(9)   Twenty (20) miles per hour on that public street known as Park Plaza North.

(Code 1961, 10-4-1; Ord. 3291; Ord. 3307; Ord. 3529; Ord. 3888; Code 2023)