There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Garnett, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities”, 51st Edition published in 2024, prepared and published in booklet form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, save and except such articles, sections, parts or portions as are hereafter omitted, deleted, modified, or changed. One copy of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance 4265” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omission or change and to which shall be attached a copy of said ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours. The police department, Municipal Judge, and all administrative departments of the city charged with enforcement of the ordinance shall be supplied, at the cost of the city, such number of official copies of such Standard Traffic Ordinance similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

(Code 1961, 10-7-1; Ord. 4163; Ord. 4189; Ord. 4204; Ord. 4225; Code 2023; Ord. 4251: Ord. 4265)

Article 7, Section 33 (but not Section 33.1); Article 14, Section 115; and Article 20, Section 201 (but not Section 201.1 and Section 201.2) of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, 51st Edition published in 2024, are hereby omitted.

(Code 1961, 10-7-3; Ord. 4163; Ord. 4189; Ord. 4204; Ord. 4225; Code 2023; Ord. 4251; Ord. 4265)

(a)   An ordinance traffic infraction is a violation of any section of this article that prescribes or requires the same behavior as that prescribed or required by a statutory provision that is classified as a traffic infraction in K.S.A. 8-2118.

(a)   All traffic violations which are included within this article, and which are not ordinance traffic infractions, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered traffic offenses.

(Code 2023)

(a)   It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this article.

(b)   The judge of the municipal court shall in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4305, and amendments thereto, establish a schedule of fines for violation of any section or subsection of this article classified as an ordinance traffic infraction by K.S.A. 8-2118, and amendments thereto. Such fines shall be imposed upon a voluntary entry of appearance and upon a plea of guilty or no contest to a complaint alleging such violation together with any court costs.

(c)   Every person convicted after trial of a traffic infraction may be sentenced to pay a fine which shall be fixed by the court not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) together with any court costs.

(d)   Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter for which another penalty is not provided or which is not listed on the schedule of fines established by the judge of the municipal court, shall be punished for the first conviction thereof by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one month or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction within one year thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(e)   For the purpose of determining whether a conviction is a first, second or third or subsequent conviction in sentencing under this section, the term “conviction” includes being convicted of or forfeiting bond for any part of any article of this chapter; any corresponding provisions of the ordinances of any other city or municipality of this or any other state; the provisions of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; or like statutes of any other state, whether such is repetitious of the same action or is for any other action proscribed by such enactments.

(Code 1961, 10-7-4; Ord. 3236; Ord. 3632; Code 2023)

The Chief of Police of the City of Garnett, Kansas, shall place and maintain such traffic control devices, conforming to the manual and specifications adopted for the state of Kansas, pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2003, and amendments thereto, upon all streets, avenues and other rights of way within the city as he or she shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of Kansas law and of the ordinances of this city or to regulate, warn or guide traffic.

(Code 1961, 10-7-5; Ord. 3836; Code 2023)