Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance

14-101. Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Mount Hope, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, Edition of 2022, prepared in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. One (1) copy of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 271-2023, and to which shall be attached to a copy of this section or said ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to the 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.

(Ord. 93-8-10B, Sec. 2; Ord. 33-1997; Ord. 76-2001; Ord. 116-2004; Ord. 124-2005; Ord. 134-2006; Ord. 144-2007; Ord. 160-2008; Ord. 174-2009; Ord. 184-2010; Ord. 189-2011; Ord. 196-2012; Ord. 201-2013; Ord. 210-2014; Ord. 220-2015; Ord. 230-2016; Ord. 240-2017; Ord. 257-2020; Ord. 271-2023)

14-102. Same; traffic infractions and traffic offenses.

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

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

(Ord. 93-8-10B; Ord. 33-1997; Code 2001; Ord. 230-2016; Ord. 240-2017; Ord. 257-2020; Ord. 271-2023)

14-103. Penalty for scheduled fines.

The fine for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or any other traffic offense in which the municipal judge established a fine in a fine schedule shall not be less than $25 nor more than $100, except for speeding, which shall not be less than $30 nor more than $500. A person tried and convicted for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or other traffic offense in which a fine has not been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the court not to exceed $500.

(Ord. 33-1997; Code 2001; Ord. 230-2016; Ord. 240-2017; Ord. 257-2020; Ord. 271-2023)

14-104. Deletion from standard traffic ordinance.

Sections 114.2; 114.4 and 114.5 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, as adopted in Section 14-101 is hereby repealed.

(Ord. 229-2016)