Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance

14-101. Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

(a) There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Oberlin, Kansas, and any property owned by the City outside the corporate limits, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the "Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities", Edition of 2024, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. No fewer than three copies of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped "Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 954", and to which shall be attached a copy of this 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.

(b) Sections 114.1, 114.2, 114.4 and 114.5 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance are hereby repealed

(Prior Code § 16-101; Ord. 929; Ord. 935; Ord. 944; Ord. 947; Ord. 954)

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

(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.

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

(Prior Code § 16-102; Ord. 929; Ord. 935)

14-103. Penalty for scheduled fines.

The fine for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or any other traffic offense for which the municipal judge establishes a fine in a fine schedule shall not be less than Ten Dollars ($10) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500), except for speeding which shall not be less than Ten Dollars ($10) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500). A person tried and convicted for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or other traffic offense for which a fine has been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the court not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500).

(Prior Code § 16-103; Ord. 929; Ord. 935)