There is hereby incorporated, by reference,
the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities (51st
Edition) revised, prepared and published by the League of Kansas Municipalities
in 2024. No fewer than one copy of said
Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted
by the Code of the City of Conway Springs, Ordinance No. 1931” shall be filed
in the City Clerk’s office and open for public inspection at all reasonable
office hours. The police department,
municipal judge and all
(Ord. 1875; Ord. 1903; Code 2021; Ord. 1931)
(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 which are included within this article, and which are not ordinance traffic infractions, as defined in subsection (a), shall be considered traffic offenses.
(Ord. 1875; Ord. 1903; Code 2021)
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 $25 nor more than $500 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 for which a fine has been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the court not to exceed $500.
Section 114.4 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 114.4. Lawful operation of a golf cart.
(a) Golf carts may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads and alleys within the corporate limits of the city.
(1) No golf cart may be operated upon any public highway, street, road and alley with a posted speed limit inf excess of 35 miles per hour.
(2) No golf cart shall be operated on any interstate highway, federal highway or state highway; provide~, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit a golf cart from crossing a federal or state highway With a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles per hour.
(3) No golf cart shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley between sunset and sunrise, unless equipped with lights.
(b) No person shall operate a golf cart on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city unless such person has a valid driver’s license. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(c) Every owner of a golf cart who intends to operate it on any public highway, street, road, or alley within the corporate limits of the City shall provide liability coverage in accordance with Section 200 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, and the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act, K.S.A. 40-3101 et seq., and amendments thereto. Furthermore, all provisions of Section 200 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, including penalty provisions, shall be applicable to all owners and operators of golf carts.
(d) Before operating any golf cart on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city and each calendar year thereafter, the vehicle shall be registered with the city and a license shall be obtained and placed on the vehicle. The license fee shall be Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per calendar year, payable in advance to the City in care of the Conway Springs Police Department. The full amount of the license fee shall be required regardless of the time of year that the application is made.
(e) Application for registration of a golf cart shall be made by the owner, or owner’s agent. in the office of the Conway Springs Police Department. The application shall be made upon forms provided by the city and each application shall contain the name of the owner, the owner’s residence address, or bona fide place of business, a brief description of the vehicle to be registered (including make, model and serial number, if applicable). Proof of insurance, as required in subsection (c), shall be furnished at the time of application for registration.
(f) Upon completion of the registration application, establishing proof of insurance and payment of the fees herein provided, a license shall be issued to the owner who shall attach it to the vehicle. The license shall be displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the rear of the vehicle. The license number on the application will be recorded and then filed in the police department.
(g) It is unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter such license during the time in which the same is operative.
(h) The license issued hereunder is transferrable. In the event of sale or other transfer of ownership of any golf cart license under the provisions of this section, the existing license and the right to use shall pass onto the new owner for the balance df the calendar year during which such license was issued.
(i) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation, upon a public street, road, highway, or alley within the corporate limits of the city any golf cart which is not registered and which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the license assigned thereto by the city for the current registration year.
(2) Display, cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession, any registration receipt, registration license or registration decal knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered. A violation of this subsection (2) shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 and forfeiture of the item. A mandatory court appearance shall be required of any person violating this subsection.
(3) Lend to or knowingly permit the use by one not entitled thereto any registration receipt, registration license plate or registration decal issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
(4) Remove, conceal, alter, mark or deface the license number plate, plates or decals, or any other mark of identification upon any special purpose vehicle. Licenses shall be kept clean and placed as required by law so as to be plainly visible and legible.
(5) Carry or display a registered number plate or plates or registration decal upon any special purpose vehicle not lawfully issued for such vehicle.
(j) Unless specifically provided for herein, a violation of this section shall be deemed an ordinance traffic infraction. Upon an entry of a plea of guilty or no contest or upon being convicted of such violation, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with Section 201, Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, or such other similar provision as the city may then have in effect.
(Ord. 1670)
Section 114.5 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 114.5. Lawful operation of a work-site utility vehicle.
(a) Work-site utility vehicles may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads and alleys within the corporate limits of the City.
(1) No work-site utility vehicle shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley between sunset and sunrise unless properly equipped with lights.
(2) No work-site utility vehicle shall be operated on any interstate highway, federal highway or state highway; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit a work-site utility vehicle from crossing a federal or state highway.
(3) All work-site utility vehicles are entitled to full use of a lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any work-site utility vehicle of the roll use of a lane.
(4) The operator of a work-site utility vehicle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(5) No person shall operate a work-site utility vehicle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(6) Work-site utility vehicles shall not be operated with two (2) abreast in a single lane.
(b) Unless specifically provided for herein, a violation of this section shall be deemed an ordinance traffic infraction. Upon an entry of a plea of guilty or no contest or upon being convicted of such violation, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with Section 201, Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, or such other similar provision as the city may then have in effect.
(Ord. 1670)