ARTICLE 1. STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE

14-101. Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

There is hereby incorporated by reference under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-3009 through 12-3012, and K.S.A. 12-3301 and 12-3302 for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Marquette, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinances known as the ““Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities” 46th Edition of 2018, prepared and published in book 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. No fewer than three copies of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 609” 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 this section or said ordinance, and filed with 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.

(Ord. 596; Ord. 601; Ord. 604; Code 2018; Ord. 609)

14-102. 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.

(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.

(Ord. 596; Ord. 601; Ord. 604; Code 2018)

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 schedule shall not be less than $10.00 or more than $500.00. A person tried and convicted for violation of 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 $500.00.

(Ord. 596; Ord. 601; Ord. 604; Code 2018)