Article 2. Local Provisions
12.2.1. School Zones.
Pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1559, 8-1560, and 8-2002, the Governing Body, having determined on the basis of engineering and traffic investigations that the maximum speed limits established pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1560(4) are other than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist within the corporate limits of the city, hereby deems it necessary to alter the maximum speed limits established pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1560(4) and amendments thereto, regarding establishment of designated school zones, on the following roadway(s) located within the City of Bel Aire, by adding Sec. 33a, School Zones, as follows:
A. Woodlawn Street from 700 feet North of the centerline of 48th Street North south to 50 feet North of the centerline of 48th Street North - During the hours of 7:45 A.M. to 8:15 A.M. and 3:10 P.M. to 3:40 P.M. on school days the speed limit on said street shall be 20 M.P.H.
B. 45th Street North from 50 feet East of the centerline of Edgemoor Street west to 350 feet West of the centerline of Edgemoor Street - During the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 8:40 A.M. and 3:20 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on school days the speed limit on said street shall be 20 M.P.H.
(Ord. 213, Ord. 214)
12.2.2. Careless Driving.
A. No person shall operate or halt any vehicle in such manner as to indicate a careless or heedless disregard for the rights or safety of others, or in such a manner as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, any person or property. Any driver who does so shall be considered to be prima facie in violation of this section, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to a vehicle driven by a person upon property owned by him/her.
B. No person, while driving, shall engage in any activity which interferes with the safe control of his/her vehicle.
C. No person shall engage in any activity or commit any act which interferes with a driver's safe operation of a vehicle.
D. Every person convicted of Careless Driving shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00.
12.2.3. Excessive Sound Amplification Systems.
A. No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway, whether public or private, shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle. The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway.
B. Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
1. sound amplification system means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, mp3 device, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
2. plainly audible means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within or upon the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included.
C. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
1. The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
2. The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
3. The vehicle was owned and operated by the City of Bel Aire or a gas, electric, communications or refuse company; or
4. The vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire or the department of the City of Bel Aire authorized to grant such approval.
D. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200 or by imprisonment for six months, or both.
12.2.4. Stop sign locations.
When stop signs are erected and maintained giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop at such marked intersection before entering any street. The following intersections are specifically designated as requiring that all vehicles stop completely before entering any such streets, portions of streets, driveways, rights-of-way, or parking lots:
AUBURN STREET - When entering from Perryton Street; Cox Street
COX STREET - When entering from Auburn Street
EAGLE LAKE DRIVE - When entering from Prairie Hawk Drive FARMSTEAD STREET - When entering from 47th Street HEDGEROW - When entering westbound from 49th Street North
HILLCREST STREET - When entering from 47th Street; eastbound and westbound from 48th Street North
JANESVILLE STREET - When entering westbound from Perryton Street
OLIVER STREET - When entering from 47th Street; 4730 N. Oliver; 40th Street; 37th Street; and 45th Street; Willow Point Road; 44th Street North
PARKWOOD AVENUE - When entering westbound from 38th Street North
PERRYTON STREET - When entering from Janesville Street; Danbury Street; Edinburg Street
ROCK ROAD - When entering eastbound from 45th Street North; from 53rd Street North; eastbound from Central Park Avenue
STRATFORD LANE - When entering from Danbury Street; Odessa Street
WOODLAWN STREET - When entering from 44th Street; 45th Street; 47th Street; 48th Street; Odessa; Perryton; Rodeo; and Danbury Streets; Woodlawn Court; Quail Ridge Street; 45th Street North; Crestmark Street; westbound from 53rd Street North; westbound from Central Park Avenue
The 3900 block North of WOODLAWN STREET - When entering from Woodlawn Court
The 4000 block North of WOODLAWN STREET - When entering from Woodlawn Court
The 4300 block North of WOODLAWN STREET - When entering from Woodlawn Court
37th STREET NORTH - When entering from Harding; Parkwood; Hillcrest Street
39th STREET NORTH - When entering from Auburn Street
41st STREET NORTH - When entering from Auburn Street
45th STREET NORTH - When entering from Hillcrest; Dundee; Farmstead; Hedgerow; Auburn; Edgemoor and Krueger Streets; Westlake Drive; Glendale Street; Rushwood Street; St. James Street; Woodlawn Street; Fritillary Street
47th STREET NORTH - When entering from Farmstead Street; Homestead Street
48th STREET NORTH - When entering northbound from the Recreation Center parking lot, where the parking lot driveway intersects with 48th Street North.
53rd STREET NORTH - When entering from Rock Road.
(Ord. 123; Ord. 136; Ord. 189; Ord. 194; Ord. 207; Ord. 236; Ord. 247; Ord. 259; Ord. 273; Ord. 285; Ord. 289; Ord. 293; Ord. 302; Ord. 308; Ord. 324; Ord. 362; Ord. 363; Ord. 397; Ord. 405; Ord. 433; Ord. 683)
12.2.5. Three way stop intersection.
The intersection of Krueger Street and Battin Street is hereby designated as a three way stop intersection. When stop signs are erected and maintained giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop when entering from Krueger Street and from Battin Street
(Ord. 421)
12.2.6. Yield sign locations.
When yield signs are erected and maintained the driver of vehicles approaching a yield sign shall, in obedience to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable to the existing conditions and shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another street. Yield signs are specifically required to be erected and maintained at the following locations:
The Northwest corner of HARDING STREET at its intersection with 40th Street.
The Northeast and the Southwest corners of MEMPHIS STREET at its intersections with Auburn Street.
The Northeast corner of 38th STREET NORTH at its intersection with Parkwood Street.
The Southwest corner of 40th STREET NORTH at its intersection with Harding Street.
The Northeast and Southwest corners of 47th STREET NORTH at its intersection of Farmstead Street.
The Northeast and the Southwest corners of 47th STREET NORTH at its intersections with Hillcrest Street.
The Southwest corner of 48th STREET NORTH at its intersection with Hillcrest Street.
(Ord. 136)
12.2.7. Parking prohibited.
A. Definitions.
1. “Vehicle” shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway.
2. “Parking” shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and actually engaged in loading and unloading passengers or property.
B. Prohibitions.
1. Vehicle parking is prohibited throughout the entirety of Prairie Court, in the Prairie Preserve Development, within Bel Aire, Kansas.
C. Penalty. Upon posting of signs prohibiting parking as provided herein, any owner or operator of a vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon being found guilty of violating the provisions of this ordinance, be subject to an appropriate fine proscribed for prohibited parking and court fees as listed in the current City of Bel Aire Fee Schedule.
(Ord. 692)