Chapter 19 · Traffic and Vehicles

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections 19-101 to 19-110 · 10 sections

19-101 Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

(a)Incorporating Standard Traffic Ordinance

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Concordia, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, Edition of 2026, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, save and except such articles, sections, parts or portions as hereinafter omitted, deleted, modified or amended. Not less than three (3) copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance No. 2026-3247,” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted, deleted, modified or amended clearly marked to show any such omission, deletion, modification or amendment and to which shall be attached a copy of this incorporating ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be opened 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 the Standard Traffic Ordinance, similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

(b)Traffic Infractions and Traffic Offenses.

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

(2)All traffic violations which are included within this ordinance or other sections of the city code, and which are not ordinance traffic infractions as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered traffic offenses.

(c)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 $3.00 nor more than $500.00. A person tried and convicted for violation of an ordinance traffic infraction or other traffic offense for which a fine has not been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the court not to exceed $500.00.

(d)Traffic Regulations on Private Property.

Whenever the person in possession or control of any private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular traffic by permission of the owner shall cause to be posted at each entrance thereto a permanently lettered clearly legible sign with the following legend:

TRAFFIC REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF CONCORDIA ENFORCED ON THIS PROPERTY. SPEED LIMIT 12 M.P.H (OR AS POSTED)

then such private property shall thereafter be deemed to be regulated by all traffic regulations of the city as provided by law.

(e)Omissions and Amendments to Standard Traffic Ordinance.

(1)Section 19 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby omitted and deleted.

(2)Section 20 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 20. Play Streets and Alley. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, or any alley or part thereof as a play alley, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof, or alley or portion thereof, except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof, or alley or portion thereof.

(3)Section 21 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby omitted and deleted.

(4)Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 33. Maximum Speed Limits, Restrictions and Regulation on Parking, Turning, and Flow of Traffic. (a) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Section 32, the speed limits within the City of Concordia shall be enforced as posted by the City or its duly authorized representative. Restrictions and regulations with respect to parking, turning and flow of traffic shall be enforced as posted by the City or its duly authorized representative.

(5)Subsection (a) of Section 50 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby omitted and deleted.

(6)Subsection (b)(1) of Section 85 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

(b) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

(1) In front of a public or private driveway; or across from or adjoining a public or private driveway in a manner that hinders entry or exit from such driveway by either: (a) obstructing the entering or exiting driver's view, or; (b) hindering the entering or exiting driver's operation of his vehicle.

(7)Section 91 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 91. Parking on Narrow Streets; Signs. When signs prohibiting parking are erected on narrow streets, no person shall park or stand a vehicle in any such designated place.

(8)Section 94 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 94. Parking Adjacent to Schools; Signs. When official signs or markings are placed indicating no parking upon any street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(9)Section 95 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 95. Stopping or Parking in Hazardous or Congested Places; Signs. When signs are erected upon approach to hazardous or congested places, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place.

(10)Additional changes to as made by the State of Kansas are attached and incorporated where applicable.

(K.S.A. 12-3009 et seq., K.S.A. 12-3301 et seq.; Ord. 2023-3203; Ord. 2024-3225; Ord. 2025-3237; Ord. 2026-3247)

19-102 Careless driving.

No person shall drive any vehicle in such a manner as to indicate either a careless and heedless disregard for the rights of other persons or the safety of persons or property, or in a manner which is not reasonable and prudent under the conditions then and there existing, or in a manner likely to endanger any person or property. The provisions of this section shall apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the city.