Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance

14-101.       Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

(a)   Adopted. There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Clearwater, Kansas, 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, save and except certain articles, sections, parts or portions as are hereafter omitted, deleted, modified or changed.

(b)   Copies to be maintained by Clerk. No fewer than three (3) copies of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked "Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance No. 1119," 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 the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

(c)   Copies to be provided to City staff. 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.".

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.

(b)   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.

14-103.       Penalty for scheduled fines.

Certain fines for violation of traffic infractions or offenses are provided in a fine schedule established and maintained by the municipal judge. For infractions and offenses not covered in the fine schedule, the specific penalty provided in this chapter or the general penalty provisions of this Code shall apply. In the event of conflict between specific penalties and the fine schedule, the fine schedule shall be controlling.