There is hereby
incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the
corporate limits of the City of Whitewater, Kansas, that certain standard
traffic ordinance known as the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities,” 49th
Edition (2022), prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas
Municipalities, save and except such articles, sections, parts or portions as
are hereafter omitted, deleted, modified or changed, such incorporation being
authorized by K.S.A. 12-3009 through 12-3012, inclusive, as amended. At least
one copy of said standard ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy
as Incorporated by the Code of the City of Whitewater, Kansas,” 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, and filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and
available to the public at all reasonable hours.
(Ord. 633; Code 2025)
(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. 633; Code 2025)
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 $29
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.
(Ord. 633; Code 2025)