Chapter 14 · Traffic

Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance

Sections 14-101 to 14-104 · 4 sections

14-101 Standard traffic ordinance incorporated.

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Garden Plain, Kansas, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities,” 53rd 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 are hereafter omitted, deleted, modified or changed. One copy of said Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked “Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance 800” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omissions or change and to which shall be attached a copy of this article or the incorporating ordinance and filed with the 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. 755; Ord. 767; Code 2022; Ord. 773; Ord. 781; Ord. 800)

14-102 Traffic infractions and traffic offenses.

(a)An ordinance traffic infraction is a violation of any section of this Ordinance 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 Ordinance, and which are not ordinance traffic infractions, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered traffic offenses.

(Ord. 755; Ord. 767; Code 2022; Ord. 773; Ord. 781; Ord. 800)

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 in a fine schedule shall not be less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00. A person convicted of a 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 $500.00. A person convicted of a violation of an ordinance, traffic infraction, or other traffic offense for which no fine has been established in a schedule of fines shall pay a fine fixed by the Court not to exceed $500.00.

(Ord. 755; Ord. 767; Code 2022; Ord. 773; Ord. 781; Ord. 800)

14-104 Revisions to Standard Traffic Ordinance.

(a)Unlawful operation of a golf cart and unlawful operation of a work site utility vehicle: Section 114.4 and Section 114.5 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, Edition 2026, are hereby omitted and replaced with Sections 14-301 through 14-307 of the Code of the City of Garden Plain, Kansas.

(b)Maximum speed limits: Should a discrepancy exist between Section 33 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, Edition 2026, and Section 14-201 or Section 14-202 of the Code of the City of Garden Plain, Kansas, the Code of the City of Garden Plain, Kansas shall control.

(Ord. 755; Ord. 767; Code 2022; Ord. 773; Ord. 781; Ord. 800)