CHAPTER 14. TRAFFICCHAPTER 14. TRAFFIC\Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Hanover, Kansas, that certain Kansas cities, Edition 1992 prepared and published in book form by the League of Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, such incorporation being authorized by K.S.A. 12- 3009 through 12-3012 and K.S.A. 12-3301 and 12-3302. At least one copy of said standard ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance 637 and to which shall be attached a copy of this article or said ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours. The Police Department, Police Judge and all administrative departments of the city charged with the enforcement of the ordinance shall be supplied at the cost of the city, such number of official copies of such standard ordinance similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

(Ord. 634; Ord. 637; Code 2021)

(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.

(Code 2021)

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 nor more than $500 except for speeding which shall not be less than $10 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.

(Code 2021)