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, 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. No fewer than three copies of said standard ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by Ordinance No. 1109,” 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.
(Code 2018, 34-1; Ord. 999; Ord. 1109; 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.
(Code 2018, 34-2; Ord. 999; Code 2025)
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.