A. Subject to the provisions of SCC 10.15.030(B), the city council may, by resolution, approve establishment, or elimination, of reduced speed zones. Zones established shall be subject to the provisions of the Arizona Revised Statutes and this section.

B. The city engineer may in writing recommend establishment of school speed zones adjacent to either public or private schools in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes; provided, that the adjacent school requests that such a zone be established subject to the provisions of this section. School speed zones shall have no less than 15 miles per hour as the maximum speed limit within the zone.

C. Portable signs indicating that school is in session and that the speed limit in the school speed zones is 15 miles per hour shall be placed in the roadway at the point of commencement of the school speed zone from either direction by the school authorities. School authorities shall erect and maintain these signs when school is in session and shall cause them to be removed immediately thereafter. The city engineer may place permanent signs, if deemed appropriate.

D. No vehicle shall proceed at a speed to exceed 15 miles per hour between the portable signs placed upon the roadway in accordance with subsection (B) of this section.

E. In the event that a location ceases to meet the criteria for a school speed zone, all signage related to the zone, including speed limit signs, shall be removed upon direction of the city engineer after written notification to the last known address of the school for which the zone was last applicable. If the school address is not known then notice shall be sent to the listed property owner. The notice shall be sent at least 30 days prior to removal of the signage.

F. Reduced speed zones may also be established in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes along any public roadway connecting to or within 1,000 feet of a public school or public park, or passing through these public facilities; provided, that the speed limit shall not be less than 15 miles per hour.

G. The city engineer shall maintain on file a written current record of designated reduced speed zones and the basis for such designation. [Code 2006 § 11-3-16. Ord. 2006-06, 3-13-2006].