§ 118-266. Application of state law; schedule of speed limits.

(a)

The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within this city; provided, however, that when the traffic engineer determines and declares upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study that particular speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in particular areas, he shall make a recommendation to the city council which may in turn adopt an ordinance declaring a speed limit other than that previously existing. After the adoption of such ordinance, signs indicating the speed limit shall be erected, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the speed posted.

(b)

No person shall operate a vehicle upon any city-maintained street, or portion of such street, at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour, unless a speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour is posted on such street, or portion of such street, pursuant to subsections (c) through (g) of this section.

(c)

Thirty miles per hour. Those streets, or portions of such streets, having a speed limit of 30 miles per hour are as follows:

Adkins Boulevard. Ridgewood Road to Colonial Circle.

Alta Vista Boulevard. John R. Lynch Street to Robinson Street.

Amite Street. Jefferson Street to Capitol Street.

Bailey Avenue. Monument Street to Woodrow Wilson Avenue.

Bailey Avenue Extension. Bailey Avenue to Woodrow Wilson Avenue.

Barrett Avenue. Hattiesburg Street to Dalton Street.

Belvedere Drive. Treehaven Drive to McDowell Road.

Boling Street. Capitol Street to Industrial Drive.

Brookhollow Drive. Thousand Oaks Drive to Siwell Road.

Capitol Street. Monument Street to State Street.

Cedarhurst Road. State Street to Manhattan Road.

Cedars of Lebanon Road. State Street to I-55.

Chadwick Drive. Hospital Drive to Robinson Road Extension.

Claiborne Avenue. Robinson Street to Capitol Street.

College Hill Drive. Country Club Drive to Northside Drive.

Colonial Circle. Adkins Boulevard to Old Canton Road.

Congress Street. Mississippi Street to South Street.

County Line Road. Wesley Street to State Street.

Court Street. Roach Street to State Street.

Duling Avenue. State Street to Old Canton Road.

Eastridge Drive. Meadowbrook Road to Northside Drive.

Farish Street. South Street to Court Street.

Farish Street. Pascagoula Street to Monument Street.

Floral Drive. North Colony Boulevard to County Line Road.

Florence Avenue. Valley Street to Terry Road.

Forest Avenue. Watkins Drive to Hanging Moss Road.

Gallatin Street. Highway 80 to Monument Street.

Gordon Street. Derrick Street to Woodrow Wilson Avenue.

Greenview Drive. McDowell Road to Treehaven Drive.

Greenwood Avenue. Daniel Lake Boulevard to McDowell Road.

Greymont Avenue. High Street to Pearl Street.

Hamilton Street. Mill Street to West Street.

Hickory Drive. Raymond Road to Old McDowell Road.

Highland Drive. Meadow Road to Beasley Road.

High Street. Jefferson Street to Farish Street.

Hospital Drive. Raymond Road to Chadwick Drive.

Jayne Avenue. Lindsey Drive to Houston Avenue.

Jefferson Street. Silas Brown Street to Arlington Street.

John R. Lynch Street. Dalton Street to Terry Road.

Lakewood Drive. Wooddell Drive to McDowell Road.

Lamar Street. Duncan Avenue to Court Street.

Lindsey Drive. Robinson Road to Officer Thomas Catchings, Sr. Drive.

Magnolia Road. Clinton Boulevard to west city limits.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Fortification Street to Medgar Evers Boulevard.

Mayes Street. Livingston Road to State Street.

McCain Avenue. Dixon Road to Nimitz Street.

McCluer Road. Terry Road to Meadowlane Drive.

McFadden Road. McDowell Road to Shady Lane Drive.

Meadowbrook Road. West Street to State Street.

Meadowlane Drive. McCluer Road to Woody Drive.

Mill Street. Roach Street to Mitchell Street.

Mississippi Street. West Street to Greymont Avenue.

Monaco Drive. Dorgan Street to Wingfield Drive.

Monument Street. Farish Street to Capitol Street.

Morrison Road. McRaven Road to Elfin Avenue.

Nimitz Street. Meadowmont Drive to Officer Thomas Catchings, Sr. Drive.

North Street. Amite Street to Poplar Boulevard.

North Sunset Terrace. Terry Road to South Sunset Terrace.

Northview Drive. Mayes Street to Triangle Drive.

Northwest Industrial Parkway. Beasley Road to County Line Road.

Northwest Progress Parkway. Northwest Industrial Parkway to Northwest Industrial Parkway.

Oak Forest Drive. Cooper Road to McDowell Road.

Palmyra Street. Monument Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Parkside Place. Capitol Street to Woodrow Wilson Avenue.

Parkway Avenue. Ridgeway Street to Overbrook Drive.

Pascagoula Street. Terry Road to Jefferson Street.

Pear Orchard Road. Old Canton Road to County Line Road.

Pearl Street. Prentiss Street to Mary Lee Street.

Pearl Street. State Street to Metro Parkway.

Pecan Boulevard. John R. Lynch Street to Robinson Street.

President Street. Silas Brown Street to Fortification Street.

Rankin Street. Gallatin Street to State Street.

Ridgeway Street. Medgar Evers Boulevard to Bailey Avenue Extension.

Roach Street. Griffith Street to South Street.

Rosemary Avenue. Woody Drive to Cooper Road.

Rose Street. John R. Lynch Street to Capitol Street.

Santa Clair Street. Terry Road to Woodbine Drive.

Savanna Street. Terry Road to I-55.

Shady Lane Drive. McFadden Road to Raymond Road.

Shaw Road. Clinton Boulevard to Wiggins Road.

South Drive. Highway 80 to Westhaven Boulevard.

South Street. Gallatin Street to Jefferson Street.

South Sunset Terrace. North Sunset Terrace to Terry Road.

St. Charles Street. Lindsey Drive to Prentiss Street.

State Street. Old Canton Road to Patton Avenue.

Suncrest Drive. Cooper Road to McDowell Road.

Sunset Drive. Medgar Evers Boulevard to Northside Drive.

Sykes Road. Terry Road to Wheatley Street.

Thousand Oaks Drive. Brookhollow Drive to Highway 18.

Tombigbee Street. West Street to Jefferson Street.

Toole Avenue. Medgar Evers Boulevard to Livingston Road.

Triangle Drive. State Street to Northside Drive.

Valley Street. Raymond Road to John R. Lynch Street.

Wesley Avenue. Mill Street to West Street.

West Street. Gallatin Street to George Street.

Wheatley Street. Sykes Road to Cooper Road.

Woody Drive. McDowell Road to Terry Road.

Yazoo Street. West Street to North Street.

(d)

Thirty-five miles per hour. Those streets, or portions of such streets, having a speed limit of 35 miles per hour are as follows:

Adkins Boulevard. I-55 to Ridgewood Road.

Bailey Avenue Extension. Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Northside Drive.

Beasley Road. Hilda Drive to 2,500 feet east of Northwest Industrial Parkway.

Beasley Road. Watkins Drive to State Street.

Belvedere Drive. McDowell Road to Raymond Road.

Boling Street. Industrial Drive to Medgar Evers Boulevard.

Briarwood Drive. I-55 to Ridgewood Road.

Capitol Street. Boling Street to Monument Street.

Canton Mart Road. I-55 to Old Canton Road.

Clinton Boulevard. Shaw Road to Boling Street.

Cooper Road. Forest Hill Road to Terry Road.

Daniel Lake Boulevard. Terry Road to I-55.

Flag Chapel Road. Clinton Boulevard to Cynthia Road.

Forest Avenue. Methodist Home Road to Watkins Drive.

Forest Avenue Extension. Medgar Evers Boulevard to Methodist Home Road.

Fortification Street. Palmyra Avenue to I-55.

Gallatin Street. McDowell Road to Highway 80.

Greenway Drive. Greenway Drive Extension to Robinson Road Extension.

Greenway Drive Extension. Maddox Road to Greenway Drive.

Hilda Drive. City Limits to County Line Road.

Industrial Drive. Bullard Street to Country Club Drive.

John R. Lynch Street. West Highland Drive to Prentiss Street.

John Hopkins Drive. Clinton Boulevard to Magnolia Road.

Livingston Road. Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Northside Drive.

Manhattan Road. Meadowbrook Road to Cedars of Lebanon Road.

Meadowbrook Road. State Street to Ridgewood Road.

Meadow Road. Hanging Moss Road to Highland Drive.

Metro Parkway. John R. Lynch Street to Terry Road.

McDowell Road. McDowell Road to Raymond Road.

Northside Drive. Bailey Avenue Extension to Ridgewood Road.

Officer Thomas Catchings, Sr. Drive. I-220 to Nimitz Street.

Old Byram Road. I-55 to Elton Road.

Old Canton Road. State Street to Meadowbrook Road.

Old Canton Road. I-55 to Ridgewood Road.

Prentiss Street. Fortification Street to John R. Lynch Street.

Presto Lane. Highland Drive to State Street.

Rainey Road. Lakeshore Road to Cooper Road.

Raymond Road. Hospital Drive to Terry Road.

Ridgewood Court Drive. I-55 to County Line Road.

Ridgewood Road. Lakeland Drive to Adkins Boulevard.

Robinson Road. Highway 80 to Ellis Avenue.

Robinson Street. Ellis Avenue to Capitol Street.

Siwell Road. McRaven Road to city limits.

South Drive. Westhaven Boulevard to I-220.

State Street. Highway 80 to Old Canton Road.

State Street. Patton Avenue to Sheppard Road.

Terry Road. Pascagoula Street to Savanna Street.

Valley Street. Highway 80 to Raymond Road.

Watkins Drive. Northside Drive to County Line Road.

West Street. George Street to Meadowbrook Road.

Wiggins Road. McRaven Road to Highway 80.

Woodrow Wilson Avenue. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive to State Street.

(e)

Forty miles per hour. Those streets, or portions of such streets, having a speed limit of 40 miles per hour are as follows:

Beasley Road. Livingston Road to Watkins Drive.

Beasley Road. State Street to I-55.

Briarwood Drive. State Street to I-55.

Bullard Street. Boling Street to Parkside Place.

Country Club Drive. Clinton Boulevard to Medgar Evers Boulevard.

County Line Road. Highway 49 to city limits.

County Line Road. City Limits to Wesley Street.

County Line Road. State Street to Old Canton Road.

Dixon Road. Robinson Road to Clinton Boulevard.

Ellis Avenue. Raymond Road to Capitol Street.

Elton Road. Terry Road to I-55.

Forest Hill Road. South City Limits to Raymond Road.

Fortification Street. Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Palmyra Avenue.

Hanging Moss Road. Northside Drive to County Line Road.

Henderson Road. South City Limits to McCluer Road.

High Street. I-55 to Jefferson Street.

Highland Drive. Riverside Drive to Lakeland Drive.

John R. Lynch Street. Wiggins Road to West Highland Drive.

Lakeland Drive. Old Canton Road to I-55.

Lakeshore Road. Forest Hill Road to Terry Road.

Livingston Road. Forest Avenue to County Line Road.

Medgar Evers Boulevard. Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Sunset Drive.

Methodist Home Road. Northside Drive to Forest Avenue.

McCluer Road. Meadowlane Drive to Siwell Road.

McDowell Road. McDowell Road Extension to Gallatin Street.

McDowell Road Extension. Raymond Road to McDowell Road.

McRaven Road. Highway 18 to Maddox Road.

McRaven Road. Maddox Road to west city limits.

Northside Drive. Country Club Drive to Bailey Avenue Extension.

Old Canton Road. Ridgewood Road to County Line Road.

Raymond Road. Hospital Drive to Cedarwood Drive.

Ridgewood Road. Adkins Boulevard to County Line Road.

Robinson Road Extension. Highway 18 to McDowell Road Extension.

Siwell Road. City limits to city limits.

State Street. Sheppard Road to city limits.

T.V. Road. Maddox Road to Robinson Road Extension.

Westhaven Boulevard. John R. Lynch Street to Clinton Boulevard.

West Highland Drive. Raymond Road to John R. Lynch Street.

Woodrow Wilson Avenue. Parkside Place to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.

(f)

Forty-five miles per hour. Those streets, or portions of such streets, having a speed limit of 45 miles per hour are as follows:

Beasley Road. 2,500 feet east of Northwest Industrial Parkway to Livingston Road.

Cynthia Road. West City Limits to Medgar Evers Boulevard.

Frontage Road. Wilmington Street to the beginning of Mississippi Department of Transportation maintenance.

Medgar Evers Boulevard. Sunset Drive to Northside Drive.

Pearl Street. I-55 to State Street.

Pascagoula Street. Jefferson Street to I-55.

Raymond Road. Cedarwood Drive to south city limits.

Terry Road. City Limits to Savanna Street.

Woodrow Wilson Avenue. State Street to I-55.

(g)

Fifty miles per hour. Those streets, or portions of such streets, having a speed limit of 50 miles per hour are as follows:

Cynthia Road. Medgar Evers Boulevard to County Line Road.

Kickapoo Road. City limits to Highway 49.

Northside Drive. City limits to Country Club Drive.

(Code 1971, § 27-201; Ord. No. 1999-56(12), 10-26-99; Ord. No. 2002-5(10), 1-2-02; Ord. No. 2003-51(9), 12-16-03; Ord. No. 2005-24(7), 8-3-05; Ord. No. 2005-25(7), 8-3-05; Ord. No. 2005-26(7), 8-3-05; Ord. No. 2006-8(7), 2-10-06; Ord. No. 2007-4(10), §§ 1—6, 1-2-07; Ord. No. 2008-35(3), § 1, 12-17-08)