Pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-3009 et seq., and K.S.A. 12-3301 et seq., the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities (53rd Edition) revised, prepared and published by the League of Kansas Municipalities in 2026 (“STO”) is hereby incorporated, by reference.  No fewer than one copy of said STO shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by the Code of the City of Hillsboro, Ordinance No. 1423” and shall be filed in the City Clerk’s office and open for public inspection at all reasonable office hours.  The police department, municipal judge and all administrative departments of the City charged with enforcement of the STO shall be supplied, at the cost of the City, such number of official copies of such STO, similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

(Ord. 1278; Ord. 1292; Ord. 1305; Ord. 1334; Code 2022; Ord. 1359; Ord. 1376: Ord 1398; Ord. 1413; Ord. 1423)

(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. Supp. 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.

(Ord. 1154; Code 2022)

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 $30.00, except for speeding which shall not be less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00. 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 $500.00.

(Code 2022)