Speed limits.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 23-72
in effectSec. 23-72. - Speed limits.
(a) Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any motor vehicle on the streets of the city at such rate of speed as may be unreasonable or unsafe under the circumstances then existing; nor in any case at more than twenty-five (25) miles an hour in the downtown section or more than thirty (30) miles per hour elsewhere in the city except as otherwise posted.
(b) School zones. Notwithstanding other speed limits herein set out the speed of vehicles proceeding through school zones during regular school hours and one-half hour before school begins and one-half hour after school is out shall not exceed fifteen (15) miles per hour.
(c) Applicability. The maximum speed limits herein prescribed shall not apply to vehicles of the police or fire department or to any ambulance answering any emergency call or transferring an injured person to a hospital.
(Code 1962, § 23-54; Ord. No. 3267, §§ 1—3, 2-16-67; Ord. No. 4021, § 2, 7-18-95)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH23TRMOVE_ARTIIIOP_S23-72SPLIFetched: 11/1/2026