[Amended 11-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code repeals
Ord. No. 455 or any ordinance amendatory thereof. The 2013 compilation
of the New Mexico Uniform Traffic Ordinance and all changes through
July 1, 2013, compiled by the New Mexico Municipal League, is adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully as if set out herein, with
the exception that Sections 12-8-13 through 12-8-23, to do with bicycle
license plates and inspections, are not adopted within the City. A
copy of the New Mexico Uniform Traffic Code is on file at the office
of the City Clerk and is available at all reasonable times for inspection.[1]
Whenever authorized signs are placed, erected or installed,
indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating a motor vehicle within
any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of the
vehicle except in an emergency.
Whenever authorized signs are placed, erected, or installed
indicating any street or parts of streets as school zones, all drivers
of motor vehicles using such streets or parts of streets shall exercise
the greatest care in driving upon such streets or parts of streets
for the protection of children.
The City Council may designate through streets and stop streets
within the City.
A.
A two-way left-turn lane is a lane near the center of the highway
and designated by parallel double yellow lines on each side of the
lane. Such lanes, whether with or without indicating arrows, shall
be used only for making lefthand turns, the completion of lefthand
turns, or the crossing of such lane incident to crossing the roadway
on which the lane is located. Through travel and passing in such lanes
is unlawful.
B.
A vehicle using the two-way left-turn lane shall be positioned so
as not to obstruct the free flow of traffic.
A.
On behalf of the director, a law enforcement officer requesting a
chemical test or directing the administration of a chemical test pursuant
to NMSA 1978 § 66-8-107 shall serve immediate written notice
of revocation and of a right to a hearing on a person who refuses
to permit chemical testing or on a person who submits to a chemical
test the results of which indicate 0.08 or more if the person is 21
years of age or older, 0.04 or more if the person is driving a commercial
motor vehicle or 0.03 or more if the person is less than 21 years
of age.
[Amended 11-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
B.
Upon serving written notice of revocation, the law enforcement officer
shall take the license or permit of the driver, if any, and issue
a temporary license valid for 30 days, provided that no temporary
license shall be issued to a driver without a valid license or permit.
C.
The law enforcement officer shall send that person's driver's license
to the director, along with the affidavit required pursuant to NMSA
1978 § 66-8-111.
