No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon
a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall
be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the driver
of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title which by their
very nature can have no application.
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle, skateboard or similar device, shall go upon
any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when
so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall
be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This Section
shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as
authorized by ordinance of the City.
[R.O. 1998 § 310.050; Ord. No. 1872 § 1, 4-1-1996]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person to skateboard or roller-blade skate
on any street. It shall be unlawful for any person to skateboard or
roller-blade skate on any commercial or industrial parking lot without
written permission of the property owner.
B. Skateboarding
and roller-blade skating are permitted on sidewalks only during the
daylight hours, except that any person skateboarding or roller-blade
skating shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian.
[R.O. 1998 § 310.055; Ord. No. 2218 § 1, 9-5-2001]
A. The
term "motorized scooter" shall mean any foot-operated vehicle which,
either in its original form or as altered, includes a mechanism for
propulsion other than by the operator's own movement and includes
scooters equipped with a motor and skateboards which have been altered
so as to be powered in whole or in part by a motor.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motorized scooter on
any street or sidewalk in the City.
The provisions of this Title shall apply to the driver of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
this State, County or City and it shall be unlawful for any said driver
to violate any of the provisions of this Title, except as otherwise
permitted in this Title.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the City
resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage
to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to
one (1) person shall give or cause to be given notice of such accident
to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total
property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more to one (1) person shall, within five (5) days after such accident,
forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable when the accident
has been investigated at the scene by a Police Officer while such
driver was present thereat.
[R.O. 1998 § 310.130; CC 1988 § 14-13; Ord. No. 12 § 63, 5-10-1948]
A. The
City Traffic Engineer is authorized with the approval of the Mayor
to close any street, alley, public place or highway and withdraw the
same from public use temporarily and during such period as public
work thereon or other public emergency or expediency shall make such
action necessary. No person shall use or attempt to use such street,
alley, public place or highway so withdrawn from public use or drive
or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal thereon.
B. The
City Traffic Engineer shall place a sign or placard at each end of
the portion withdrawn from public use, such placard or sign to have
the following words printed thereon in letters three (3) inches high:
"Street Closed."