No person shall knowingly fail or
refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a Police Officer
or Fire Department official.
[R.O. 2003 § 310.025; CC 1997 § 76.145; Ord. No. 929-99 § 76.145, 6-14-1999]
A. It shall be unlawful for any operator of
any motor vehicle within the City limits to knowingly interfere, obstruct
or hinder the movement of any fire apparatus, starting or travelling,
in response to a fire, alarm, first responders, etc., whether such
firemen are on foot, in a personal vehicle or official vehicle or
apparatus. Each of the following acts, when proven, shall constitute
facts sufficient to establish a prima facie case of violation of this
Section:
1.
Following a fire apparatus closer
than five hundred (500) feet.
2.
Parking any vehicle within the block
where such fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire, alarm,
first responders, etc.
3.
Failure to pull to the right-hand
side of the highway and stop upon the approach of any emergency vehicle
responding to a fire, alarm, first responders, etc.
4.
Deliberately driving in front of
any fire station or the approaches thereto after the sounding of a
fire, alarm, first responders, etc., but prior to the departure of
the fire apparatus.
5.
Failure to heed the order of any
Police or Fire Official to turn back or stop when approaching a stopped
fire apparatus, whether such order is given verbally or by flashing
red/blue lights or other clear signals.
6.
Following with a vehicle in the direction
of the fire run, at such time and place so as to interfere, obstruct
or hinder any firefighters from progressing to the scene of a fire,
alarm, first responders, etc., when the firefighters are making such
run in other than an official fire apparatus.
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.
[R.O. 2003 § 310.040; Ord. No. 1019-04 § 1, 5-10-2004]
A. No person upon roller skates, roller blades,
in-line skates, skateboard or riding in or by means of any coaster,
toy vehicle 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.
B. Skateboards, scooters, roller blades, in-line
skates and roller skates shall not be permitted on any sidewalk adjacent
to any office building or business enterprise open to the public,
or on any parking lot serving any such office building or business
enterprise which is open to the public without prior written consent
of the owner.
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.