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Chapter 19 Traffic
Chapter 19
Traffic
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Schedule A, Speed Zones
Attachment 2 - Schedule B, One-Way Streets
Attachment 3 - Schedule C, Through Streets
Attachment 4 - Schedule D, No Parking
Article I
In General
§ 19-1
Definition of words and phrases.
§ 19-2
Funeral processions to be identified.
§ 19-3
When permits required for parades and processions; notice of funeral procession required.
§ 19-4
Boarding or alighting from vehicles.
§ 19-5
Unlawful riding.
§ 19-6
through § 19-22. (Reserved)
Article II
Traffic Administration
§ 19-23
Police department established.
§ 19-24
Police chief to head department; appointment of chief.
§ 19-25
Duties of chief generally.
§ 19-26
Special policemen.
§ 19-27
Traffic division established; police officers to control division.
§ 19-28
Composition of traffic division; general duties enumerated.
§ 19-29
Records of traffic violations.
§ 19-30
Traffic division to investigate accidents, make arrests and assist in prosecution of violators.
§ 19-31
Traffic accident studies.
§ 19-32
Traffic accident reports.
§ 19-33
Drivers' files to be maintained; drivers' cases to be studied and reported to state agencies.
§ 19-34
Annual traffic report: preparation; contents; filing.
§ 19-35
Traffic division to designate method of identifying funeral processions.
§ 19-36
Office of traffic engineer established; person to fill office; duties generally.
§ 19-37
Additional or temporary and experimental regulations; traffic engineer authorized to test traffic-control devices.
§ 19-38
Traffic safety commission.
§ 19-39
through § 19-59. (Reserved)
Article III
Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
§ 19-60
General authority of police and fire department officials.
§ 19-61
Action by police upon finding unattended vehicle with key in ignition.
§ 19-62
Required obedience to traffic chapter.
§ 19-63
Obedience to police and fire officials.
§ 19-64
Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
§ 19-65
Authorized emergency vehicles.
§ 19-66
Certain nonmotorized traffic to obey traffic regulations.
§ 19-67
Use of coasters, roller skates, motorized toys and similar devices restricted.
§ 19-68
through § 19-89. (Reserved)
Article IV
Traffic-Control Devices
§ 19-90
Authority to install.
§ 19-91
Specifications for devices.
§ 19-92
Obedience to official devices.
§ 19-93
Devices to be properly placed and legible for enforcement purposes; when provisions effective without device.
§ 19-94
Presumption of legality.
§ 19-95
Authority to establish and indicate play streets.
§ 19-96
Traffic engineer authorized to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones.
§ 19-97
Traffic engineer authorized to mark traffic lanes.
§ 19-98
through § 19-119. (Reserved)
Article V
Speed Regulations
§ 19-120
State speed laws applicable.
§ 19-121
Regulation of speed by traffic signals.
§ 19-122
Speed limits declared reasonable and safe; revision of schedule authorized.
§ 19-123
through § 19-142. (Reserved)
Article VI
Turning Movements
§ 19-143
Authority to place devices altering normal course for turns.
§ 19-144
Authority to place restricted turn signs.
§ 19-145
through § 19-165. (Reserved)
Article VII
One-Way Streets and Alleys
§ 19-166
Authority and manner of designating one-way streets and alleys.
§ 19-167
Obedience to signs.
§ 19-168
Installation of signs on state-aid and state highways.
§ 19-169
through § 19-189. (Reserved)
Article VIII
Stop and Yield Intersections
§ 19-190
Through streets designated.
§ 19-191
Signs required at through streets.
§ 19-192
Other intersections where signs required.
§ 19-193
Designation of through streets and installation of stop and yield signs on state-aid and state highways.
§ 19-194
through § 19-214. (Reserved)
Article IX
Miscellaneous Driving Rules
§ 19-215
Entering intersection on crosswalk.
§ 19-216
Driving through funeral or other procession.
§ 19-217
Manner of driving in procession.
§ 19-218
Driving on play streets.
§ 19-219
Leaving unattended vehicle.
§ 19-220
through § 19-243. (Reserved)
Article X
Pedestrians' Rights and Duties
§ 19-244
Crossing roadways at right angles or by shortest route.
§ 19-245
Crossing roadways in business district.
§ 19-246
Obedience to bridge and railroad signals.
§ 19-247
Drivers to exercise due care.
§ 19-248
through § 19-268. (Reserved)
Article XI
Regulations for Bicycles
§ 19-269
Violation a misdemeanor; parent's, guardian's responsibility; applicability of article.
§ 19-270
Traffic ordinances apply to persons riding bicycles.
§ 19-271
Riding on right.
§ 19-272
Obedience to traffic-control devices.
§ 19-273
Parking.
§ 19-274
Riding on sidewalks; erection of signs prohibiting riding on sidewalks, roadways.
§ 19-275
Riding position; number of passengers.
§ 19-276
Clinging to vehicles.
§ 19-277
Riding abreast.
§ 19-278
Carrying articles.
§ 19-279
Lamps and reflectors.
§ 19-280
Brakes.
§ 19-281
Violations and penalties.
§ 19-282
through § 19-302. (Reserved)
Article XII
Angle Parking
§ 19-303
Signs or markings indicating angle parking.
§ 19-304
Obedience to angle parking signs or markings.
§ 19-305
Permits for loading or unloading at angle to curb.
§ 19-306
through § 19-326. (Reserved)
Article XIII
Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places
§ 19-327
Parking not to obstruct traffic.
§ 19-328
Stopping, standing and parking in alleys.
§ 19-329
All night parking prohibited.
§ 19-330
Parking upon roadways or municipal parking lots for certain purposes prohibited.
§ 19-331
Parking adjacent to schools.
§ 19-332
Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
§ 19-333
Standing or parking on one-way streets.
§ 19-334
Standing or parking on one-way roadways.
§ 19-335
Stopping, standing or parking in places which would cause hazardous conditions or traffic congestion.
§ 19-336
Stopping, standing and parking on sidewalks.
§ 19-337
Parking with left side to curb prohibited.
§ 19-338
Parking on roadways in a manner that blocks driveways is prohibited.
§ 19-339
through § 19-357. (Reserved)
Article XIV
Stopping, Standing or Parking for Loading and Unloading Only
§ 19-358
Traffic engineer to determine, designate curb loading zones; double parking; delivery vehicles to use available curb space and obey parking regulations.
§ 19-359
Permits for curb loading zones.
§ 19-360
Stopping, standing or parking in passenger curb loading zones.
§ 19-361
Stopping, standing or parking in curb loading zone.
§ 19-362
Traffic engineer to establish public carrier stops and stands; signs required.
§ 19-363
Stopping, standing and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
§ 19-364
Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
§ 19-365
through § 19-385. (Reserved)
Article XV
Stopping, Standing or Parking Restricted or Prohibited on Certain Streets
§ 19-386
Application of article.
§ 19-387
Regulations not exclusive.
§ 19-388
Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets.
§ 19-389
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets.
§ 19-390
Parking time limited on certain streets.
§ 19-391
Parking signs required.
§ 19-392
Issuance of parking tickets; penalties.
§ 19-393
Impoundment of motor vehicles for failure to pay parking tickets.
§ 19-394
Handicapped parking.
§ 19-395
through § 19-413. (Reserved)
Article XVI
Regulating the Kinds and Classes of Traffic on Certain Highways
§ 19-414
Load restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
§ 19-415
Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets.
§ 19-416
Size restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
§ 19-417
Restriction upon use of streets by motor-driven cycles, etc.
§ 19-418
Installation of signs on state-aid and state highways.
§ 19-419
Motorized vehicles on bikeways.
§ 19-420
through § 19-439. (Reserved)
Article XVII
Penalties and Procedure on Arrest
§ 19-440
General penalty.
§ 19-441
Forms and records of traffic citations and arrests.
§ 19-442
Procedure of police officers upon halting violators.
§ 19-443
Treasurer to audit record of citations, complaints, warrants and submit report; Police Chief to publish summary of citations issued; police and court files to be accessible to Treasurer.
§ 19-444
When copy of citation deemed lawful complaint.
§ 19-445
Failure to obey citation.
§ 19-446
Information to be taken and citation placed on illegally parked vehicle.
§ 19-447
Procedure upon violator's failure to comply with citation attached to parked vehicle.
§ 19-448
Presumption in reference to illegal standing or parking.
§ 19-449
When arrest warrant may be secured and issued.
§ 19-450
Disposition of traffic fines and forfeitures; highway improvement fund.
§ 19-451
Official misconduct.
§ 19-452
Impounding vehicles.
§ 19-453
through § 19-473. (Reserved)
Article XVIII
Effect of and Short Title of Chapter
§ 19-474
Application generally.
§ 19-475
Uniformity of interpretation.
§ 19-476
Effect of headings.
§ 19-477
Short title.
§ 19-478
Chapter not retroactive.
§ 19-479
Effect of partial invalidity.
§ 19-480
Publication of chapter.
§ 19-481
Repealer.
