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2023-06-20
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Chapter 19 Traffic
Adopting Ordinance
Ch AO
Adopting Ordinance
Charter and Related Laws
Ch C
Charter
Ch RL
Related Laws
Ch CHCT
Charter and Related Laws Comparative Table
The Code
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 2
Administration
Ch 3
Amusements
Ch 4
Animals and Fowl
Ch 5
(Reserved)
Ch 6
Buildings
Ch 6.5
Farmers' Market
Ch 7
Fire Prevention and Protection
Ch 8
Health and Sanitation
Ch 9
Housing
Ch 10
Licenses, Food Establishments, Special Amusements
Ch 11
Mobile Homes and Trailers
Ch 12
Nuisances and Miscellaneous Provisions
Ch 13
Planning
Ch 14
Plumbing and Electrical
Ch 15
(Reserved)
Ch 16
Sewers
Ch 16A
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
Ch 17
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 18
Subdivisions
Ch 19
Traffic
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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
through § 19-357. (Reserved)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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)
Ch 19 Art 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.
Ch 20
Taxicabs and Livery Vehicles
Ch 21
Welfare
Ch 22
Solid Waste
Ch 22A
Solid Waste Facilities
Ch 23
Cable Television
Ch 24
Recreational Marijuana Prohibition
Ch 25
Outdoor Wood Boilers
Ch 26
Property Assessed Clean Energy ("PACE")
Zoning
Ch Z
Zoning
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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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
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§ 19-1
Definition of words and phrases.
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§ 19-2
Funeral processions to be identified.
chevron_right
§ 19-3
When permits required for parades and processions; notice of funeral procession required.
chevron_right
§ 19-4
Boarding or alighting from vehicles.
chevron_right
§ 19-5
Unlawful riding.
chevron_right
§ 19-6
through § 19-22. (Reserved)
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Article II
Traffic Administration
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§ 19-23
Police department established.
chevron_right
§ 19-24
Police chief to head department; appointment of chief.
chevron_right
§ 19-25
Duties of chief generally.
chevron_right
§ 19-26
Special policemen.
chevron_right
§ 19-27
Traffic division established; police officers to control division.
chevron_right
§ 19-28
Composition of traffic division; general duties enumerated.
chevron_right
§ 19-29
Records of traffic violations.
chevron_right
§ 19-30
Traffic division to investigate accidents, make arrests and assist in prosecution of violators.
chevron_right
§ 19-31
Traffic accident studies.
chevron_right
§ 19-32
Traffic accident reports.
chevron_right
§ 19-33
Drivers' files to be maintained; drivers' cases to be studied and reported to state agencies.
chevron_right
§ 19-34
Annual traffic report: preparation; contents; filing.
chevron_right
§ 19-35
Traffic division to designate method of identifying funeral processions.
chevron_right
§ 19-36
Office of traffic engineer established; person to fill office; duties generally.
chevron_right
§ 19-37
Additional or temporary and experimental regulations; traffic engineer authorized to test traffic-control devices.
chevron_right
§ 19-38
Traffic safety commission.
chevron_right
§ 19-39
through § 19-59. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article III
Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
chevron_right
§ 19-60
General authority of police and fire department officials.
chevron_right
§ 19-61
Action by police upon finding unattended vehicle with key in ignition.
chevron_right
§ 19-62
Required obedience to traffic chapter.
chevron_right
§ 19-63
Obedience to police and fire officials.
chevron_right
§ 19-64
Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
chevron_right
§ 19-65
Authorized emergency vehicles.
chevron_right
§ 19-66
Certain nonmotorized traffic to obey traffic regulations.
chevron_right
§ 19-67
Use of coasters, roller skates, motorized toys and similar devices restricted.
chevron_right
§ 19-68
through § 19-89. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article IV
Traffic-Control Devices
chevron_right
§ 19-90
Authority to install.
chevron_right
§ 19-91
Specifications for devices.
chevron_right
§ 19-92
Obedience to official devices.
chevron_right
§ 19-93
Devices to be properly placed and legible for enforcement purposes; when provisions effective without device.
chevron_right
§ 19-94
Presumption of legality.
chevron_right
§ 19-95
Authority to establish and indicate play streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-96
Traffic engineer authorized to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones.
chevron_right
§ 19-97
Traffic engineer authorized to mark traffic lanes.
chevron_right
§ 19-98
through § 19-119. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article V
Speed Regulations
chevron_right
§ 19-120
State speed laws applicable.
chevron_right
§ 19-121
Regulation of speed by traffic signals.
chevron_right
§ 19-122
Speed limits declared reasonable and safe; revision of schedule authorized.
chevron_right
§ 19-123
through § 19-142. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VI
Turning Movements
chevron_right
§ 19-143
Authority to place devices altering normal course for turns.
chevron_right
§ 19-144
Authority to place restricted turn signs.
chevron_right
§ 19-145
through § 19-165. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VII
One-Way Streets and Alleys
chevron_right
§ 19-166
Authority and manner of designating one-way streets and alleys.
chevron_right
§ 19-167
Obedience to signs.
chevron_right
§ 19-168
Installation of signs on state-aid and state highways.
chevron_right
§ 19-169
through § 19-189. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VIII
Stop and Yield Intersections
chevron_right
§ 19-190
Through streets designated.
chevron_right
§ 19-191
Signs required at through streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-192
Other intersections where signs required.
chevron_right
§ 19-193
Designation of through streets and installation of stop and yield signs on state-aid and state highways.
chevron_right
§ 19-194
through § 19-214. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article IX
Miscellaneous Driving Rules
chevron_right
§ 19-215
Entering intersection on crosswalk.
chevron_right
§ 19-216
Driving through funeral or other procession.
chevron_right
§ 19-217
Manner of driving in procession.
chevron_right
§ 19-218
Driving on play streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-219
Leaving unattended vehicle.
chevron_right
§ 19-220
through § 19-243. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article X
Pedestrians' Rights and Duties
chevron_right
§ 19-244
Crossing roadways at right angles or by shortest route.
chevron_right
§ 19-245
Crossing roadways in business district.
chevron_right
§ 19-246
Obedience to bridge and railroad signals.
chevron_right
§ 19-247
Drivers to exercise due care.
chevron_right
§ 19-248
through § 19-268. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XI
Regulations for Bicycles
chevron_right
§ 19-269
Violation a misdemeanor; parent's, guardian's responsibility; applicability of article.
chevron_right
§ 19-270
Traffic ordinances apply to persons riding bicycles.
chevron_right
§ 19-271
Riding on right.
chevron_right
§ 19-272
Obedience to traffic-control devices.
chevron_right
§ 19-273
Parking.
chevron_right
§ 19-274
Riding on sidewalks; erection of signs prohibiting riding on sidewalks, roadways.
chevron_right
§ 19-275
Riding position; number of passengers.
chevron_right
§ 19-276
Clinging to vehicles.
chevron_right
§ 19-277
Riding abreast.
chevron_right
§ 19-278
Carrying articles.
chevron_right
§ 19-279
Lamps and reflectors.
chevron_right
§ 19-280
Brakes.
chevron_right
§ 19-281
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 19-282
through § 19-302. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XII
Angle Parking
chevron_right
§ 19-303
Signs or markings indicating angle parking.
chevron_right
§ 19-304
Obedience to angle parking signs or markings.
chevron_right
§ 19-305
Permits for loading or unloading at angle to curb.
chevron_right
§ 19-306
through § 19-326. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XIII
Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places
chevron_right
§ 19-327
Parking not to obstruct traffic.
chevron_right
§ 19-328
Stopping, standing and parking in alleys.
chevron_right
§ 19-329
All night parking prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 19-330
Parking upon roadways or municipal parking lots for certain purposes prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 19-331
Parking adjacent to schools.
chevron_right
§ 19-332
Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-333
Standing or parking on one-way streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-334
Standing or parking on one-way roadways.
chevron_right
§ 19-335
Stopping, standing or parking in places which would cause hazardous conditions or traffic congestion.
chevron_right
§ 19-336
Stopping, standing and parking on sidewalks.
chevron_right
§ 19-337
Parking with left side to curb prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 19-338
through § 19-357. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XIV
Stopping, Standing or Parking for Loading and Unloading Only
chevron_right
§ 19-358
Traffic engineer to determine, designate curb loading zones; double parking; delivery vehicles to use available curb space and obey parking regulations.
chevron_right
§ 19-359
Permits for curb loading zones.
chevron_right
§ 19-360
Stopping, standing or parking in passenger curb loading zones.
chevron_right
§ 19-361
Stopping, standing or parking in curb loading zone.
chevron_right
§ 19-362
Traffic engineer to establish public carrier stops and stands; signs required.
chevron_right
§ 19-363
Stopping, standing and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
chevron_right
§ 19-364
Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.
chevron_right
§ 19-365
through § 19-385. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XV
Stopping, Standing or Parking Restricted or Prohibited on Certain Streets
chevron_right
§ 19-386
Application of article.
chevron_right
§ 19-387
Regulations not exclusive.
chevron_right
§ 19-388
Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-389
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-390
Parking time limited on certain streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-391
Parking signs required.
chevron_right
§ 19-392
Issuance of parking tickets; penalties.
chevron_right
§ 19-393
Impoundment of motor vehicles for failure to pay parking tickets.
chevron_right
§ 19-394
Handicapped parking.
chevron_right
§ 19-395
through § 19-413. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XVI
Regulating the Kinds and Classes of Traffic on Certain Highways
chevron_right
§ 19-414
Load restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
chevron_right
§ 19-415
Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets.
chevron_right
§ 19-416
Size restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
chevron_right
§ 19-417
Restriction upon use of streets by motor-driven cycles, etc.
chevron_right
§ 19-418
Installation of signs on state-aid and state highways.
chevron_right
§ 19-419
Motorized vehicles on bikeways.
chevron_right
§ 19-420
through § 19-439. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XVII
Penalties and Procedure on Arrest
chevron_right
§ 19-440
General penalty.
chevron_right
§ 19-441
Forms and records of traffic citations and arrests.
chevron_right
§ 19-442
Procedure of police officers upon halting violators.
chevron_right
§ 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.
chevron_right
§ 19-444
When copy of citation deemed lawful complaint.
chevron_right
§ 19-445
Failure to obey citation.
chevron_right
§ 19-446
Information to be taken and citation placed on illegally parked vehicle.
chevron_right
§ 19-447
Procedure upon violator's failure to comply with citation attached to parked vehicle.
chevron_right
§ 19-448
Presumption in reference to illegal standing or parking.
chevron_right
§ 19-449
When arrest warrant may be secured and issued.
chevron_right
§ 19-450
Disposition of traffic fines and forfeitures; highway improvement fund.
chevron_right
§ 19-451
Official misconduct.
chevron_right
§ 19-452
Impounding vehicles.
chevron_right
§ 19-453
through § 19-473. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XVIII
Effect of and Short Title of Chapter
chevron_right
§ 19-474
Application generally.
chevron_right
§ 19-475
Uniformity of interpretation.
chevron_right
§ 19-476
Effect of headings.
chevron_right
§ 19-477
Short title.
chevron_right
§ 19-478
Chapter not retroactive.
chevron_right
§ 19-479
Effect of partial invalidity.
chevron_right
§ 19-480
Publication of chapter.
chevron_right
§ 19-481
Repealer.
chevron_right