[Ord. No. 521, § 1-1, 7-27-1970; Ord. No. 942, § 1, 11-22-2011]
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES
(1) 
Class A authorized emergency vehicles shall mean:
a. 
Vehicles of a governmentally owned fire department;
b. 
Vehicles when operated by or under the control of a police officer having authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter or by a salaried employee of any municipal police department within the City or by any sheriff or deputy sheriff not to include special deputy sheriffs, or by the warden of the state penitentiary and his authorized agents, or by the state highway patrol, or by crime bureau officers of North Dakota;
c. 
Ambulances;
d. 
Vehicles operated by or under the control of the commissioner, and district deputy commissioner, and district deputy game warden of the North Dakota game and fish department;
e. 
Vehicles owned or leased by the United States government used for law enforcement purposes; North Dakota truck regulatory officers, or by
f. 
Vehicles designated for the use of the adjutant general and assistant adjutant general in cases of emergency; and
g. 
Vehicles operated by or under the control of the director, assistant director and park superintendents of the North Dakota parks and recreation department.
(2) 
Class B authorized emergency vehicles shall mean wreckers and such other emergency vehicles as are authorized by the local authorities; and
(3) 
Class C authorized emergency vehicles means those vehicles authorized by state and local disaster emergency services organizations and those vehicles used by volunteer firemen while performing their assigned disaster and emergency responsibilities.
BICYCLE
A motorized bicycle and every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is more than 20 inches (50.8 centimeters) in diameter;
BUS
Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation;
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
A vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property, provided however that such definitions shall not include vehicles designated or titled as 3/4 ton or less;
COMMISSIONER
The commissioner of the North Dakota state highway department, acting directly or through his authorized agents;
CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have not legal right to access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway;
CROSSWALK
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
DRIVER
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle;
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel and of every way privately maintained within a mobile home park, trailer park or campground containing five or more lots for occupancy by mobile homes, travel trailers or tents when any part thereof is open for purposes of vehicular travel;
INTERSECTION
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet (9.14 meters) or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet (9.14 meters) or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection;
INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Includes any beverage containing alcohol;
LEGAL OWNER
A person who holds the legal title to a vehicle;
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Shall include every county, municipal and other local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the constitution and laws of this state;
MOTOR VEHICLE
Includes every vehicle, except motorized bicycles, which is self-propelled and every vehicle is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails;
MOTORCYCLE
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding implements of husbandry;
MOTORIZED BICYCLE
A vehicle equipped with two or three wheels, foot pedals to permit muscular propulsion, a power source providing up to a maximum of two brake horsepower having a maximum piston or rotor displacement of 3.05 cubic inches (49.98 milliliters) if a combustion engine is used, which will propel the vehicle, unassisted, at a speed not to exceed 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) per hour on a level road surface, is equipped with a power drive system that functions directly or automatically only, not requiring clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged, and shall have a width no greater than 32 inches (81.28 centimeters);
NONRESIDENT
Any person who is not a resident of this state;
NONRESIDENT'S OPERATING PRIVILEGE
The privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by such person of a motor vehicle, or the use of a vehicle owned by such person, in this state;
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;
OPERATOR
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle;
OWNER
A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security;
PARK, WHEN PROHIBITED
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading;
PEDESTRIAN
Any person afoot;
POLICE OFFICER
Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations;
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons;
RAILROAD
A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails;
RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL
Any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train;
RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLE
Every vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter materially altered from its original construction by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used;
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The privilege of the immediate use of a roadway;
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" as used in this chapter shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively;
SAFETY ZONE
The area or space officially set aside within a highway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is so plainly marked or indicated by proper signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set aside as a safety zone;
SCHOOL BUS
Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or to or from school-related activities, or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school or to or from school-related activities;
SEMI-TRUCK TRAILER
Includes every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another motor vehicle;
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians;
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLE
Any vehicle under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles and not materially altered from its original construction;
STAND OR STANDING
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;
STATE
A state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a province of the Dominion of Canada;
STOP OR STOPPING, WHEN PROHIBITED
Any halting, even momentarily, or a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal;
STOP, WHEN REQUIRED
Complete cessation from movement;
STREET
The entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;
THROUGH HIGHWAY
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway and in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signs are erected as provided by law;
TRAFFIC
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purpose of travel;
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed;
TRAILER
Includes every vehicle without motive power designated to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle; except that it shall not include a "house trailer" or "mobile home," which terms shall mean a vehicle as defined in this subsection which is designed and intended for use as living or sleeping quarters for people and which is not used for commercial hauling of passengers.
TRUCK
Any vehicle designed or operated for the transportation of property whose body weight or whose combined body and load weight exceeds 12,000 pounds registered gross weight.
VEHICLE
Includes every device in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-1, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
It shall be the duty of the officers of the police department, or such officers as are assigned by the chief of police, to enforce all street traffic laws of this City and all of the state vehicle laws.
(b) 
Officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the chief of police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
(c) 
Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-2, 7-27-1976]
It shall be unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-3, 7-27-1976]
No person shall willfully refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or fireman invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-6, 7-27-1976]
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or any county, town, district or any other political subdivision of the state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this chapter or in the state vehicle code.
[Ord. No. 501, 7-22-1975]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts:
(1) 
To operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit anyone to operate upon the streets or avenues of the City, any motor vehicle, the registration of which has been cancelled or revoked, or which is not registered, or which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon a number plate or plates assigned thereto by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of North Dakota for the current registration year.
(2) 
To display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession, any registration card or registration number plate, knowing the same to be fictitious, or to have been cancelled, or revoked, suspended or altered.
(3) 
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle on the public streets or avenues of this City, unless such vehicle shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of North Dakota and two numbered plates bearing such numbers conspicuously displayed horizontally, and in an upright position; one on the front, and one on the rear of such vehicle; each securely fastened, except number plates assigned to motorcycles shall be attached to the rear thereof. As far as reasonably possible, such plates shall be at all times kept free and clear of mud, ice and snow, so as to be clearly visible, and all number plates, markers or evidence of registration or licensings, except for the current year, shall be removed from such vehicles. An annual registration tab or sticker for the current registration year shall be displayed for each number plate in those years for which such tabs or stickers are issued in lieu of number plates.
(b) 
Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be punished by not more than a $100 fine, or 30 days in jail, or both.
[Ord. No. 995, 6-10-2014]
(a) 
The owner or transferor of a motor vehicle who transfers title to a vehicle shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title to the vehicle. The owner or transferor shall include on the assignment and warranty of title the name of the transferee and the selling price of the vehicle if applicable.
(b) 
If legal title passes to the transferee, the owner shall deliver the endorsed certificate of title to the transferee within 15 days.
(c) 
If legal title passes to a lienholder rather than the transferee, the transferee shall endorse a statement that the lienholder holds the lien and shall send the certificate of title to the North Dakota Department of Motor Vehicles with an application for a new certificate of title showing the names of the new owner and lienholder. The certificate of title when issued must be sent by the Department to the lienholder or the Department may use an electronic lien notification procedure in lieu of sending a certificate of title to a lienholder.
(d) 
Within 30 days, the transferee shall deliver the endorsed certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the required transfer fee, and shall make an application for a new certificate of title.
(1) 
In addition to any other penalty, the registration to a motor vehicle may be suspended or revoked if the transferee fails to present the endorsed certificate of title within 30 days.
(e) 
A violation of this section by an owner, lienholder, or transferee is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,500 fine, up to 30 days in jail, or both.
[Ord. No. 527, § 1, 11-23-1976]
Any person driving a vehicle upon a street or highway or in an area used principally for public parking shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway or area used principally for public parking, and shall give such warnings as are reasonably necessary for safe operation under the circumstances. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a street or highway or in an area used principally for public parking in a manner to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. Any person convicted of violating the requirements of this section shall be guilty of driving without due care (care required) and shall be assessed a fee of up to $30.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-2, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
Any person shall be guilty of reckless driving if he drives a vehicle:
(1) 
Recklessly in disregard of the rights or safety of others; or
(2) 
Without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or the property of another.
(b) 
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offense.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-11, 7-27-1976]
Every licensee shall have his operator's license or permit in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the same, upon demand of the municipal court, a patrolman, peace officer or a field deputy or inspector of the highway department. However, no person charged with violating this section shall be convicted or assessed any court costs if he produces in court, to the chief of police or in the office of the arresting officer, an operator's license or permit theretofore issued to him and valid and not under suspension, revocation or cancellation at the time of his arrest.
[Ord. No. 521, §§ 19-9, 19-10, 7-27-1976]
No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this City unless such person has a valid license as an operator or is expressly exempted from licensing requirements by the laws of this state.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-6, 7-27-1976; Ord. No. 620, § 1, 6-28-1983; Ord. No. 654, 8-27-1985]
(a) 
Any person who drives a motor vehicle an any public highway of this City at a time when his license or privilege so to do is suspended or revoked shall be guilty of an offense.
(b) 
If the suspension or revocation was imposed for violation of N.D.C.C. Section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance or was governed by N.D.C.C. 39-06-1931 or N.D.C.C. Chapter 39-20 as those laws currently exist or may be hereinafter amended, the sentence must be at least four days imprisonment and such fine as the court deems proper. The sentence and the imposition of sentence may not be suspended under N.D.C.C. Chapter 12-53, as this law currently exists or may be hereinafter amended. Forfeiture of bail is not permitted in lieu of the defendant's personal appearance in open court for arraignment on a charge under this subsection.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-1, 7-27-1976; Ord. No. 620, § 2, 6-28-1983; Ord. No. 871, 12-9-2003; Ord. No. 970, 8-27-2013]
(1) 
A person may not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle upon a highway or upon public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for vehicular use in this State if any of the following apply:
(a) 
That person has an alcohol concentration of at least eight 100 of 1% by weight at the time of the performance of a chemical test within two hours after the driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle.
(b) 
That person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
(c) 
That person is under the influence of any drug or substance or combination of drugs or substances to a degree which renders that person incapable of safely driving.
(d) 
That person is under the combined influence of alcohol and any other drugs or substances to a degree which renders that person incapable of safely driving.
(e) 
That individual refuses to submit to any of the following:
1. 
A chemical test, or tests, of the individual's blood, breath, or urine to determine the alcohol concentration or presence of other drugs, or combination thereof, in the individual's blood, breath, or urine, at the direction of a law enforcement officer under N.D.C.C. § 39-06.2-10.2 if the individual is driving or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; or
2. 
A chemical test, or tests, of the individual's blood, breath, or urine to determine the alcohol concentration or presence of other drugs, or combination thereof, in the individual's blood, breath, or urine, at the direction of a law enforcement officer under N.D.C.C. § 39-20-01; or
3. 
An on-site screening test, or tests, of the individual's breath for the purpose of estimating the alcohol concentration in the individual's breath upon the request of a law enforcement officer under N.D.C.C. § 39-20-14. The fact that any person charged with violating this section is or has been legally entitled to use alcohol or other drugs or substances is not a defense against any charge for violating this section, unless a drug which predominately caused impairment was used only as directed or cautioned by a practitioner who legally prescribed or dispensed the drug to that person.
(2) 
An individual who operates a motor vehicle on a highway or on public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for vehicular use in this State who refuses to submit to a chemical test, or tests, required under section N.D.C.C. §§ 39-06.2-10.2, 39-20-01, or 39-20-14, is guilty of an offense under this section.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-1, 7-27-1976; Ord. No. 620, § 3, 6-28-1983; Ord. No. 871, 12-9-2003; Ord. No. 970, 8-27-2013]
(1) 
An individual violating this section or equivalent ordinance is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for the first or second offense in a seven-year period, of a Class A misdemeanor for a third offense in a seven-year period, of a Class C felony for any fourth or subsequent offense regardless of the length of time since the previous offense. The minimum penalty for violating this section is as provided in Subsection (3). The Court shall take judicial notice of the fact that an offense would be a subsequent offense if indicated by the records of the Director or may make a subsequent offense finding based on other evidence.
(2) 
Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense within five years under this section or equivalent ordinance, the Court may order the motor vehicle number plates of all of the motor vehicles owned and operated by the offender at the time of the offense to be destroyed by the office of the Police Officer that made the arrest. The offender shall deliver the number plates to the Court without delay at a time certain as ordered by the Court following the conviction. The Court shall deliver the number plates to the office and notify the Department of the order. An offender who does not provide the number plates to the Court at the appropriate time is subject to revocation of probation.
(3) 
A person convicted of violating this section, or an equivalent ordinance, must be sentenced in accordance with this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, unless the context otherwise requires, "drug court program" means a District Court-supervised treatment program approved by the Supreme Court which combines judicial supervision with alcohol and drug testing and chemical addiction treatment in a licensed treatment program. The Supreme Court may adopt rules, including rules of procedure, for drug courts and the drug court program.
a. 
1. 
For a first offense, the sentence must include both a fine of at least $500 and an order for addiction evaluation by an appropriate licensed addiction treatment program.
2. 
In addition, for a first offense when the convicted person has an alcohol concentration of at least 0.16 of 1% by weight, the offense is an aggravated first offense and the sentence must include a fine of at least $750 and at least two days imprisonment.
b. 
For a second offense within seven years, the sentence must include at least 10 days' imprisonment, of which 48 hours must be served consecutively; a fine of $1,500; an order for addiction evaluation by an appropriate licensed addiction treatment program; and at least 12 months' participation in the 24 seven sobriety program under N.D.C.C. Chapter 54-12 as a mandatory condition of probation.
c. 
The imposition of sentence under this section may not be deferred under Subsection 4 of N.D.C.C. § 12.1-32-02 for an offense subject to this section.
d. 
If the offense is subject to Subdivision a or b, a Municipal Court or District Court may not suspend a sentence, but may convert each day of a term of imprisonment to 10 hours of community service for an offense subject to paragraph 2 of Subdivision a.
(4) 
As used in subdivisions b and c of Subsection (3) the term "imprisonment" includes house arrest. As a condition of house arrest, a defendant may not consume alcoholic beverages. The house arrest must include a program of electronic home detention and the defendant shall participate in the 24 seven sobriety program. The defendant shall defray all costs associated with the electronic home detention. For an offense under Subdivision b or c of Subsection (3) no more than 90% of the sentence may be house arrest.
(5) 
As used in this title, participation in the twenty-four/seven sobriety program under N.D.C.C. Chapter 54-12 means compliance with N.D.C.C. §§ 54-12-27 through 54-12-1931, and requires sobriety breath testing twice per day seven days per week or electronic alcohol monitoring, urine testing, or drug patch testing. The offender is responsible for all 24/7 sobriety program fees and the Court may not waive the fees.
[Ord. 655, § 1, 8-27-1985]
If the defendant is found guilty of a violation of a municipal ordinance and is committed as provided in Section 40-11-12 N.D.C.C., the governing body may provide by ordinance that the defendant work for the City at such labor as the defendant's health and strength permit, not exceeding eight hours in each working day. For that work, the person so imprisoned must be allowed for each day, exclusive of board, $10 on account of the fines and costs assessed.
[Ord. 655, § 2, 8-27-1985]
If a person is convicted under an ordinance prohibiting driving or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug, the court shall order the person to an appropriate licensed addiction treatment program for addiction evaluation.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-1, 7-27-1976]
Upon conviction, the court may order the motor vehicle number plates of the motor vehicle owned and operated by the offender at the time of the offense to be impounded by the sheriff or the chief law enforcement officer of the City, as is appropriate, for the duration of the period of suspension of the offenders driver's license or driving privilege by the licensing authority. The impounded motor vehicle number plates may be released, upon the order of the court, to a bona fide purchaser of the offender's motor vehicle, if that purchaser produces a new certificate of title issued by the motor vehicle registrar.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 620, § 5, 6-28-1985]
[Ord. No. 527, § 19-1-A, 7-27-1976; Ord. No. 620, § 6, 6-28-1983; Ord. No. 870, 12-9-2003]
(a) 
Upon the trial of any civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or a combination thereof, evidence of the amount of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof in the person's blood at the time of the act alleged as shown by a chemical analysis of the blood, breath, saliva, or urine is admissible. For the purposes of this section:
(1) 
A person having, at that time, an alcohol concentration of not more than 0.05 of 1% by weight is presumed not to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
(2) 
Evidence that there was at that time more than five one-hundredths of 1% by weight alcohol concentration in a person is relevant evidence, but it is not to be given prima facie effect in indicating whether the person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
(3) 
A person having an alcohol concentration of at least eight one-hundredths of 1% by weight or, with respect to a person under 21 years of age, an alcohol concentration of at least two one-hundredths of 1% by weight at the time of the performance of a chemical test within two hours after driving or being in physical control of a vehicle is under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of driving or being in physical control of a vehicle.
(4) 
Alcohol concentration is based upon grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of alveolar air or grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine.
(5) 
The results of the chemical analysis must be received in evidence when it is shown that the sample was properly obtained and if the test was fairly administered, and if the test is shown to have been performed according to methods and with devices approved by the state toxicologist, and by an individual possessing a certificate of qualification to administer the test issued by the state toxicologist. The state toxicologist is authorized to approve satisfactory devices and methods of chemical analysis and determine the qualifications of individuals to conduct such analysis, and shall issue a certificate to all qualified operators who exhibit the certificate upon demand of the person requested to take the chemical test.
(6) 
The state toxicologist may appoint, train, certify, and supervise field inspectors of breath testing equipment and its operation, and the inspectors shall report the findings of any inspection to the state toxicologist for appropriate action. Upon approval of the methods or devices, or both, required to perform the tests and the persons qualified to administer them, the state toxicologist shall prepare and file written record of the approval with the director and the recorder in each county, unless the board of county commissioners designates a different official, and shall include in the record:
a. 
An annual register of the specific testing devices currently approved, including serial number, location, and the date and results of last inspection.
b. 
An annual register of currently qualified and certified operators of the devices, stating the date of certification and its expiration.
c. 
The operational checklist and forms prescribing the methods currently approved by the state toxicologist in using the devices during the administration of the tests.
The material filed under this section may be supplemented when the state toxicologist determines it to be necessary, and any supplemental material has the same force and effect as the material that it supplements.
(7) 
Copies of the records referred to in subsections (5) and (6), certified by the recorder, or designated official, must be admitted as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the records.
(8) 
A certified copy of the analytical report of a blood, urine, or saliva analysis referred to in Subsection (5) and which is issued by the state toxicologist must be accepted as prima facie evidence of the results of a chemical analysis performed under this chapter. The certified copy satisfies the directive of Subsection (5).
(9) 
Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, a defendant who has been found to be indigent by the court in the criminal proceeding at issue may subpoena, without cost to the defendant, the person who conducted the chemical analysis referred to in this section to testify at the trial on the issue of the amount of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof in the defendant's blood, breath, saliva, or urine at the time of the alleged act. If the state toxicologist, the director of the state crime laboratory, or any employee of either, is subpoenaed to testify by a defendant who is not indigent and the defendant does not call the witness to establish relevant evidence, the court shall order the defendant to pay costs to the witness as provided in N.D.C.C. § 31-01-16.
(10) 
A signed statement from the individual medically qualified to draw the blood sample for testing as set forth in Subsection (5) is prima facie evidence that the blood sample was properly drawn and no further foundation for the admission of this evidence may be required.
[Code 1957, § 23.1]
No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
[Ord. No. 521, § 18-4, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
The traffic engineer or authorized person may determine and designate those heavily traveled streets upon which shall be prohibited the use of the roadway by motor-driven cycles, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles or other nonmotorized traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(b) 
When signs are so erected giving notice thereof, no person shall disobey the restrictions stated on such signs.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-8, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle giving an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle and displaying a visible flashing, revolving or rotating blue, white or red light, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b) 
Whenever an emergency vehicle is parked or stopped at the scene of an emergency and is displaying a flashing, revolving or rotating blue, white or red light, approaching traffic shall move to the right-hand edge or curb of the road-way and shall stop, but once having stopped, traffic may proceed past the scene at its own risk when the roadway is clear, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
(c) 
This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
The driver of a Class A authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1) 
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this chapter;
(2) 
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
(3) 
Exceed the speed limit, so long as he does not endanger life or property;
(4) 
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
The exceptions granted in § 10-20 to a Class A authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only:
(1) 
When the authorized emergency vehicle is in pursuit of or in apprehension of a violator or a suspected violator requiring the use of these exemptions;
(2) 
When the Class A authorized emergency vehicle is being operated in response to a reported emergency involving a possible personal injury, death or damage to property, and when giving audible signal by siren or when giving adequate warning by use of a flashing red or combination red and white lights which are visible under normal atmospheric conditions for at least 500 feet (152.4 meters);
(3) 
In any instance when the head of a law enforcement agency deems advisable within the area of his jurisdiction for the protection of person and property and when giving audible signal by siren or when giving adequate warning by use of a flashing red or combination red and white lights which are visible under normal atmospheric conditions for at least 500 feet (152.4 meters).
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
No emergency vehicle shall display or permit to be displayed any red lamp except when operated on official business.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
The driver of a Class B authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1) 
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this chapter;
(2) 
Exceed the speed limit so long as he does not endanger life or property during the time of a local or national disaster;
(3) 
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
The exceptions granted in § 10-23 to a Class B authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the authorized emergency vehicle is displaying an amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of 500 feet in any direction, and
(1) 
When it is necessary for the authorized emergency vehicle to use these exemptions for the immediate protection of life or property;
(2) 
When an authorized emergency vehicle is stopped on a highway for the purpose of performing a duty as required of him; or
(3) 
When traveling at a speed slower than the normal flow of traffic.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-7, 7-27-1976]
All Class B specifications shall apply to Class C authorized emergency vehicles, except that a rotating blue flashing light shall be displayed in place of an amber light as provided in § 10-24.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-5, 7-27-1976]
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device, shall go upon any road-way 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 in this chapter.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-4, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
Every person propelling any pushcart upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter and by the rules of the road portion of the state vehicle code, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
(b) 
Every person riding a bicycle or an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-3, 7-27-1976]
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of § 10-29. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary. Any person failing to stop or comply with said requirements under such circumstances shall be guilty of an offense.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-4, 7-27-1976]
The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the name and address, as well as the name of the motor vehicle insurance policy carrier, of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address, as well as the name of the motor vehicle insurance policy carrier, of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances of the collision.
[Ord. No. 521, § 19-5, 7-27-1976]
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in sections 10-31 — 10-35.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-9, 7-27-1976]
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or property damage to an apparent extent of $300 or more, shall immediately give notice of such accident to the local police department. Within five days after such accident, the driver shall also forward a written report of the accident to the highway commissioner.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-9, 7-27-1976]
Any person who gives information reports on accidents, as required in this article, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-9, 7-27-1976]
(a) 
An accident notice under this article is not required from any person who is physically incapable of making the report during the period of such incapaCity.
(b) 
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall make or cause to be given the notice by the driver.
(c) 
Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved shall within five days after learning of the accident make such report not made by the driver.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-9, 7-27-1976]
When it shall appear to the magistrate that any person has failed to file a written report in compliance with this article, he shall notify the highway commissioner of such failure so that appropriate action may be taken pursuant to N.D.C.C. § 39-98-09.
[Ord. No. 521, § 3-9, 7-27-1976]
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in a reportable accident as provided in § 10-31 or of being struck by any bullet, shall report or cause a report to be made to a police officer within 24 hours after such motor vehicle is received, and before any repairs are made to such vehicle, giving the registration number and the name and address of the owner, operator or person in control of such vehicle with a description of the location and type of damage to the vehicle, or any missing parts, if the vehicle does not have a sticker on a window thereof issued by a police officer, sheriff or highway patrolman, bearing information to show that the accident in which the vehicle was involved had been investigated. The police officer investigating any reportable accident shall attach a sticker to the window of any damaged vehicle showing that the accident in which such vehicle was involved has been investigated. If the vehicle does bear such a sticker, the garage or repair shop need not make the accident report this article requires and may begin repairs immediately. After repairs have been made and before the vehicle is released, the sticker provided for in this section shall be removed.
[Ord. No. 586, 10-22-1981; Ord. No. 667, 4-10-1986; Ord. No. 734, 2-26-1991; Ord. No. 752, 3-24-1992; Ord. No. 883, 7-12-2005; Ord. No. 969, 8-27-2013; Ord. No. 1012, 1-27-2015, Ord. 1029, 10-27-2015]
(1) 
A person may not drive, or the owner may not cause or knowingly permit to be driven, a motor vehicle in this state without a valid policy of liability insurance in effect in order to respond in damages for liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of that motor vehicle as required by North Dakota Century Code § 39-16.1.
(2) 
Upon being stopped by a law enforcement officer for the purpose of enforcing or investigating the possible violation of an ordinance or state law, the person driving the motor vehicle shall provide to the officer upon request satisfactory evidence, including written or electronic proof of insurance, of the policy required under this section. If unable to comply with the request, that person may be charged with a violation of this section. If that person produces satisfactory evidence, including written or electronic proof of insurance, of a valid policy of liability insurance in effect at the time of the alleged violation of this section to the office of the court under which the matter will be heard, that person may not be convicted or assessed any administration fee for violation of Subsection (1).
(3) 
Notwithstanding N.D.C.C. § 26.1-30-18, a person may be convicted for failure to have a valid policy of liability insurance in effect under this section if the time of acquisition of the policy was after the time of the alleged incidence of driving without liability insurance. If the time of acquisition of the policy comes into question, the driver or owner has the burden of establishing the time of acquisition. If the driver is not an owner of the motor vehicle, the driver does not violate this section if the driver provides the court with evidence identifying the owner of the motor vehicle and describing circumstances under which the owner caused or permitted the driver to drive the motor vehicle.
(4) 
Violation of this section is a $150 fine. For a second or subsequent violation within a period of three years, the fine is $300 and the court shall order the motor vehicle number plates of the motor vehicle owned and operated by the person at the time of the violation to be impounded until that person provides proof of insurance and a $20 fee to the court. The person shall deliver the number plates to the court without delay at a time certain as ordered by the court following the conviction. The court shall deliver the number plates to the office of the police officer that made the arrest and notify the department of the order. A person who does not provide the number plates to the court at the appropriate time is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(5) 
For a violation of Subsection (1) or equivalent ordinance, the person who has been convicted shall provide proof of motor vehicle liability insurance to the department in the form of a written or electronically transmitted certificate from an insurance carrier authorized to do business in this state. This proof must be provided for a period of one year and kept on file with the department. If the person fails to provide this information, the department shall suspend that person's driving privileges and may not issue or renew that person's operator's license unless that person provides proof of insurance.
(6) 
A person who has been convicted for violation of Subsection (1) or equivalent ordinance shall surrender that person's operator's license and purchase a duplicate operator's license with a notation requiring that person to keep proof of liability insurance on file with the department. The fee for this license is $50 and the fee to remove this notation is $50.
(7) 
When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy, the insurance carrier shall notify the director no later than 10 days after cancellation or termination of the certified insurance policy by filing a notice of cancellation or termination of the certified insurance policy; except that a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification, terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in both certificates.
[Ord. No. 611, §§ 1 — 3, 4-26-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to print, photograph, photostat, duplicate, alter, or in any way reproduce any operator's or driver's license or permit or facsimile thereof, or to print, photograph, photostat, duplicate, alter, or in any way reproduce any document used in the production of any operator's or driver's license or permit or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it would be mistaken for a valid license or document containing valid information, or to display or have in his possession any such print, photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of the North Dakota law.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to alter in any manner any operator's or driver's license or permit, or to display or have in his possession any altered operator's or driver's license or permit.
Any person, violating any of the terms or provisions of this section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine as stated in § 1-11 of this Code. The court shall have the power to suspend said sentence and to revoke the suspension thereof.
[Ord. No. 612, §§ 1, 2, 4-26-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate upon the streets, avenues, alleys, and public thoroughfares of the City a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed in a restricted license issued to him under state law.
Any person violating the terms or provisions of this section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine as stated in § 1-11 of this Code. The court shall have the power to suspend said sentence and to revoke the suspension thereof.
[Ord. No. 621, §§ 1 — 3, 6-28-1983; Ord. No. 705, 10-27-1987; Ord. No. 753, §§ 1 — 3; Ord. No. 829, 4-11-2000; Ord. No. 842, 12-27-2000; Ord. No. 886, 9-27-2005; amended 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 1137]
(a) 
If a child, under eight years of age, is present in a motor vehicle, that motor vehicle must be equipped with at least one child restraint system for the child. However, a child under the age of eight who is at least fifty-seven inches [1.45 meters] tall is not required to use a child restraint system, but must be correctly buckled in a safety belt. The child restraint system must meet the standards adopted by the United States department of transportation for those systems [49 CFR 571.213]. While the motor vehicle is in motion, the child must be properly secured in the child restraint system in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. While the motor vehicle is moving, each child of eight through seventeen years of age who is in the motor vehicle must be in an approved child restraint system in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions or correctly buckled in a safety belt. Use of child restraint systems and safety belts is not required in motor vehicles that were not equipped with safety belts when manufactured. If a child is being transported in an emergency situation, this section does not apply.
(b) 
Violation of this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed $25.
(c) 
Violation of this section is not, in itself, evidence of negligence. The fact of a violation of this section is not admissible in any proceeding other than one charging the violation.
[Ord. No. 772, 12-27-1994; Ord. No. 828, 4-11-2000]
Subject to the limitations of Section 39-21-1941.4 N.D.C.C. and Section 39-21-1941.5 N.D.C.C., a driver may not operate upon a highway a motor vehicle designed for carrying fewer than 11 passengers, which was originally manufactured with safety belts unless each front seat occupant is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt. This section does not apply to a child in a child restraint or seat belt in accordance with Section 39-21-1941.2; to drivers of implements of husbandry; to operators of farm vehicles as defined in Subsection 5 of Section 39-04-19 N.D.C.C.; to rural mail carriers while on duty delivering mail; to an occupant with a medical or physically disabling condition that prevents appropriate restraint in a safety belt, if a qualified physician states in a signed writing the nature of the condition and the reason restraint is inappropriate; or when all front seat safety belts are in use by other occupants. A physician who, in good faith, provides a statement that restraint would be inappropriate is not subject to civil liability.
[Ord. No. 830, 4-11-2000]
(1) 
Every passenger car manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1965, must be equipped with lap belt assemblies for use in the driver's and one other front seating position.
(2) 
All motor vehicles manufactured after January 1, 1968, must be equipped with any lap belt or shoulder belt required at the time the vehicle was manufactured by standards of the United States Department of Transportation. Nothing in this subsection affects the requirement in Subsection (1) for lap belt in the driver's seating position.
(3) 
Specified types of motor vehicles or seating positions within any motor vehicle may be excepted from the requirements imposed by subsections (1) and (2) when compliance would be impractical.
(4) 
No person may install, distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, or sell any belt for use in motor vehicles unless it meets current minimum standards and specifications of the United States Department of Transportation.
(5) 
Every owner shall maintain belts and assemblies required by this section in proper condition and in a manner that will enable occupants to use them.
[Ord. No. 772, 12-27-1994; Ord. No. 827, 4-11-2000]
A peace officer may not issue a citation for a violation of Section 39-21-1941.4 N.D.C.C. unless the officer lawfully stopped or detained the driver of the motor vehicle for another violation. Drivers' license points may not be assessed against any person for violation of Section 39-21-1941.4 N.D.C.C.
[Ord. No. 772, 12-27-1994]
Violation of this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed $20.