It shall be unlawful for any person to move any building or any oversize, overweight or over length load, as established by Texas statutes, in, through or upon streets, alleys, avenues or public grounds within the limits of the city during the following hours of the day: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; save and except any such activity commenced during authorized hours shall be permitted to continue during prohibited hours. The building inspection department will issue permits to move buildings or oversized loads in accordance with the provisions of article 28.07 of this Code of Ordinances. Notice shall be given to the police department, fire department, and traffic engineering department. Any movement on state roadways must be coordinated with the local district of the Texas Department of Transportation.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-4.1; Ordinance 5518, sec. 1, adopted 8/22/1968; 1983 Code, sec. 16-15; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a motorcycle on
or over any public sidewalk, any paved or unpaved public property
along a street and behind the curb, any unpaved public shoulder of
a public road, any utility easement or any other public property except
upon public roadways and alleys, officially designated motorcycle
trails and other areas designated and designed for vehicular traffic,
or any private property within the city without the prior written
consent of the owner of such property or the owner’s agent carried
on the person of such operator at the time and place of such operation.
Provided, further, that it shall be an affirmative defense in a prosecution
under this section that the defendant was operating a motorcycle on
private property with the prior written consent of the owner of such
property or the owner’s agent and introduced before the court
on prosecution of the defendant.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-5; Ordinance
7003, sec. 1, adopted 12/12/1974; 1983 Code, sec. 16-16; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
In addition to the restrictions on driving to the left of center
of roadway articulated in state law, no vehicle shall at any time
be driven to the left side of the roadway, where sight restriction
is such that the section of highway being traversed lies within and
is marked as a no-passing zone.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-50; 1983 Code,
sec. 16-126; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic,
the driver of a vehicle shall drive only in the direction designated.
(Ordinance 1177, sec. 3(3), adopted 2/14/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 18-51; 1983 Code, sec. 16-127; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two (2) or more clearly
marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all others
consistent herewith shall apply:
(1)
Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use
a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic
moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway
and drivers of vehicles shall obey the direction of every such sign.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-53; 1983 Code,
sec. 16-129; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall drive any vehicle across, upon or through any
grassed and landscaped area adjacent and abutting the auditorium-coliseum
of the city; and it shall be unlawful for any person, having registered
in his name such vehicle or owning or operating or having in charge
or under his control such vehicle, to allow, permit or suffer such
vehicle to be driven across, upon or through any part or portion of
the grassed and landscaped areas adjacent and abutting the auditorium-coliseum.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-53.1; Ordinance 2732, sec. 1, adopted 3/12/1959; 1983 Code, sec. 16-130; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No person shall drive any motor vehicle across, upon or through
any grassed or landscaped area or area served by underground irrigation
sprinklers, when said areas are located on any public property owned
or maintained by the city, and it shall be unlawful for any person,
having registered in his name such vehicle or owning or operating
or having in charge or under his control such vehicle, to allow, permit
or suffer such vehicle to be driven across, upon or through any grassed
or landscaped area or area served by underground irrigation sprinklers,
when said areas are located on any public property owned or maintained
by the city. This section shall not apply to city vehicles, emergency
vehicles or public utility service vehicles.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-53.2; Ordinance 8027, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/1980; 1983 Code, sec. 16-131; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven
any vehicle or vehicles with a trailer hauling or carrying trash,
garbage, tree limbs, grass cuttings, debris or any waste or discarded
materials upon any of the following public streets or parts thereof,
within the corporate limits of the city: Mesa Road from North Avenue
A to Kent Avenue and on Kent Avenue from North Mesa Road to North
Avenue Q, and on Yucca Road from Avenue A to Mesa Road and on Sunset
Lane from Avenue A to North Mesa Road.
(b)
There is excepted from this section, however, official city sanitation
department vehicles and private vehicles or private vehicles with
trailers whose purpose is the collection of trash, garbage, tree limbs,
grass cuttings, debris and any other waste or discarded materials
from properties adjacent to the designated streets herein.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-55.1; Ordinance 6113, sec. 1, adopted 7/8/1971; 1983 Code, sec. 16-132; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Whenever authorized signs are erected in a quiet zone or hospital
or other sick zone, no person operating a motor vehicle within any
such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle
except in an emergency.
(Ordinance 890, art. 3, sec. 3,
adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code,
sec. 18-79; 1983 Code, sec. 16-162; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a)
A police officer is authorized to remove or cause to remove a vehicle
from a public street to a place designated by the chief of police
when:
(1)
The vehicle is involved in an accident and the vehicle’s owner
or operator fails to show proof of established financial responsibility
as required under chapter 601 of the Texas Transportation Code, as
amended; or
(2)
The vehicle is stopped by a police officer for an alleged violation
of a city or state traffic law or other law applicable to the operation
of a vehicle on the roadway, and the vehicle’s operator fails
to show proof of established financial responsibility as required
under chapter 601 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended.
(b)
A vehicle removed and towed under this section must be kept at the
place designated by the chief of police until application for redemption
is made by the owner or the owner’s authorized agent, who will
be entitled to possession of the vehicle upon payment of costs of
towing, notification, impoundment, storage, and upon showing proof
of financial responsibility. Fees for vehicles impounded under this
section shall be in accordance with the currently active wrecker service
contract.
(c)
The chief of police or a designated representative may release a
vehicle without payment of fees if subsequent investigation results
in a determination that there was no violation of this code or the
Texas Motor Vehicle Laws.
(Ordinance 2011-O0009, sec. 1, adopted 1/27/2011; Ordinance 2012-O0085, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
(a)
Golf cart.
Holiday season.
Operator.
Residential street.
For this section, the following definitions shall apply:
A motor vehicle that has no less than three wheels, has a
maximum speed of 25 mph, and is manufactured primarily for operation
on golf courses.
The time period from 12:00 a.m. on November 1st until 11:59
p.m. on December 31st of each year.
Any person or entity that operates a golf cart.
Any city roadway that is primarily used for access to housing
and has a speed limit of 35 mph or less. Freeways and thoroughfares
shall not be considered residential streets.
(b)
(c)
No golf cart will be allowed to operate on any road with a posted
speed limit of more than 35 mph. However, a golf cart may cross a
road with a posted speed limit of more than 35 mph at any intersection
that utilizes a traffic-control signal.
(d)
No golf cart shall emit any sound, odor, light, or visible matter
which serves as a distraction to persons within the public right-of-way
or which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the sleep, peace,
comfort, or repose of any person with ordinary sensibilities.
(e)
An operator of a golf cart used for the purposes of this section
must:
(f)
It shall be unlawful for any operator to transport members of the
public as passengers in any golf cart used for the purposes of this
section.
(Ordinance 2015-O0113, sec. 1, adopted 11/5/2015; Ordinance 2018-O0038 adopted 3/22/2018)
