No person driving or operating or in charge of any motor vehicle,
animal or any other vehicle shall cause, suffer or permit the same
to come into collision with any person, animal, street sign, street
post, water plug, mailbox, or any other obstacle or object whatsoever
in or on any street, roadway or highway, or any other public place
whatsoever in the limits of the city.
(Ordinance 890, art. 7, sec. 1,
adopted 11/10/1948; 1959 Code,
sec. 18-32; 1983 Code, sec. 16-82; Ordinance 8247, sec. 1, adopted 9/24/1981; Ordinance 8468, sec. 1, adopted 8/11/1983; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
The driver of a vehicle overtaking a vehicle stopped or parked
along the curb of or on any street, roadway or highway within the
city limits shall pass such parked vehicle in a manner and at such
distance to prevent collision with such parked vehicle. The act of
colliding with a parked or stopped vehicle shall be prima facie evidence
of failure to overtake and pass in a proper manner.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-32.1; Ordinance 5842, sec. 1, adopted 3/12/1970; 1983 Code, sec. 16-83; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
The person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall be presumed
to be the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting
in damage or injury to any person or property, when the driver of
such vehicle shall fail to stop and render the duties required of
a driver involved in a motor vehicle accident under state law and
city ordinances. Proof of ownership may be made by production of a
copy or facsimile of the registration of a vehicle with the state
department of transportation or the county motor vehicle licensing
department or any other licensing authority showing the name of the
person to whom the license plates for the vehicle were issued. This
proof shall constitute prima facie evidence of the fact that the person
to whom such certificate of registration was issued was the driver
of the automobile involved in a hit-and-run accident. This. presumption
may be rebutted by competent evidence.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-32.2; Ordinance 7891, sec. 1, adopted 7/29/1979; 1983 Code, sec. 16-84; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
(a)
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident occurring on any
public street, highway or other public property within the corporate
limits of the city resulting in injury to or death of any person or
damage to any vehicle to the extent that it cannot be normally and
safely driven or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent
extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more shall immediately
and by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident
to the police department of the city.
(b)
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident occurring on any
private property commonly used by the public such as supermarkets,
or shopping center parking lots, parking areas provided by business
establishments for the convenience of their customers, clients or
patrons, parking lots owned or operated by the state or any other
parking area owned and operated for the convenience of, and commonly
used by, the public within the corporate limits of the city resulting
in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle to the
extent that it cannot be normally and safely driven or damage to the
property of any one person to the apparent extent of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) or more shall immediately and by the quickest
means of communication give notice of such accident to the police
department of the city.
(c)
There shall be no duty to report accidents occurring on privately
owned residential parking areas or on privately owned parking lots
where a fee is charged for the privilege of parking or storing a motor
vehicle.
(d)
The police department of the city may require any driver of a vehicle
involved in an accident of which a report must be made as provided
herein to file a supplemental report whenever the original report
is insufficient, and it is hereby made the duty of all persons witnessing
any accident or collision of which report must be made as provided
herein to report the same to the police department of the city.
(e)
When the driver or operator of a vehicle is physically unable to
make the required accident report, if there were other occupants of
the vehicle at the time of the accident, capable of making the report,
such occupant shall make or cause to be made such report.
(Ordinance 890, art. 7, sec. 7,
adopted 11/10/1948; Ordinance
4116 adopted 6/27/1963; Ordinance 6964, sec. 1, adopted 9/12/1974; Ordinance 7532, sec. 3, adopted 9/8/1977; 1983 Code, sec. 16-87; Ordinance 8326, sec. 1, adopted 6/10/1982; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
