Violations of this chapter are punishable as provided in section 1.01.009 unless stated otherwise in this chapter.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-1)
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such
vehicle is in motion.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-3)
No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof
not designated or intended for the use of passengers. This provision
shall not apply to any employee engaged in the necessary discharge
of a duty, or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended
for merchandise.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-4)
No person riding upon any motorcycle shall attach the same or
himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, skates,
bicycle or other similar device, other than a wheelchair or other
apparatus for the physically impaired, upon all sidewalks within that
portion of the central business district bounded on the north by Washington
Street, on the west by Crockett Street, on the south by King Street,
and on the east by Walnut Street. Sidewalks on either side of the
boundary streets are also included in this area.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a city employee,
to remove or damage any barriers erected under the direction of the
city engineer either closing a street or for the purpose of warning
traffic of an obstruction in the street.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-9)
(a)
Within the central business district of the city, as defined by the
zoning ordinance of the city, the city manager or his designated representative
may, for the purpose of regulating certain aspects pertaining to vehicular
traffic on the streets within such district, provide for loading and
taxi zones; provide for pedestrian walkways or crossings, particularly
when construction or obstruction renders normal sidewalks or crossings
useless or unsafe; provide for the regulation of traffic under certain
emergency conditions; and provide for angular or parallel parking,
and the time and hours of the day for such parking; and provide penalties
for the violation of such directives; and anything else for the convenience
of the public, both pedestrian and vehicular, and may provide for
the removal of vehicles found in violation of such directives.
(b)
His directive shall be in writing, filed with the city clerk, chief
of police, city engineer and fire chief, and shall be submitted to
the council at its next regular meeting and will be effective upon
the appropriate signs being erected.
(c)
This delegation of authority shall be exercised with due consideration
and then only after consultation with the chief of police, the city
engineer, the fire chief, and in certain instances with the chief
building inspector. The intent of this section is to provide for emergency
decisions and otherwise shall not be construed as circumventing the
responsibilities and obligations of the duly elected officials.
(1991 Code, sec. 33-39)
