It shall be the duty of the police department to enforce the
provisions of this chapter. Officers of the police department are
authorized to direct all traffic, either in person or by means of
visible and/or audible signals in conformance with the provisions
of this chapter, provided in the event of a fire or other emergency
or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police
department or fire department may direct traffic, as conditions may
require, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1974, § 14-3)
No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority
to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(Code 1974, § 14-4)
No person operating a motor vehicle on the streets, alleys,
public ways, thoroughfares, private roads open to the public, park
drives or other places where vehicles travel within the city shall
flee from or seek to evade a police officer after having received
an indication either by the blinking of blue or red lights, the whistling
of a siren or the motioning by the officer to the motorist to halt
or to move to the side of the street, or disobeying any other plain
and unmistakable indication that the officer is attempting to stop
the motorist, for the purpose of preventing the receipt by the motorist
of a traffic citation or ticket, or in an attempt to evade arrest.
(Code 1974, § 14-5)
No funeral, procession or parade containing 200 or more persons
or 50 or more vehicles, except the military forces of the United States,
the military forces of this state, and forces of the police and fire
department shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except
in accordance with a permit issued by the chief of police and such
regulations as are set forth in this chapter which may apply.
(Code 1974, § 14-11)
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising
a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion
and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in
this article. This section shall not apply at intersections where
traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers.
(Code 1974, § 14-94)
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall
follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.
(Code 1974, § 14-95)
A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified
as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant
or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined
and designated by the traffic division.
(Code 1974, § 14-96)
(a)
Any
person who has received any notice to appear in answer to a traffic
charge under this chapter may, within the time specified in the notice,
appear at the traffic violations bureau and answer the charge set
forth in such notice by paying a prescribed fine, and, in writing,
pleading guilty to the charge, waiving a hearing in court and giving
power of attorney to the person in charge of the bureau to make such
a plea and pay such fine in court.
(b)
Any
person who has been guilty of three or more traffic violations, except
as otherwise provided in this chapter, within the preceding 12 months
shall not be permitted to pay a fine at the traffic violations bureau
and must make statutory bail for appearance in court.
(Code 1974, § 14-16)
All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the
forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the city secretary
and deposited in the general fund.
(Code 1974, § 14-17)
It shall be unlawful for any person when giving a written promise
to appear, or given a written notice by any police officer to appear
before the municipal court to answer for an offense against any law
of this state, or any ordinance of the city, to give an assumed or
fictitious name or a false place of residence or address, or any other
than the true name and the true place of his residence or address,
upon the request of such officer.
(Code 1974, § 14-19)
Any vehicle parked in violation of the traffic ordinances of the city or chapter 84 of this Code at a place where parking is prohibited or parking time is limited may be removed and impounded by the police department. Towing and impound fees assessed against the vehicle shall be collected from the owner or driver of the vehicle by the wrecker service used for towing before the release of such vehicle. The payment of this towing and impounding fee shall not excuse such owner or driver of the vehicle from the charge of violating such traffic ordinance prohibiting or limiting such parking.
(Code 1974, § 14-20; Ordinance 1684, § 2, 4-12-05)
