For the purpose of regulating traffic on the streets, alleys and thoroughfares of the city, there is hereby adopted the state Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, codified as article 6701d, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, and all other state motor vehicle laws, which act and laws, together with the provisions contained in this chapter, shall be controlling in the regulation of traffic in the city. A violation of said act or any state motor vehicle law for which the municipal court has jurisdiction shall constitute and be punishable as a violation of this Code of Ordinances.
Editor’s note–Since adoption of this provision, the regulations contained in the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (V.T.C.S., article 6701d) have been recodified and are now located in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code.
(2000 Code, art. 10.100)
(a) 
Declaration of nuisance.
The following are hereby declared to be a nuisance and/or a traffic hazard and a violation of this Code of Ordinances.
(b) 
Obstructions in right-of-way.
Signs, plants or obstructions of any kind, maintained, constructed, placed, planted or grown in the right-of-way of any public street, except single tree trunks pruned and trimmed to a height of eight feet (8') above the walk grade and spaced at least ten feet (10') apart, and other plantings trimmed and pruned so as not to encroach over and into public areas or streets, and so as not to exceed three feet (3') in height above the walk grade, except utility poles, street name signs, traffic-control signs and other devices placed in such areas under lawful authority of the city.
(c) 
Plants, objects or vehicles higher than three feet prohibited near street corners.
It shall be unlawful, except as herein provided, for any person to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any plant, object or vehicle having a height greater than three feet (3') above the level of the center of the nearest abutting street, on or in that portion of any corner lot in the city, which portion is included in a triangle on the street corner of the lot formed by a diagonal line intersecting the right-of-way lines, at points twenty-five feet (25') from the street corner intersection of the right-of-way.
(d) 
Trimming of trees near street corners.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any tree on or in that portion of any corner lot of the city, which portion is included in a triangle on the street corner of that lot formed by a diagonal line intersecting the right-of-way lines twenty-five feet (25') from the street corner intersection of the right-of-way lines, unless all limbs, branches and foliage on the tree are kept trimmed and pruned to a minimum clearance of eight feet (8') above the street level at the nearest curbline or to such clearance as will provide an unobstructed view of traffic signs and oncoming traffic.
(2000 Code, secs. 10.401–10.404)
(a) 
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, as the term “authorized emergency vehicle” is defined by state law, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1) 
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Code of Ordinances or any ordinance;
(2) 
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
(3) 
Drive at a speed faster than 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.
(b) 
The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle in motion shall apply only when the driver of any said vehicle in motion sounds audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one (1) lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the front of such vehicle, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(c) 
The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(2000 Code, sec. 10.800)
(a) 
The riding of bicycles, skateboards, roller blades/skates and scooters along sidewalks on Magnolia Avenue between N. 1st and N. 4th Streets shall be prohibited.
(b) 
It shall be a defense against prosecution to walk with a bicycle or scooter, or hold a skateboard, on a sidewalk. The city manager is authorized to post warning signs prohibiting the use of bicycles, skateboards, roller blades/skates or scooters on sidewalks.
(c) 
Any person violating any provision of this section will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed $25.00 for the first offense and up to $50.00 for a second offense upon conviction, with community service being offered at a rate of $12.50 an hour for violators of this section. Each day during or upon which said person should violate or continue violation of any provision of this section or noncompliance with any requirement of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
(Ordinance 101403-04, secs. II–IV, adopted 10/14/03)