No driver of a vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 25 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a street or highway within the city, unless that system is being operated to request assistance or warn of hazardous situation. This section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or vehicles operated by gas, electric communications, water or other utilities. This section does not apply to the sound systems of vehicles used for advertising, or in parades, political, or other special events, except that use of sound systems on those vehicles which are prohibited by ordinance.
Penalty, see sec. 70.99
(Ordinance 378 adopted 3/28/95)
(A) 
Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. (Tex. Transportation Code sec. 547.604)
(B) 
The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke. (Tex. Transportation Code sec. 547.605(A))
(C) 
The Police Chief is authorized to issue summons and make arrests for the violation of this section.
Penalty, see sec. 70.99
(Ordinance 246 adopted 7/20/61)
(A) 
The City Manager or his designee shall conduct studies and investigations of the public streets and highways within the city and shall determine those places on public streets and highways where a particular danger or hazard exists for motor vehicle traffic and pedestrian traffic and shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals, and devices in accordance with these studies in the manner that is required under this section and other traffic laws. In addition, the City Manager, the Public Works Director, the City Engineer, the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshal, or personnel acting under their authority and public contractors or their employees performing work pursuant to any federal, state, county, or city contract, may place and maintain barricades detour signs, or other warning devices at places when danger becomes apparent as a result of hazards caused by weather or natural phenomenon, defects or obstructions in or near streets, alleys, sidewalks, parkways, parks or other public places, as a result of business construction or demolition or where street, alley, or sidewalk construction or repair is under way.
(B) 
Any traffic-control device erected by or under the direction of the City Manager or his designee pursuant to authority contained in this section may be ordered changed or removed by Council; and nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority of Council from directing that traffic-control devices be erected in such form and at such places as Council may deem proper.
(C) 
In any prosecution for violation of this section, the authorized installation of a traffic-control device or signal shall be presumed.
(D) 
No U-turn on FM 346 East eastbound between Memory Lane and Karla Drive.
(E) 
No U-turn on FM 346 West westbound between Barbara St. and Crepe Myrtle Road.
Penalty, see sec. 70.99
(Ordinance 376 adopted 3/28/95; Am. Ordinance 14-0225-01 adopted 2/23/14; Ordinance 18-0828-05 adopted 8/28/18)
(A) 
Upon all urban streets within the city, except those streets or portions of streets upon which the state or city has designated a greater speed under the laws of the state, the maximum reasonable and prudent speed shall be 25 miles per hour.
(B) 
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a motor vehicle upon a public street within the corporate limits of the city at a speed greater than the reasonable and prudent speed designated by the ordinances of the city, or in excess of the maximum speed as indicated by speed limit signs upon a portion of a State Highway within such corporate limits. Any speed in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed so provided shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable and prudent and is unlawful.
(C) 
Except in urban areas within the corporate limits of the city where the maximum speed limit is 25 miles per hour and no sign is required, and upon streets where the state has posted the maximum speed limit, the city shall post the maximum speed by appropriate signage in conspicuous places visible to the operator of a motor vehicle upon the street to which the sign is applicable.
Penalty, see sec. 70.99
(Ordinance 267 adopted 11/24/86; Am. Ordinance 06-0418-04 adopted 4/18/06)
(A) 
Operation authorized.
The operation of motorized/electric golf carts limited to a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour or less is hereby authorized on the roadways of all streets within the city with a 35 miles per hour or less posted speed limit, except on state highways, farm to market roads and master planned communities with a set of restrictive covenants in place. Notwithstanding the restriction against operating a motorized/electric golf cart on state highways, farm to market roads and master planned communities with a set of restrictive covenants in place, the operation of a motorized/electric golf cart may cross any street, highway or road that intersects a street on which the operator is specifically authorized to operate a motorized/electric golf cart. Any person operating a motorized golf cart has all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle, except when those provisions cannot reasonably be applied to motorized/electric golf carts.
(B) 
Required equipment.
The following equipment is required on any motorized/electric golf cart during operation upon the roadway of any street in the city:
(1) 
The slow moving vehicle emblem provided for by the state statute, properly mounted on the rear of the golf cart pursuant to state regulations;
(2) 
A rear view mirror, properly mounted on the golf cart so as to reflect to the operator a view of the street for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the golf cart; and
(3) 
A minimum of two lighted tail lamps, and two lighted headlamps visible from a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear and front of the golf cart.
(C) 
Unlawful acts.
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motorized/electric golf cart on the roadway of any street within the city unless:
(1) 
The operator has in possession a valid, current and unrevoked driver’s license issued to the operator by the Texas Department of Public Safety;
(2) 
The motorized/electric golf cart is being operated during daylight hours between sunrise and sunset, with the exception of city special events that will be determined at the city’s discretion to allow operation after daylight hours;
(3) 
The motorized/electric golf cart is being operated at times other than during inclement weather or when visibility is impaired by weather, smoke, fog or other condition, or at any time when there is insufficient light to clearly see persons or vehicles on the roadway at a distance of 200 feet;
(4) 
The motorized/electric golf cart is equipped with the required equipment described under division (B) above;
(5) 
The operator observes all traffic laws and regulations, except when those provisions cannot reasonably be applied to motorized/electric golf carts;
(6) 
The operator and/or any passenger are in a sitting position on the motorized/electric golf cart while it is in operation;
(7) 
The motorized/electric golf cart passengers and/or operator are riding in a safe manner, meaning one person in the operators seat, and appropriate persons allowed in each seat as directed or specified from the factory seating; and
(8) 
The motorized/electric golf cart is driven in a safe manner with due regard to the safety of any and all passengers on the golf cart and with due regard to the safety of the public in general.
Penalty, see sec. 70.99
(Ordinance 10-0126-03 adopted 1/26/10)