(a)
The chief of police is hereby authorized, subject to approval by
the city council, to determine those intersections at which drivers
of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and shall place
proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be
prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other
hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs
or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
(b)
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, left
or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions
of such signs.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-40)
No U-turn shall be made by the driver of any vehicle at any intersection where electric traffic-control or stop signs are in operation. U-turns are prohibited between intersections, but may be made at intersections where no such traffic-control devices are in operation, unless such turn is prohibited as provided in section 12.02.001. Turning from a parked position to the left between intersections to travel in the opposite direction is hereby defined as a U-turn, within the meaning of this section.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-41)
The driver of a vehicle shall turn left between intersections
only when such left turn does not retard or interfere with traffic
in either direction. The driver of such vehicle who desires to make
a left turn shall pull over to the right, out of traffic, until all
traffic in both directions is clear and a safe left turn can be made.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-42)
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, drive or propel
a vehicle in such manner as to block or obstruct the traffic on any
street or alley of the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-55)
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection
or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any
traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-56)
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.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-60)
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 identified. This provision
shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic-control
signals or police officers.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-61)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon
any portion of the streets in the city that has been freshly paved,
unless all barriers or signal lights have been lawfully removed therefrom
indicating that the street is ready for travel.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-65)
The police chief, as authorized and directed from time to time
by the city council, shall designate routes in the city to be used
by trucks of a gross weight of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds,
and when such routes are so designated and marked by appropriate signs,
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any such truck on any
other street in the city except as designated in this section:
(1)
Roberts Cut Off Road.
Station 31+88 at the southwest
city boundary line near the intersection of Blackstone Drive and Roberts
Cut Off Road north on Roberts Cut Off Road to Station 0+00 at its
intersection with River Oaks Blvd. and from station 0+00 north on
Roberts Cut Off Road to the northwesternmost boundary line of the
city on Roberts Cut Off Road.
(2)
River Oaks Blvd.
At the city boundary line near the
intersection of River Oaks Blvd. (Highway 183) and Sam Calloway Road
eastward through the city to its opposite city boundary line near
Jacksboro Highway (Highway 199) in both directions unless otherwise
regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT).
(Ordinance 1239-2019, sec. 60, adopted 8/13/19)
(a)
For the purpose of this section a 3-lane minor undivided arterial
road is a high-capacity urban road of which its primary function is
to deliver traffic from collector roads or residential street thoroughfares
to highways or other major thoroughfares.
(b)
For minor 3-lane undivided arterial roads where a center lane is
provided, the center lane shall be strictly enforced as a left turn
only lane and not to be used by motorists as a through traffic lane
in order to reduce congestion and maintain the free movement of vehicular
traffic in order to protect the safety of the public.
(c)
It shall be a violation of this code for a driver of any vehicle
to use the center lane of a designated minor 3-lane undivided arterial
road where a center lane is provided as a through traffic lane or
as a passing lane to avoid the normal directional traffic flow of
the road.
(d)
In accordance with this chapter, the police chief has the authority
based upon a traffic investigation to designate the location of a
center lane within the corporate limits of the city only in cases
where the minor 3-lane undivided arterial road is of sufficient size
to support a center lane and when in his/her opinion it necessitates
a center lane being installed in order to reduce congestion and maintain
the free movement of vehicular traffic in order to protect the safety
of the public.
(e)
In accordance with this chapter, the police chief hereby directs
the city public works department to mark the pavement and place signs
where a minor 3-lane undivided arterial road has a center lane designated.
(Ordinance 991-2013 adopted 8/13/13)
