(a) The use or operation of an auxiliary or compression engine braking
system, commonly referred to as “jacobs brakes” or “jake
brakes,” shall be prohibited within city limits.
(b) This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the use of such
braking mechanisms by emergency vehicles while in the performance
of their official duties.
(c) Penalties for violations.
Any person violating any provision
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars
($500.00). Each use of jake brakes shall be deemed a separate offense.
Proof and evidence of a culpable mental state are not required for
proof of an offense stated herein.
(Ordinance 260 adopted 10/16/08)
(a) The city council has determined and now determines upon the basis
of an engineering and traffic investigation, which said city council
has heretofore caused to be made, that the prima facie speeds of vehicles
set forth by the state, are reasonable and safe under conditions found
to exist upon certain parts of S.H. 79 and S.H. 25, lying within the
city limits, taking into consideration on such portions of said highways,
as well as the usual traffic thereon, and the city council therefore
determines and declares the reasonable and safe prima facie speed
limits upon such portions of said highways to be as provided for in
the schedules to be maintained on file in the office of the city secretary.
(b) Such speeds shall be effective at all hours, except where otherwise
provided herein, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are
erected at such parts of said highways; provided, however, that nothing
in this section shall be construed as attempting to modify or alter
the basic rule set forth in the Penal Code of Texas nor to authorize
for any class of vehicle in excess of the maximum values set forth
for said class of vehicle in the Penal Code of Texas.
(c) Where no special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance
with the Penal Code of Texas, the speed of any vehicle not in excess
of the limits herein established shall be lawful, but any speed in
excess of the limits hereinabove specified and established shall be
prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and
that it is unlawful.
(d) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person
to violate any of the provisions of this section, and any person who
violates any such provisions shall upon conviction receive the punishment
provided in the penal laws of the state for any person who drives
a vehicle upon a public highway at an unlawful speed.
(1993 Code, art. 10.200; Ordinance 294 adopted 3/21/13)
It is an offense for a person operating a motor vehicle upon
a city street or alley to intentionally cause the vehicle to accelerate
in such a manner as to cause one (1) or more tires to lose contact
with the surface of the street or alley. A person who violates this
regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may
be assessed a fine not to exceed $500.00.
(Ordinance 269 adopted 5/20/10)
(a) Definitions.
These terms shall have the following meanings:
Driver’s license.
An authorization issued by the Texas Department of Public
Safety for operation of a motor vehicle. The term includes a temporary
license or instruction permit and an occupational license.
Golf cart.
Golf cart shall have the meaning assigned by Texas Transportation
Code, section 551.401, as amended, which currently defines it as a
motor vehicle designed by the manufacturer primarily for use on a
golf course.
Operate.
To drive or have physical control over a vehicle on a street
or in a public area designated for motor vehicle use.
Operator.
Any person driving and having physical control over a vehicle
on a street or in a public area designated for motor vehicle use.
Public highway.
Any public roadway in the City of Archer City, Texas, by
whatever name (e.g., road, alley, avenue, highway, route, or boulevard)
that is open to vehicular traffic.
(b) A golf cart may be operated on all or part of a public highway that
is located within the corporate boundaries of the city if the public
highway has a posted speed limit of not more than 25 miles per hour.
(c) The circumstances under which golf carts may be operated under this
section are in addition to those circumstances in which the operation
of golf carts is permitted by Texas Transportation Code, sections
551.403 (to and from a golf course) and 551.405 (crossing certain
roadways).
(d) A golf cart operated under this section must be equipped with the
following equipment as mandated by the Texas Transportation Code,
section 551.4041:
(4) Operational parking brake;
(6) “Slow-moving-vehicle emblem” as defined by Texas Transportation
Code, section 547.703; and
(7) A license plate as required by Texas Transportation Code, section
551.402(b).
(e) All operators of golf carts shall:
(1) Be licensed to operate a motor vehicle as provided by Texas Transportation
Code, section 521.021, as amended, and carry a valid driver’s
license as provided by Texas Transportation Code, section 521.025.
All state law driver’s license permissions and restrictions
shall apply to the operation of a golf cart;
(2) Abide by all state and local traffic regulations applicable to vehicular
traffic;
(3) Not exceed the seating capacity of the vehicle as designed by the
manufacturer;
(4) Maintain financial responsibility as defined in Texas Transportation
Code, sections 601.051–.052, unless the golf cart is being operated
only as authorized by section 551.403, which allows for the operation
of a golf cart to and from a golf course; and
(5) Not intentionally or knowingly allow an unlicensed operator to operate
the vehicle.
(f) Operation of a golf cart is permitted twenty-four (24) hours a day
so long as it is operated in compliance with state law and this section.
(g) It shall be an offense for any person to operate a golf cart on any
public highway within the city in violation of the conditions set
forth in this section and upon conviction of any such offense, a person
shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $200.00.
(Ordinance 360 adopted 10/21/21)