Before any person shall use or obstruct any street for the purpose
of a parade or for any such exhibit thereof, such person shall obtain
a permit from the chief of police to use the same. The permit shall
state the period of time allowed for such use and the purpose for
which the street shall be used.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-271)
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive
between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession
while such vehicles are in motion. Such provision shall not apply
at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals
or police officers.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-272)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle upon
any hard-surfaced, paved or oiled street or alley in the city, which
has on its periphery any block, lug, stud, cleat, ridge, bead or other
protuberance of metal which comes in contact with the surface of the
street or alley, unless such protuberances are covered by smooth metal
bands preventing their contact with the surface of the street or alley.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-273)
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit
it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, effectively
setting the brakes thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning
the front wheels to the curb or side of the roadway.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-274)
No driver of any vehicle shall drive over an unprotected hose
of the fire department when such hose has been laid down on any street
or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without
the consent of the fire department official in command.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-277)
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such
movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering
with other traffic.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-280)
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry
any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless
such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person, in
which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat
if designed for two (2) persons, or upon another seat firmly attached
to the rear or side of the operator.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-281)
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side
available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe
to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of
other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side
of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-283)
No person shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved
upon a public highway.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-284)
Any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses
to bring his vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts
to elude a pursuing police vehicle, when given visual or audible signal
to bring the vehicle to a stop, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The signal given by the police officer may be by hand, voice, emergency
light or siren. The officer giving such signal shall be in uniform,
prominently displaying his badge of office, and his vehicle shall
be appropriately marked showing it to be an official police vehicle.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-286)
No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk
area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-287)
No person driving a vehicle shall cross a sidewalk or drive
through a driveway, parking lot or business or residential entrance
without bringing the vehicle to a complete stop. No person driving
a vehicle shall cross or drive in or on such sidewalks, driveways,
parking lots or entrances at an intersection for the purpose of making
either a right or left turn from one (1) street or highway to another
street or highway.
(1987 Code, sec. 26-288)