(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any automobile to operate within the corporate limits of the city, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, with unreasonably bright, glaring or ill-focused headlights which have the effect of blinding or impairing the vision of drivers of other vehicles.
(b) 
It shall also be unlawful for any person to focus or cause to be focused any bright or blinding light upon the face of the driver or upon the driving compartment of any moving vehicle; provided, that members of the police department may do so when in line of duty.
(1993 Code, sec. 6-5-1)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any vehicle to sound the horn or other devices for giving warning in a loud, unusual or unnecessary manner or to use same at any time or place except as a warning of danger.
(b) 
Unnecessary and noisy racing of the motor, backfiring, loud shifting of gears, loud radios on vehicles and the dragging of cans, boxes wire and other things to produce unnecessary noise and disturbance with vehicles upon any public street is unlawful.
(1993 Code, sec. 6-5-2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any motor or bicycle vehicle upon a public highway or other public place in the city when said vehicle is equipped with a bell or siren such as is usually associated with the public fire apparatus or other emergency vehicle or has attached to the front thereof red lights; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to auxiliary equipment maintained by public utilities designed to aid or assist the fire department to prevent or suppress fires or explosions and police cars and ambulances.
(1993 Code, sec. 6-5-3)
(a) 
Authority.
The chief of police may, whenever he deems it necessary or advisable, route and direct any unusually cumbersome, heavy or dangerous vehicle through the city, along certain routes or streets to be designated by him, in order to protect street surfaces, persons or property.
(b) 
Obedience to signs and signals.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disregard the instructions of the chief of police in regard to such route or any signs or signals placed thereon or to go upon any route or street not so designated.
(c) 
Truck routes.
(1) 
All vehicles with or without trailers, exceeding a total gross weight of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds whose origin or destination lies outside the city limits shall use the streets and parts of streets as listed below:
State Highway 377.
State Highway Loop 387.
No other streets shall be used; provided, however, that if such vehicle must make a local delivery, such vehicle shall deviate from said routes only to the extent allowed in subsection (c)(3) of this section. A map is attached to Ordinance 73, on file in the office of the city secretary, showing the specified route.
(2) 
All vehicles, with or without trailers, exceeding a total gross weight of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds whose origin or destination lies inside the city limits shall use the streets and parts of streets as listed below:
State Highway 377.
State Highway Loop 387.
Farm to Market Road 455.
No other streets shall be used; providing however, that if such vehicle must make a local delivery, such vehicle shall deviate from said routes only to the extent allowed in subsection (c)(3) of this section. A map is attached to Ordinance 73, on file in the office of the city secretary, showing the specified route.
(3) 
Any operator of said vehicle may deviate from such truck routes as provided in subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, provided he utilizes the most direct route to and from said truck routes and does so for the purpose of making a pickup and/or delivery in the course of his business, it being the intent of this subsection that said trucks utilize the designated truck routes while within the city limits and any deviations be limited to those provided herein. Any operator of a vehicle found deviating from such truck routes as provided herein has the burden of proving that he was in compliance with this subsection. The same shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution hereunder.
(4) 
Verification of pickups or deliveries shall be made by the vehicle operator, upon request of any law enforcement officer for the city, by presenting for inspection to said officer, a shipping order, bill of lading, contract or other instrument specifying the date, address and name of the company or individual requesting or directing said pickup or delivery.
(d) 
Construction/heavy equipment vehicles.
All vehicles which transport sand, gravel, rock, earth, quarried materials or other particles in bulk, shall use the streets as in subsection (c) of this section and no others; provided, however, they may leave such routes only by the nearest route to make pickups or deliveries and shall return to such prescribed route by the shortest route possible. The gross vehicle weight may be determined by the law enforcement officer from a visual inspection of the vehicle registration receipt which is required by chapter 502 V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, to be carried at all times on any such vehicles.
(e) 
Transporting flammable liquids and hazardous materials.
(1) 
“Hazardous materials” are defined in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act as a “substance or material in a quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce.” Hazardous materials, as provided for in this subsection, shall include products which are described as explosive, radioactive materials, etiologic agents, poisons, oxidizing or corrosive materials and compressed gases.
(2) 
All vehicles with or without trailers, transporting a total of more than fifty (50) gallons of flammable liquids and/or transporting hazardous materials shall be subject to the same regulations as in subsections (c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section.
(f) 
Penalties.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provisions of subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this section. Any person violating the provisions of said subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense and punishable as such.
(1993 Code, sec. 6-5-4)