The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health,
safety and general welfare of the city’s residents and motorists.
These regulations are designed to promote safe access to city streets,
to reduce road accidents, to protect public investment in streets,
to establish a safe and reasonable balance between street access and
traffic mobility, and to assure safe and convenient access to and
circulation of emergency and service vehicles within developments.
(Ordinance 2015-1-27C, sec. I, adopted 1/27/15)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or
more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational
use over roadless, rugged terrain.
A vessel not more than 30 feet in length, measured from end
to end over the deck, excluding sheer, and manufactured or used primarily
for noncommercial use.
A trailer or semitrailer which is designed and constructed
to carry a sailboat, motorboat or other vessel used upon any body
of water.
A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled,
designed to travel on not more than three wheels designed for off-road
use.
A small, light, one-horse carriage usually having four wheels
in the United States and two wheels, also, a passenger or recreational
vehicle, usually with oversized tires, designed for off-road use.
A large transport conveyance designed for moving, storing,
or transporting.
For purposes of this article, “heavy truck” means
any truck or tractor-trailer combination that has dual wheels or tandem
rear axles and which has a rate capacity of 12,000 pounds gross vehicle
weight (GVW). The term does not include a passenger car used to deliver
the United States mail, as stated under Uniform Act Regulating Traffic
on Highways, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 501.002.
A trailer or semitrailer which is designed, constructed and
equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place (either
permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a conveyance
on streets and highways, and shall include those vehicles commonly
known as recreational vehicles.
Any motor-driven or -propelled vehicle required to be registered
under the laws of this state;
A trailer or semitrailer, other than manufactured housing, that
has a gross vehicle weight that exceeds 4,000 pounds;
A house trailer;
A four-wheel all-terrain vehicle designed by the manufacturer
for off-highway use that is not required to be registered under the
laws of this state; or
A motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped that is not required
to be registered under the laws of this state, other than a motorcycle,
motor-driven cycle, or moped designed for and used exclusively on
a golf course, under the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 501.002.
A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled,
designed to travel on not more than three wheels.
A motor vehicle that is equipped with a saddle for the use
of the rider, designed to propel itself with three or four tires in
contact with the ground, designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
use by the operator only, and not designed by the manufacturer for
farming or lawn care.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a
pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight
and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
(Ordinance 2015-1-27C, sec. II,
adopted 1/27/15)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
Every violation and every day that the violation continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
(Ordinance 2015-1-27C, sec. III,
adopted 1/27/15)
