All ordinances authorizing the placement of traffic-control devices, including stop signs, yield signs, and other traffic-control signals and markings; the designation of speed zones, no-passing zones, no-parking zones, one-way streets, and through streets; and other ordinances regulating traffic on specific streets or parts of streets in the city are not included in this code but are specifically saved from repeal upon adoption of this code. Such ordinances are on file in the city secretary's office.
(Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)
(a) 
The city police department is authorized to temporarily close off any street or establish one-way traffic on any section of street within the city limits for purposes of expediting the flow of traffic.
(b) 
The city police department is authorized to temporarily restrict parking on any street in the city for purposes of expediting the flow of traffic.
(c) 
The disobeying of the temporary traffic control-devices or instructions by a police officer shall constitute an offense, the punishment for which shall be a fine of not less than $2.00 nor more than $200.00.
(Ordinance 676 adopted 7/9/1984; 1996 Code, sec. 13-14)
(a) 
Prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any adult person to operate a motor-powered vehicle within the confines, or on the abutments, of the city-owned drainage ditch which follows the trace of Crestwood Drive.
(b) 
Operation by minor.
It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian, managing conservator, possessory conservator, custodian or other adult person to knowingly permit any child, ward or other person under the age of 18 years, and subject to his discipline and control, to operate a motor-powered vehicle within the confines, or on the abutments, of said drainage ditch.
(c) 
Penalty.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $200.00.
(Ordinance 428 adopted 5/16/1977; 1996 Code, sec. 13-23)
(a) 
Definitions.
As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
Major repairs
means any maintenance procedure with reference to any vehicle which results in the removal from the vehicle of any material part of the chassis, body or drive train, if any, for a continuous period of 48 hours or more.
Residence district
means that area of the city as shown on the official zoning map as "A Residential" or "A-1 Residential."
Vehicle
means every device in, upon and by which any person or property is to be transported upon a highway, except devices moved by human power.
(b) 
Enforcement.
Upon notice that a vehicle is undergoing major repairs in the public view at any location in the residence district of the city, it shall be duty of the secretary-manager or any police officer to give written notice to either the person making such major repairs, or the person having possession of the vehicle, of the provisions of this section and to direct the person so notified to cease and desist such major repairs and to either (i) restore to the vehicle all parts removed from it during the maintenance procedure or (ii) remove the vehicle from public view, in either event within 24 hours immediately next following receipt of such written notice. In the event no person making such major repairs or in possession of the vehicle can be found at the site of the repairs, the notice required by this section shall be sufficient if affixed to the vehicle where it can be readily found and observed. The person giving such notice shall endorse upon the notice the date and hour that the notice is given and shall sign his name and official capacity.
(c) 
Penalty.
The failure by any person so notified to comply with said notice shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $200.00, with each day the violation continues being a separate offense.
(d) 
Exceptions.
Nothing in this section shall apply to repairs to a vehicle which are conducted in an enclosed garage or other building or which are performed in the rear yard area of a dwelling where the vehicle is screened from public view by a fence, shrubbery or other means.
(Ordinance 661 adopted 1/9/1984; 1996 Code, sec. 13-35; Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or leave in any public street or alley any object or substance which, because of its size or nature, constitutes a hazard to others using such thoroughfare, or which substantially interferes with the free passage of such street or alley.
(b) 
Any person convicted of violating the provisions hereof shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(Ordinance 157 adopted 9/24/1965; Ordinance 1188 adopted 8/8/2005; 1996 Code, sec. 13-37(4), (5))