(a)
This chapter may be known and cited as the traffic code.
(b)
All provisions of the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
as now in effect in the state and generally referred to as V.T.C.A.,
Transportation Code, title 7, subtitle C, chapter 541 et seq., including
all amendments to such statute as of this date, is hereby adopted
and is supplemented by the regulations set forth in this chapter.
(1978 Code, sec. 21-1; Ordinance
adopting Code)
It shall be the duty of the police department of this city to
enforce the provisions of this chapter. Officers of the police department
are hereby authorized to direct all traffic either in person or by
means of visible or audible signs in conformance with the provisions
of this chapter; provided, in event of a fire or other emergency or
to expedite traffic, as conditions may require, or to safeguard pedestrians,
officers of the police department or the fire department may direct
traffic, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.
(1978 Code, sec. 21-2)
The police department and police officers are hereby empowered
to make and enforce regulations necessary to make effective the provisions
of this chapter and to make and enforce temporary regulations to cover
emergencies or special conditions.
(1978 Code, sec. 21-3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or run any bicycle,
tricycle, or like vehicle, except wheelchairs, on any sidewalk within
the city, or to use said sidewalks on which to push or to pull any
handcarts or pushcarts or other like vehicle.
(1978 Code, sec. 21-8)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride upon a skateboard,
or similar device designed for coasting, on any street or sidewalk
in any commercial zone in the city between the hours of 10:00 o’clock
a.m. and 7:00 o’clock p.m.
(Ordinance 650, sec. 1, adopted 7/13/04)
It shall be unlawful for an operator of a motor vehicle to accelerate
such vehicle on a public roadway, or on a parking lot open to the
public without a fee, in such a manner as to:
(1)
Cause dust, gravel or debris to be thrown in a discernable extent
by the force of the tires;
(2)
Cause the rear tires to smoke or leave black marks on the roadway
surface; or
(3)
Cause the motor vehicle to swerve from the rear producing a movement
known popularly as fishtailing.
(Ordinance 649, sec. 1, adopted 5/11/04)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep or to recline upon the
public right-of-way of any street, highway, alley or upon the sidewalk
of a commercially zoned district at any time.
(b)
The violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$200.00.
(Ordinance 675 adopted 3/14/06)
