(a)
Definition.
The term “emergency vehicle”
shall mean police vehicles, vehicles of the fire department, ambulances,
vehicles carrying a state, county or municipal officer or employee
in response to an emergency call, and emergency vehicles of public
service corporations on an emergency.
(b)
Maximum speed; exceptions.
All emergency vehicles, except
for police vehicles in actual pursuit of felons and/or persons who
have committed violations of traffic laws of the city or of the state,
shall observe a speed limit not more than ten (10) miles per hour
in excess of the posted speed limit on any street within the city
limits.
(Ordinance adopted 5/12/75)
(a)
Duty to stop and yield right-of-way.
(1)
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when
the driver is giving audible sign by siren or bell, the driver of
every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately
drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand
edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and shall stop
and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle
has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
(2)
This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of any authorized
emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety
of all persons using the highway.
(b)
Penalty.
The operator of any vehicle who causes, allows, permits, or suffers a vehicle in his possession or under his control to violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance R-13-A-69 adopted 12/8/69)
(a)
Duty of drivers upon approach of fire department vehicle.
Upon the approach of a fire department vehicle, drivers of vehicles shall comply with the provisions of section 12.01.002 relating to the approach of authorized emergency vehicles.
(b)
Following fire apparatus; parking near fire.
It shall
be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than one on official
business, to follow any fire apparatus in response to a fire alarm
closer than one block, or to park any vehicle within the block where
fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.
(c)
Driving over fire hose.
It shall be further unlawful
for the driver of any vehicle to drive over any unprotected hose of
the fire department without the consent of the fire marshal or the
assistant in command, said assistant to be appointed by the acting
fire marshal and shall have authority to act while the fire marshal
is sick or away from the city.
(d)
Penalty.
The operator of any vehicle who causes, allows, permits, or suffers a vehicle in his possession or under his control to violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance R-13-A-69 adopted 12/8/69)
(a)
Riding on sidewalk.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to ride or operate a bicycle on any city sidewalk.
(b)
Riding on roadway.
It shall further be unlawful for
any person to ride or operate a bicycle in any direction except that
permitted vehicular traffic traveling on the same side of the roadway.
(Ordinance adopted 5/23/83)
(a)
Purpose; applicability.
It has come to the attention
of the city council that there is a necessity to regulate the traffic
and use of skateboards, skates, boogie-boards, nonmotorized scooters,
and other vehicles designed to be maneuvered primarily as coasting
or foot-propelled vehicles; however, specifically excluded from this
section are bicycles, which are covered by an alternate ordinance
passed by the city council.
(b)
Prohibited acts.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride the above-said vehicles
on any public road which is also a state highway or county road.
(2)
It shall be further unlawful for any person to ride or operate the
above said vehicles on any public road which leads into a state highway
or county road within one (1) block of said highway or county road.
(3)
It shall further be unlawful for any person to ride the above-said
vehicles on any public sidewalk which runs alongside of or in front
of a building open for public use or a private business.
(4)
It shall further be unlawful for any person to ride the above-said
vehicles in any public place and fail to yield the right-of-way to
a pedestrian.
(Ordinance adopted 6/27/88)
(a)
Scope.
The provisions of this section shall apply to
all territory within the corporate limits of the city and such further
territory over which the city may have control or possession, and
particularly to the movement of vehicles in and upon the streets,
alleys and public driveways in the city.
(b)
Definitions.
(1)
The following words shall have the meaning respectively ascribed
to them in articles 6675a-1 and 6701d, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stats.
of the state (including but not limited to such words), which are
incorporated herein by reference, viz: “vehicle,” “motor
vehicle,” “motorcycle,” “truck-tractor,”
“farm-tractor,” “trailer,” “semi-trailer,”
“commercial motor vehicle,” “passenger car,”
“authorized emergency vehicle,” “school bus,”
“truck,” “road-tractor,” “house-trailer,”
“railroad,” “railroad train,” “person,”
“owner,” “operator,” etc.
(2)
A muffler cut-out within the meaning of this section is any device
or aperture which permits the escaping gases produced by the operation
of the motor of a motor vehicle or motorcycle to escape without going
through the muffler on such motor vehicle or motorcycle, or which
is capable of being manipulated so as to permit such gases to so escape.
A muffler within the meaning of this section is a device through which
the escaping gases of the motor of a motor vehicle or motorcycle pass,
designed to muffle or minimize the noise produced by the operation
of such motor.
(c)
Designated area.
This section shall have specific application
to all areas within the city limits or within its jurisdiction.
(d)
Prohibited acts.
Any person operating on any public
highway or street in this state a motor vehicle or motorcycle which
is not equipped with a muffler, or which is equipped with a muffler
cut-out, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished as provided in this section.
(e)
Muffler required.
Every motor vehicle must have devices
in good working order which shall at all times be in constant operation
to prevent excessive or unusual noises, annoying smoke, and the escape
of gas or steam. Pipes carrying exhaust gas from the engine shall
be directly parallel to the ground or slightly upward. Devices known
as “muffler cut-outs” shall not be used within the limits
of any incorporated city or town or on any public highway where the
territory contiguous thereto is closely built up. Any person violating
any provision of this section shall be fined as provided in this section.
(f)
Penalty.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, business association, etc., violating this section, including any and all portions of articles 6675a-1 and 6701d [Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stats.] that are applicable and that are authorized to be regulated by municipal authorities, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine in any sum in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code, and each and every prohibited act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and be punishable as such.
(Ordinance Q-14-B-68 adopted 8/12/65; Ordinance adopted 2/27/84, sec. 4)
(a)
Title.
This section shall be known as the engine brake
ordinance of the city.
(b)
Prohibited; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for a person
to operate or permit the operation of the engine of a “motor
vehicle,” as that term is defined in the Texas Transportation
Code, as amended, so as to brake or assist in braking or slowing the
motor vehicle through the use of any engine brake or engine retarding
device, including but not limited to the use of a compression release
engine braking system (commonly known as a “jake brake”)
or transmission braking system, or by any other method which produces
any noise in addition to the normal operating engine noise of a motor
vehicle, on any street or roadway within the corporate limits of the
city, unless the vehicle is an emergency services vehicle.
(c)
Penalty.
Any person who commits a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code for each offense. Each day a violation is committed or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance adopted 9/27/10)
