The council, as the city's elected body, is the road authority for all public streets, except state highways, as designated by state law. Council may, by resolution, establish traffic controls which shall become effective upon the installation of appropriate signs, signals or other markings. Such traffic controls include, but are not limited to, regulation of:
A. 
The parking and standing of vehicles by designating areas within which, or streets or portions of streets along which, parking meters will be installed;
B. 
Through streets and one-way streets;
C. 
For trucks exceeding specified weights, streets to which they shall be restricted and streets on which they are prohibited;
D. 
Loading zones;
E. 
Turn regulations at intersections;
F. 
Special speed regulations in city parks;
G. 
Bicycle paths.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §1; Ord. 78-70 §2; Ord. 91-26 §2; Ord. 16-08 §1)
A. 
The city manager is delegated the authority to take the following actions on a permanent or temporary basis and may further delegate the authority to:
1. 
Regulate the parking and standing of vehicles by:
a. 
Classifying portions of streets upon which either parking or standing, or both, shall be prohibited, or prohibited during certain hours,
b. 
Establishing the time limit for legal parking in limited parking areas,
c. 
Designating the angle of parking if other than parallel to the curb,
d. 
Designating city-owned or leased property on which public parking will be permitted;
2. 
Set the charge for city parking meters;
3. 
Regulate traffic control signals and the time of their operation;
4. 
Regulate bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common carrier vehicles;
5. 
Designate marked pedestrian crosswalks and safety zones; and
6. 
Designate locations for traffic control devices, markings, and signs.
B. 
The delegation of road authority to the city manager does not deprive the city council of its power to act as the city's final road authority.
C. 
The council may on its own initiative or at the request of the city manager make an initial decision on a matter within the road authority of the city.
(Ord. 16-08 §1)
A. 
Any decision or action of the city manager or designee in this chapter is subject to appeal to or review by the city council.
B. 
Any person affected by a decision or action of the city manager or designee under this chapter may appeal the decision or action to the city council by filing a written appeal with the city recorder within 10 calendar days of the decision or action or 10 calendar days of the date the person knew or should have known of the decision or action.
C. 
The city manager or any city council member may initiate a review of any proposed decision or final decision by the city manager by filing a written request at any time.
(Ord. 16-08 §1)
City traffic regulations shall be based on:
A. 
Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations;
B. 
Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission;
C. 
Other recognized traffic control standards, including the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices; and
D. 
The professional judgment and discretion of the city manager or designee, including prioritization of city resources.
(Ord. 16-08 §1)
A. 
It shall be the duty of the police department through its officers to enforce the provisions of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32.
B. 
In the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic, safeguard pedestrians, or prevent the impediment of traffic or parking circulation, officers of the police department may direct traffic, or impose temporary, emergency "no parking" zones as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32. Temporary measures may not exceed 24 hours or the duration of the emergency, whichever is longer.
C. 
Members of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
D. 
Officers of the police department may issue citations for violations of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32 and Chapter 7.60. For the purposes of this section, "officers" includes police officers, reserve officers, non-sworn officers and community service officers.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §3; Ord. 78-3 §7(b); Ord. 05-08; Ord. 16-08 §1)
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §4)
Except as provided by Chapters 10.16 through 10.32, it is unlawful for any person to letter, mark, or paint in any manner any letters, marks, or signs on any sidewalk, curb or other portion of any street, or to post anything designed or intended to prohibit or restrict parking on any street.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §5; Ord. 78-3 §7(b))
No procession or parade, except a funeral procession, may occupy, march, or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued pursuant to TMC 7.48.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §7; Ord. 19-13 §1)
Vehicles in a funeral procession shall be escorted by at least one person authorized by the chief of police to direct traffic for such purposes and shall follow routes established by the chief of police.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §8)
Except when approaching a left turn, each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive along the right-hand traffic lane and shall follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practical and safe.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §9)
No driver of a vehicle shall cross through a procession except where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or when so directed by a Police Officer. This provision shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §10)
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is equipped to carry more than one person.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §13)
No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to a person or persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §14)
A. 
No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or him or herself to any moving vehicle upon the streets.
B. 
No person driving any vehicle shall permit any of the articles listed in subsection A of this section to be attached to the vehicle for the purpose of pulling along the streets.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §15; Ord. 16-08 §1)
A. 
The Tigard City Council acknowledges that the use of golf carts on certain streets within Summerfield would be beneficial to the residents of Summerfield and would create no significant hazard to either the users of the golf carts or other traffic on the streets within Summerfield.
B. 
Chapter 271, Section 4, of Oregon Laws 1975 authorizes the City Council of the City of Tigard to permit the operation of golf carts on public streets within the City of Tigard and to prescribe such rules and regulations for the operation of golf carts as may be necessary. Chapter 271, Oregon Laws of 1975, further defines golf carts, exempts them from registration and license as a motor vehicle, and sets forth certain limitations regarding the areas in which they can be used.
C. 
Summerfield is a planned residential area qualifying as a real estate development under the terms of Chapter 271, Oregon Laws of 1975.
D. 
Golf carts may be driven upon the streets in Summerfield during daylight hours for the purpose of moving the carts between the residences of their owners and operators and the recreational areas within Summerfield. Golf carts shall at all times be operated in a prudent manner, and shall be subject to the statutory laws of the State of Oregon and the ordinances of the City of Tigard with regard to the operation of vehicles, except such statutes and ordinances as cannot be complied with on account of differences in equipment required on golf carts as compared with ordinary passenger vehicles and trucks.
E. 
Operation of golf carts shall be undertaken at the risk and responsibility of the owners and operators, and the City of Tigard by this section assumes no responsibility for the operation of the vehicles, and shall be held harmless in any action arising from the operation of golf carts on or off of any public way in Summerfield.
F. 
Operation of City of Tigard-owned Class I all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) shall be allowed upon public roadways, streets, highways, parks, park trails and pathways and other related areas within the City of Tigard by the police and public works departments of the city. The operation of a Class I ATV is only permitted for on-duty City of Tigard personnel in the performance of their assigned duties.
G. 
A City of Tigard-owned all-terrain vehicle (ATV) shall be defined as any Class I all-terrain vehicle as defined by ORS 801.190, and which is operated by on-duty police or public works personnel in the performance of their assigned duties.
H. 
The City of Tigard shall post appropriate signage on city streets, highways, roadways or other points within the city limits, as now constituted or hereafter changed, to give notice to all persons that the operation of Class I ATVs is permitted within the city for on-duty police and public works personnel in the performance of their assigned duties.
(Ord. 76-42 §§1—5; Ord. 09-06 §1; Ord. 16-08 §1)
A. 
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon or within any sidewalk or parkway area except to cross at a permanent or temporary driveway.
B. 
A temporary driveway may be used only after first obtaining a written permit therefor from the city, who may impose such requirements as are necessary to protect the public improvements within the street at the temporary driveway.
C. 
Any person who damages or causes to be damaged any public improvement within the street by driving a vehicle upon or within any sidewalk or parkway area shall be liable for such damage regardless of whether or not the damage resulted from the authorized use of a temporary driveway.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §19; Ord. 16-08 §1)
Except as provided by Chapters 10.16 through 10.32, or any other city ordinance, no person shall place, park, deposit or leave upon any street or other public way, sidewalk or curb, any article or thing or material which in any way prevents, interrupts, or obstructs the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or obstructs a driver's view of traffic-control signs and signals.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §20; Ord. 78-3 §7(b))
No person shall drag, drop, track or otherwise place or deposit, or permit to be deposited, mud, dirt, rock or other such debris upon a public street or into any part of the public storm and surface water system. Any such deposit of material shall be immediately removed using hand labor or mechanical means. No material shall be washed or flushed into any part of the storm and surface water system and any such action shall be an additional violation.
(Ord. 91-34 Exh. A)
Any party to a collision or other vehicular accident, or any other person causing glass or other material or substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle to be upon any street in this city, shall as soon as possible remove or cause to be removed from such street all such glass or other material or substance.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §21)
A. 
No pedestrian may cross the street or roadway other than within a crosswalk if he or she is within 100 feet of a crosswalk.
B. 
A pedestrian shall cross a street or a roadway at a right angle unless crossing within a crosswalk.
C. 
For purposes of this section, "crosswalk" has the same meaning as found in Oregon Revised Statutes.
D. 
A violation of any provision of this section is a Class D violation notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter.
(Ord. 07-02; Ord. 16-08 §1)
Except as the council may by resolution or ordinance change the traffic control regulations in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance codified in Chapters 10.16 through 10.32, all official traffic signs, signals and markers existing October 12, 1970, shall be considered official under the provisions of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §47; Ord. 78-3 §7(b))
No operator of a vehicle shall proceed from one street to another street by crossing private property. This provision shall not apply to the operator of a vehicle who stops on the property for the purpose of procuring or providing goods or services.
(Ord. 83-49 §2; Ord. 84-07 §1)
Violations of any provision of this chapter are a class B traffic infraction.
(Ord. 70-41 Ch. 8 §49; Ord. 78-3 §7(c))