No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such
vehicle is in motion.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(1), 1977)
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. 1360 § 8(2), 1977)
Except as provided by this title or any other ordinance of the
City, 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 or official traffic signs and signals. No person shall blockade
or cause to be blockaded in any manner any street, sidewalk, or public
way, except that a special permit may be obtained from the City Manager
or designated appointee when the blockage is determined to be temporary,
for a lawful purpose, and will not lead to a breach of peace.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(3), 1977)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle equipped with an apparatus
which ignites exhaust fluids or fumes created by the motor vehicle.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(4), 1977)
A.
The
driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon or within any sidewalk or
parkway area except to cross at a permanent driveway, or other clearly
defined access to private areas.
B.
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.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(5,6), 1977)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in the City in such
manner as to create or cause excessive noise. Excessive noise may
include but is not limited to noise created by tires, mufflers, radios,
or other equipment.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(7), 1977)
No person shall ride rollerskates, skateboards, inline skates
or any other human-powered device upon a sidewalk within any commercial
or industrial zones, as shown on the map below, unless the area is
designed as a bike path, as defined in MMC 19.201. Use of the above
devices is allowed in residential zones, except where prohibited.
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(Ord. 1360 § 8(8), 1977; Ord. 1846 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2195 § 1, 2020)
It is unlawful for any person to carry a dog upon a public street
or highway upon the hood, fender, running board, or other external
part of any vehicle or truck unless the same shall be protected by
framework, carrier, or other device sufficient to keep such animal
from falling from the vehicle; provided further, that it is unlawful
at any time for any person to carry any person upon a public street
or highway upon the hood, fender, running board, or other external
part of any motor vehicle.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(13), 1977)
The driver of a motor vehicle upon any street or highway shall
not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral, nor shall the
driver of a motor truck coast with the clutch of such vehicle disengaged.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(14), 1977)
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one
on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response
to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or to drive into or park any
vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer
to a fire alarm, or within three blocks of a point where a fire is
in progress unless otherwise directed by a Police or Fire Officer.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(15), 1977)
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the
Bureau of Fire when laid down on any street, private driveway, or
streetcar track, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without
the consent of the Chief Officer of the Bureau of Fire in command.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(16), 1977)
No person shall throw, deposit or leave any glass bottles, glass,
nails, tacks, hoops, wire, cans, or any other substance likely to
injure any person, animal or vehicle upon any road, street, or highway
of the City.
(Ord. 1360 § 8(17), 1977)
