Except as this code provides to the contrary, no person shall
place, park, deposit, or leave upon any street or other public way,
sidewalk, or curb any vehicle, article, thing, or material which in
any way prevents, interrupts, impedes or obstructs the free passage
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or obstructs a driver’s
view of traffic or official traffic control device.
(1) A person
commits the offense of unlawful transfer on a vehicular portion of
the right-of-way if the person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle
on a highway, road or street within the boundaries of the city of
Springfield, gives or relinquishes possession or control of, or allows
another person in the vehicle to give or relinquish possession or
control of any item of property to a pedestrian.
(2) This
section does not apply if the vehicle is legally parked.
(3) An offense
of this section is punishable as a violation and may include a fine
of $50.00.
[Section 6.112 added by Ordinance No. 6351, enacted April 4, 2016]
Pedestrians shall not use any roadway for travel when abutting
sidewalks are available.
No person upon roller or in-line skates, or riding in or by
means of any coaster, sled, toy vehicle, or similar device, shall
go upon any street except to cross at a crosswalk.