(1)
A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in such a manner as
to indicate either a wanton or a willful disregard for the safety
of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(2)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor.
Upon a second or subsequent conviction, such person shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, electric scooter or low-power scooter in a careless and imprudent
manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners,
traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant
circumstances, is guilty of careless driving.
(2)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2)(b) and (c) of this
section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits
a misdemeanor.
(b)
If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury
to another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(c)
If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of death to
another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire
alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within
the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the
Fire Department used at any fire, alarm of fire, or practice runs
or laid down on any street, private driveway, or highway without the
consent of the Fire Department official in command. Any person who
violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall occupy a trailer while it is being moved upon
a public highway. Any person who violates any provision of this section
commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
(a)
No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass
bottle, glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human
waste, or other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or
vehicle upon or along such highway.
(b)
No person shall throw, drop, or otherwise expel a lighted cigarette,
cigar, match, or other burning material from a motor vehicle upon
any highway.
(2)
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any
highway or structure any destructive or injurious material or lighted
or burning substance shall immediately remove the same or cause it
to be removed.
(3)
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall
remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway
from such vehicle.
(4)
No person shall excavate a ditch or other aqueduct, or construct
any flume or pipeline or any steam, electric, or other railway, or
construct any approach to a public highway without written consent
of the authority responsible for the maintenance of that highway.
(5)
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, any person
who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(6)
“Container”
“Human waste”
As used in this section:
includes, but is not limited to, a bottle, a can, a box,
or a diaper.
means urine or feces produced by a human.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle
is constructed or loaded or the load thereof securely covered to prevent
any of its load from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise
escaping therefrom; except that material may be dropped for the purpose
of securing traction or water or other substance may be sprinkled
on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(2)
Reserved.
(2.4)
(a)
A vehicle shall not be driven or moved on a highway if the vehicle
is transporting trash or recyclables unless at least one of the following
conditions is met:
(I)
The load is covered by a tarp or other cover in a manner that
prevents the load from blowing, dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise
escaping from the vehicle;
(II)
The vehicle utilizes other technology that prevents the load
from blowing, dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from
the vehicle;
(IV)
The vehicle is loaded in such a manner or the load itself has
physical characteristics such that the contents will not escape from
the vehicle. Such a load may include, but is not limited to, heavy
scrap metal or hydraulically compressed scrap recyclables.
(b)
Subsection (2.4)(a) of this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle
in the process of collecting trash or recyclables within a one-mile
radius of the motor vehicle’s last collection point.
(2.5)
(a)
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway for a distance
of more than two miles if the vehicle is transporting aggregate material
with a diameter of one inch or less unless:
(I)
The load is covered by a tarp or other cover in a manner that
prevents the aggregate material from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking,
or otherwise escaping from the vehicle; or
(II)
The vehicle utilizes other technology that prevents the aggregate
material from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping
from the vehicle.
(2.7)
“Aggregate material”
“Recyclables”
“Trash”
For the purposes of this section:
means any rock, clay, silts, gravel, limestone, dimension
stone, marble, and shale; except that “aggregate material”
does not include hot asphalt, including asphalt patching material,
wet concrete, or other materials not susceptible to blowing.
means material or objects that can be reused, reprocessed,
remanufactured, reclaimed, or recycled.
means material or objects that have been or are in the process
of being discarded or transported.
(3)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3)(b) or (c) of this
section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits
a traffic infraction.
(b)
Any person who violates any provision of this section while driving
or moving a car or pickup truck without causing bodily injury to another
person commits a traffic infraction.
(c)
Any person who violates any provision of this section while driving
or moving a car or pickup truck and thereby proximately causes bodily
injury to another person commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
“Splash guards”
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
means mud flaps, rubber, plastic or fabric aprons, or other
devices directly behind the rearmost wheels, designed to minimize
the spray of water and other substances to the rear.
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“Splash guards” must, at a minimum, be wide enough
to cover the full tread of the tire or tires being protected, hang
perpendicular from the vehicle not more than 10 inches above the surface
of the street or highway when the vehicle is empty, and generally
maintain their perpendicular relationship under normal driving conditions.
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(2)
Except as otherwise permitted in this section, no vehicle or motor
vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway unless the
vehicle or motor vehicle is equipped with splash guards. However,
vehicles and motor vehicles with splash guards that violate this section
shall be allowed to remain in service for the time necessary to continue
to a place where the deficient splash guards will be replaced. Such
replacement shall occur at the first reasonable opportunity.
(3)
This section does not apply to:
(a)
Passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered pursuant to § 42-3-306(2) C.R.S.;
(b)
Trucks and truck tractors registered pursuant to § 42-3-306(4) or (5) C.R.S. having an empty weight of 10,000 pounds or less;
(c)
Trailers equipped with fenders or utility pole trailers;
(d)
Vehicles while involved in chip and seal or paving operations or
road widening equipment;
(e)
Truck tractors or converter dollies when used in combination with
other vehicles;
(f)
Vehicles drawn by animals; or
(g)
Bicycles, electric scooters, or electrical assisted bicycles.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in
an area owned or under the control of the City, if the City has declared
the operation of motor vehicles to be prohibited in such area. Any
person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
No owner of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter required to be registered
in this State shall operate the vehicle or permit it to be operated
on the public highways of this State when the owner has failed to
have a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force
and effect as required by law.
(2)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or low-power scooter on the
public highways of this State without a complying policy or certificate
of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law.
(3)
(a)
When an accident occurs, or when requested to do so following any
lawful traffic contact or during any traffic investigation by a peace
officer, an owner or operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter
shall present to the requesting officer immediate evidence of a complying
policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as
required by law.
(b)
As used in this section, “evidence of a complying policy or
certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect” includes
the presentation of such a policy or certificate upon a cell phone
or other electronic device.
(4)
(a)
Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1), (2), or
(3) of this section commits a misdemeanor. The minimum fine of $500.00
shall be mandatory. The court may suspend up to one-half of the fine
upon a showing that appropriate insurance as required pursuant to
§ 10-4-619 or 10-4-624,
C.R.S., has been obtained. Nothing in this paragraph (a) shall be
construed to prevent the court from imposing a fine greater than the
minimum mandatory fine.
(b)
Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this section within
a period of five years following a prior conviction under this section,
in addition to any imprisonment imposed, the defendant shall be punished
by a minimum mandatory fine of not less than $1,000, and the court
shall not suspend such minimum fine. The court may suspend up to one-half
of the fine upon a showing that appropriate insurance as required
pursuant to § 10-4-619 or 10-4-624,
C.R.S., has been obtained.
(c)
In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsections (4)(a) and
(b) of this section, any person convicted pursuant to this section
may, at the discretion of the court, be sentenced to perform not less
than 40 hours of community service.
(5)
Testimony of the failure of any owner or operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter to present immediate evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by law, when requested to do so by a peace officer, shall constitute prima facie evidence, at a trial concerning a violation charged under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, that such owner or operator of a motor vehicle violated subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
(6)
A person charged with violating subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section shall not be convicted if the person produces in court a bona fide complying policy or certificate of self-insurance that was in full force and effect as required by law at the time of the alleged violation. The Court Clerk’s Office may dismiss the charge if it verifies that the person had a valid policy in effect at the time of the alleged violation using the uninsured motorist identification database created in § 42-7-602,
C.R.S.
(7)
Reserved.
(8)
Reserved.
(8.5)
If an operator of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter uses a cell phone or other electronic device to present evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect, as described in subsection (3)(b) of this section:
(a)
The law enforcement officer to whom the operator presents the device
shall not explore the contents of the cell phone or other electronic
device other than to examine the operator’s policy or certificate
of self-insurance; and
(b)
The law enforcement officer to whom the operator presents the device
and any law enforcement agency that employs the officer are immune
from any civil damages resulting from the officer dropping or otherwise
unintentionally damaging the cell phone or other electronic device.
(9)
The Municipal Court shall not have jurisdiction under this section
in those cases in which property damage and/or injury results.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
It is unlawful for any person to offer, use, or attempt to offer or use any means, manner, type of paper, document, card, digital image, or any other proof of motor vehicle liability insurance required by State law to a law enforcement officer, judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or employee of a Court Clerk’s Office with the intent to mislead that official regarding the status of any motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the course of an official investigation, or for purposes of dismissing any charge under GJMC § 10.04.1409 or reducing any penalty imposed under GJMC § 10.04.1409, where such means, manner, type, or kind of proof of insurance offered or used, or that is attempted to be offered or used, is known or should be known by the person to be false, fraudulent, or incorrect in any material manner or way, or which is known or should be known by the person to be altered, forged, defaced, or changed in any material respect, unless such changes are required or authorized by law.
(2)
Violation of this section is a traffic infraction, punishable by
a fine of up to $500.00.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones.
(b)
For purposes of this subsection (1), “earphones” includes
any headset, radio, tape player, or other similar device which provides
the listener with radio programs, music, or other recorded information
through a device attached to the head and which covers all of or a
portion of the ears. “Earphones” does not include speakers
or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear
or a device or portion of a device that only covers all or a portion
of one ear and that is connected to a wireless, handheld telephone.
(2)
Any person who violates this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
Every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to special regulations in this chapter, except as provided in GFMC 10.04.1412.5, and except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Said riders shall comply with the rules set forth in this section and GJMC § 10.04.221.
(2)
Reserved.
(3)
No bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall
be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which
it is designed or equipped.
(4)
No person riding upon any bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter shall attach the same or himself or herself to any
motor vehicle upon a roadway.
(5)
(a)
Any person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter (for this section referred to as “rider”)
upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic shall ride
in the right-hand lane, subject to the following conditions:
(I)
If the right-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough
to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far
enough to the right as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the
movement of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make
it unsafe to do so.
(III)
Upon approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted
and there is a dedicated right-turn lane, a rider may ride on the
left-hand portion of the dedicated right-turn lane even if the rider
does not intend to turn right.
(b)
A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(c)
A person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter upon a one-way roadway with two or more marked traffic
lanes may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway
as judged safe by the rider, subject to the following conditions:
(I)
If the left-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough
to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far
enough to the left as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the movement
of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make it unsafe
to do so.
(II)
A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(6)
(a)
Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric
scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except
on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b)
Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric
scooters two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
(7)
A person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
(8)
(a)
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter intending to turn left shall follow a course described in GJMC § 10.04.901(1), 10.04.903, and 10.04.1007 or may make a left turn in the manner prescribed in subsection (8)(b) of this section.
(b)
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter intending to turn left shall approach the turn as closely
as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. After
proceeding across the intersecting roadway to the far corner of the
curb or intersection of the roadway edges, the rider shall stop, as
much as practicable, out of the way of traffic. After stopping, the
rider shall yield to any traffic proceeding in either direction along
the roadway that the rider had been using. After yielding and complying
with any official traffic control device or police officer regulating
traffic on the highway along which the rider intends to proceed, the
rider may proceed in the new direction.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (8)(a) and (b) of this
section, the City may cause official traffic control devices to be
placed on roadways and thereby require and direct that a specific
course be traveled.
(9)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (9), every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall signal the intention to turn or stop in accordance with GJMC § 10.04.903; except that a rider may signal a right turn with the right arm extended horizontally.
(b)
A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be
given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled
by the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter before
turning and shall be given while the bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, or electric scooter is stopped waiting to turn. A signal
by hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed
in the control or operation of the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle,
or electric scooter.
(10)
(a)
A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon
and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian
and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such
pedestrian. A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle,
or electric scooter in a crosswalk shall do so in a manner that is
safe for pedestrians.
(b)
A person shall not ride a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a
roadway upon and along a crosswalk where such use of bicycles, electrical
assisted bicycles, or electric scooters is prohibited by official
traffic control devices or ordinances. A rider shall dismount before
entering any crosswalk where required by official traffic control
devices or ordinances.
(c)
A person riding or walking a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, including, but not limited to, the rights and duties granted and required by GJMC § 10.04.802.
(11)
(a)
A person may park a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official
traffic control device or ordinance.
(b)
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter parked
on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of pedestrian or other traffic.
(c)
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be
parked on the road at any angle to the curb or edge of the road at
any location where parking is allowed.
(d)
A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be
parked on the road abreast of another such vehicle(s) near the side
of the road or any location where parking is allowed in such a manner
as does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
(12)
(a)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor;
except that § 42-2-127,
C.R.S. shall not apply.
(b)
Any person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter who violates any provision of this chapter and Chapter 10.14 GJMC other than this section which is applicable to such a vehicle and for which a penalty is specified shall be subject to the same specified penalty as any other vehicle; except that § 42-2-127,
C.R.S. shall not apply.
(13)
Upon request, the Police Department shall complete a report concerning
an injury or death incident that involves a bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, or electric scooter on the roadways of the State, even if
such accident does not involve a motor vehicle.
(14)
(a)
(I)
A person may ride a class 1 or class 2 electrical assisted bicycle
or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian path where bicycles are
authorized to travel.
(II)
The City may prohibit the operation of a class 1 or class 2
electrical assisted bicycle or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian
path.
(15)
(a)
A person under 16 years of age shall not ride a class 3 electrical
assisted bicycle upon any street, highway, or bike or pedestrian path;
except that a person under 16 years of age may ride as a passenger
on a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle that is designed to accommodate
passengers.
(b)
A person shall not operate or ride as a passenger on a class 3 electrical
assisted bicycle unless:
(I)
Each person under 18 years of age is wearing a protective helmet
of a type and design manufactured for use by operators of bicycles;
(II)
The protective helmet conforms to the design and specifications
set forth by the United States consumer product safety commission
or the American Society for Testing and Materials; and
(III)
The protective helmet is secured properly on the person’s
head with a chin strap while the class 3 electrical assisted bicycle
is in motion.
(c)
A violation of subsection (15)(b) of this section does not constitute
negligence or negligence per se in the context of any civil personal
injury claim or lawsuit seeking damages.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 5076, 6-1-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
Reserved.
(2)
(a)
(I)
A pedestrian or a person who is 15 years of age or older or
who is under 15 years of age and accompanied by an adult and who is
operating a low-speed conveyance and approaching a controlled intersection
with a stop sign shall slow down and, if required for safety, stop
before entering the intersection. If a stop is not required for safety,
the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance shall slow
to a reasonable speed and yield the right-of-way to any traffic or
pedestrian in or approaching the intersection. After the pedestrian
or person operating a low-speed conveyance has slowed to a reasonable
speed and yielded the right-of-way if required, the pedestrian or
person operating a low-speed conveyance may cautiously make a turn
or proceed through the intersection without stopping.
(II)
For purposes of this subsection (2)(a), a reasonable speed is
10 miles per hour or less. The City may raise the maximum reasonable
speed to 20 miles per hour if the City also posts signs at the intersection(s)
stating a higher speed limitation.
(b)
A person who is 15 years of age or older or who is under 15 years
of age and is accompanied by an adult and who is operating a low-speed
conveyance and approaching a controlled intersection with an illuminated
red traffic control signal shall stop before entering the intersection
and shall yield to all other traffic and pedestrians. Once the person
operating a low-speed conveyance has yielded, the person operating
a low-speed conveyance may cautiously proceed in the same direction
through the intersection or make a right-hand turn. When a red traffic
control signal is illuminated, a person operating a low-speed conveyance
shall not proceed through the intersection or turn right if an oncoming
vehicle is turning or preparing to turn left in front of the person
operating a low-speed conveyance.
(c)
A person who is 15 years of age or older or who is under 15 years
of age and is accompanied by an adult and who is operating a low-speed
conveyance approaching an intersection of a roadway with an illuminated
red traffic control signal may make a left-hand turn only if turning
onto a one-way street and only after stopping and yielding to other
traffic and pedestrians. However, a person operating a low-speed conveyance
shall not turn left if an oncoming vehicle is turning or preparing
to turn right.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the City
has placed a traffic sign or a traffic control signal at a controlled
intersection and the traffic sign or traffic control signal provides
instructions only to one or more specified types of low-speed conveyances,
the operator of a low-speed conveyance to which the traffic sign or
traffic control signal is directed shall obey the instructions provided
by the sign or traffic control signal.
(3)
This section does not create any right for a pedestrian or the operator
of a low-speed conveyance to travel on any portion of a roadway where
travel is otherwise prohibited by law. This section is intended to
solely govern the regulation of bicycles, electric assisted bicycles,
low-speed conveyances, and pedestrians approaching a controlled intersection.
(4)
Any person riding a bicycle, electric assisted bicycle or low-speed conveyance who violates any provision of this chapter other than GJMC § 10.04.1412 which is applicable to such a vehicle and for which a penalty is specified shall be subject to the same specified penalty as any other vehicle; except that § 42-2-127,
C.R.S. shall not apply.
(Ord. 5076, 6-1-22)
Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable
grounds to believe has violated a State law or municipal ordinance,
who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or
a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the
same to be an official police, sheriff, or Colorado State Patrol car
directing the operator to bring the operator’s vehicle to a
stop, and who willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes
his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully
attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer, or does
elude such police officer commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any highway of the State
using diesel fuel dyed to show that no taxes have been collected on
the fuel.
(2)
(a)
Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a
traffic infraction.
(b)
Any person who commits a second violation of subsection (1) of this
section within a 12-month period shall be subject to an increased
penalty.
(c)
Any person who commits a third or subsequent violation of subsection
(1) of this section within a 12-month period shall be subject to an
increased penalty.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(2)
(a)
For purposes of this section, “radar jamming device”
means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment
that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble
the radar or laser that is used by law enforcement agencies and peace
officers to measure the speed of motor vehicles. “Radar jamming
device” includes but is not limited to devices commonly referred
to as “jammers” or “scramblers.”
(b)
For purposes of this section, “radar jamming device”
shall not include equipment that is legal under FCC regulations, such
as a citizens’ band radio, ham radio, or any other similar electronic
equipment.
(3)
Radar jamming devices are subject to seizure by any peace officer
and may be confiscated and destroyed by order of the court in which
a violation of this section is charged.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
The driver of a vehicle, whether on public property or private property
which is used by the general public for parking purposes, shall not
back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without
interfering with other traffic.
(2)
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder
or roadway of any controlled-access highway.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
A person commits failure to present a valid transit pass or coupon
if the person occupies, rides in, or uses a public transportation
vehicle without paying the applicable fare or providing a valid transit
pass or coupon.
(2)
A person shall not occupy, ride in, or use a public transportation
vehicle without possession of proof of prior fare payment. A person
shall present proof of prior fare payment upon demand of a peace officer,
or any other employee or agent of a public transportation entity.
(3)
A violation of this section is a traffic infraction and is punishable by a fine of $75.00. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fines for a violation of subsection (1) of this section.
(4)
(a)
Public transportation entities may appoint or employ, with the power
of removal, fare inspectors as necessary to enforce the provisions
of this section. The employing public transportation entity shall
determine the requirements for employment as a fare inspector.
(b)
A fare inspector appointed or employed pursuant to this section is
authorized to enforce the provisions of this section while acting
within the scope of his or her authority and in the performance of
his or her duties. A fare inspector is authorized to issue a citation
to a person who commits failure to provide a valid transit pass or
coupon in violation of this section. The fare inspector shall issue
a citation on behalf of the County in which the person occupying,
riding in, or using a public transportation vehicle without paying
the applicable fare is located at the time the violation is discovered.
The public transportation entity whose fare inspector issued the citation
shall timely deliver the citation to the Clerk of the County Court
for the jurisdiction in which the accused person is located at the
time the violation is discovered.
(5)
“Proof of prior fare payment”
(a)
(b)
(c)
“Public transportation entity”
“Public transportation vehicle”
“Transit pass”
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
means:
A transit pass valid for the day and time of use;
A receipt showing payment of the applicable fare for use of
a public transportation vehicle during the day and time specified
in the receipt; or
A prepaid ticket or series of tickets showing cancellation by
a public transportation entity used within the day and time specified
in the ticket.
means a mass transit district, a mass transit authority,
or any other public entity authorized under the laws of this State
to provide mass transportation services to the general public.
means a bus, a train, a light rail vehicle, or any other
mode of transportation used by a public transportation entity to provide
transportation services to the general public.
means any pass, coupon, transfer, card, identification, token,
ticket, or other document, whether issued by a public transportation
entity or issued by an employer to employees pursuant to an agreement
with a public transportation entity, used to obtain public transit.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on a side available
to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so
and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic;
nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available
to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load
or unload passengers.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of a vehicle, whether on public property or private
property which is used by the general public for parking purposes,
shall not start moving a vehicle from a stopped, standing or parked
position unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable
safety.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
