The provisions of this chapter refer exclusively
to the operation of vehicles upon streets except:
A. Where a different place is specifically referred to
in a given section.
B. That the provisions of §
92-126 shall apply upon streets and elsewhere throughout the City.
[Amended 4-21-2003 by Ord. No. 0503-3]
A. The driver of any vehicle, other than a vehicle 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 500 feet of where the fire apparatus has stopped
in answer to a fire alarm. No person shall be deemed to have violated
the provisions of this section with regard to parking if the act of
parking was done prior to the giving of such fire alarm.
B. Any person who shall violate any provision of this
section shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than $28.75
and not more than $115 and shall pay the cost of prosecution.
No person shall drive any motor vehicle over
any line of hose of a fire department when laid down on any street
or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without
the consent of a policeman or of an employee or agent of the fire
department.
No driver of any vehicle shall drive between
the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while
such vehicles are in motion, provided that such vehicles are conspicuously
designated. This provision shall not apply at intersections where
traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers.
Any vehicle passing around a rotary traffic
island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from
any controlled access roadway except at such entrances and exits as
are established by lawful authority.
No person shall drive a vehicle through or within
a safety zone.
No person shall drive any motor vehicle longitudinally
upon any sidewalk in the City, nor shall any person drive any vehicle
upon or across any sidewalk, except in order to gain access to or
egress from a driveway or alley at a location where the curb, if such
sidewalk is curbed, shall have been properly cut down for the purpose.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle
on the 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.
[Amended 6-16-2008 by Ord. No. 0608-02]
A. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded
or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding
three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides
of the vehicles or as to interfere with the driver's control over
the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
B. No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position
as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides or to
interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of
the vehicle.
C. Every person riding in a passenger car shall occupy
a seating position designed and intended for that person's use.
[Amended 6-12-1981 by Ord. No. 681-2]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or
permit to be operated a motor vehicle upon the footbridge crossing
Silver Lake.
B. Any person violating the provisions of Subsection
A shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined the sum of $25 and shall pay the costs of prosecution.