Every motor vehicle, when operated upon a street,
shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of
and to stop and to hold such vehicle and any trailer or semitrailer
attached thereto, including two separate means of applying the brakes,
each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least
two wheels. These two separate means of applying the brakes shall
be so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism
shall not leave the vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
Every motorcycle when operated upon a street
shall be equipped with at least one brake, which may be operated by
hand or foot.
No trailer or semitrailer with a gross weight
of load and vehicle in excess of 4,000 pounds shall be operated on
the streets of the City at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour
unless equipped with suitable brakes controlled by the operator of
the towing vehicle.
All brakes shall be maintained in good working
order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable
with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
All braking distances specified in this article
shall apply to all vehicles mentioned herein, whether or not such
vehicles are loaded to the maximum capacity.
A.
The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination
of vehicles shall be adequate to stop such vehicle when traveling
20 miles per hour within a distance of 30 feet when upon dry asphalt
or concrete pavement surface free from loose material where the grade
does not exceed 1%.
Every motor vehicle operated upon a street shall
be equipped with a horn, in good working order, capable of emitting
sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less
than 200 feet.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no
vehicle is to be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle
any siren, exhaust, compression or spark-plug whistle, nor shall any
person at any time use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning
or to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by
means of a horn or other warning device.
All motor vehicles and motorcycles shall be
equipped with a mirror so placed that the driver thereof may readily
ascertain the presence of any vehicle traveling in the same direction
and overtaking him.
No person shall operate any vehicle upon a street
with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front
windshield, side vent windows, or side or rear windows of such motor
vehicle, other than a certificate or other paper required to be so
displayed by law.
Every windshield on a motor vehicle shall be
equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from
the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled
or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
A.
No person shall operate on any public street of the
City any motor vehicle which is registered in this state and which
has been manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1937, unless such
vehicle and any trailer drawn thereby is equipped with safety glass,
wherever glass is used in partitions, doors, windows or windshields.
B.
The term "safety glass" shall mean glass so treated
or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with
ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons
by objects from external sources or by glass when the glass is cracked
or broken.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
A.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle on any public
highway, road or street with the front windshield, the side windows
to the immediate right and left of the driver and/or side wings forward
of and to the left and right of the driver that do not meet the requirements
of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205 in effect at the time
of the manufacture.
B.
No person shall be convicted under this section if
that person possesses a statement signed by a licensed practitioner
of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or optometry verifying
that tinted windows are medically necessary for the owner or usual
operator of said vehicle.
No motor vehicle, other than an authorized emergency
vehicle or a vehicle moving under special permit, which makes or creates
excessive or unusual noise shall operate upon any street or public
way within the City.
No person shall drive and no owner of a motor
vehicle shall permit or allow the operation of any motor vehicle upon
any street of the City unless such motor vehicle is equipped with
a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent
excessive or unusual noise.
No person shall use a muffler cutout on any
motor vehicle while such motor vehicle is being operated upon a street.
A.
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street
unless it is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from
dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
A.
No person shall transport upon a public street any
meat, scrap, waste, bones or waste animal matter, except inside a
vehicle having a closed body, the doors of which are kept securely
fastened while the vehicle is moving on the highway.
Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle moved on
any street shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least
one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
No tire on a vehicle moved on a street shall
have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat or spike or any
other protuberances of any material other than rubber which project
beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that
it shall be permissible to use farm machinery having protuberances
which will not injure the roadway and to use tire chains of reasonable
proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow,
ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid.
Every bus used for the transportation of school
children shall be painted chrome yellow and shall be clearly marked
on both the front and rear with the words "School Bus" in letters
not less than eight inches in height; provided, however, that when
a school bus is being operated upon a highway for purposes other than
the actual transportation of children either to or from school all
markings thereon indicating "School Bus" shall be covered and concealed.
A.
No operator of any school bus shall transport school
children upon any of the highways of the City when said highways are
covered with ice or snow without tire chains on the outside rear wheels
of the bus, or unless all rear wheels are equipped with tires having
treads designed for use in snow, which tires must be in such condition
as to serve the purpose for which they are designed.
B.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this
section shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 and shall
pay the costs of prosecution.
