All streets or portions thereof, lying within
300 feet of any hospital, nursing home or school, and which have been
declared to be "quiet zones" by the Council shall be respected as
such by all drivers; no driver of any vehicle shall within such zones,
make any unnecessary noise or sound the horn or other warning device
of such vehicle except in an emergency. It shall be unlawful for any
person in any part of said municipality to make or cause to be made,
any unnecessary noise with any signal device or to use the same except
as a road signal.
[Amended 6-15-1999 by Ord. No. 1298]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any
street, alley or other place within the corporate limits at a rate
of speed greater than 25 miles per hour, unless a greater rate of
speed is specifically permitted by resolution; provided that the Council
may designate specific streets or portions thereof, upon which the
speed limit shall be greater or lesser than 25 miles per hour. Should
the Council determine to establish such speed zones, then signs legible
from the roadway shall be posted at regular intervals throughout such
speed zone indicating the maximum speed allowed in that zone.
The municipal police are hereby authorized,
empowered and ordered to exercise all powers and duties with relation
to the management of the street when necessary, temporarily divert
or exclude, in the interest of public safety, health and convenience,
the movement of pedestrian, animal and vehicular traffic of every
kind in streets, parks and on bridges. The driver of any vehicle shall
stop upon the signal of any police officer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse
or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a
police officer.
A.
The municipal police upon issuing a traffic citation
to an alleged violator of any provision of this chapter shall deposit
the original traffic citation with the court having jurisdiction over
the alleged offense, unless the citation is just a warning.
B.
Upon the deposit of the traffic citation with the
court said original citation may be disposed of only by trial in said
court or other official action by the judge of the court, including
a forfeiture of bail, or by the deposit of sufficient bail with, or
payment of a fine to the court by the person to whom such traffic
citation has been issued.
C.
It shall be unlawful for the municipal police to dispose
of a traffic citation, or copies thereof, or of the record of the
issuance of the same in a manner other than as required herein.
D.
The City Clerk shall require the return of all copies
of every traffic citation which has been spoiled or upon which any
entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.
[Amended 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 1264]
Any person who violates any of the prohibitions
or provisions of any article or section of this chapter shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless otherwise specified in the particular
article or section for which the person stands convicted of violating,
the penalty for such violation shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
$500 or imprisoned six months, or both said fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of the sentencing court.
