TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE Chapter 70. GENERAL REGULATIONS 71. TRAFFIC-CONTROL REGULATIONS 72. PARKING REGULATIONS 73. BICYCLES, T
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TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE Chapter 70. GENERAL REGULATIONS 71. TRAFFIC-CONTROL REGULATIONS 72. PARKING REGULATIONS 73. BICYCLES, TOY VEHICLES, AND MOTORCYCLES 74. PEDESTRIANS 75. VEHICLE CONDITIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND LOADS 76. MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES 77. TRAFFIC SCHEDULES 78. PARKING SCHEDULES 1 2 Swansea - Traffic Code CHAPTER 70: GENERAL REGULATIONS Section Generally 70.001 Definitions 70.002 Adoption of Illinois State Vehicle Code Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws 70.015 Obedience to police officers 70.016 Public officers and employees to obey traffic code; exceptions 70.017 Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles 70.018 Fleeing or attempted to elude police officer Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings 70.030 Obedience to traffic-control devices 70.031 Traffic-control signal legend 70.032 Pedestrian-control signals 70.033 Lane-control signals 70.034 Flashing signals 70.035 Display of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or advertising signs 70.036 Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals 70.037 Unlawful use or damage to highways, appurtenances and structures 70.038 Unlawful possession of highway sign or marker 70.039 Zones of quiet 70.040 No-turning signs and turning markers 70.041 Stop and yield signs 70.042 Posting signs 70.043 Shopping centers powers to contract Administration 70.055 Generally 70.056 Duty of Traffic Division 70.057 Records of traffic violations 3 4 Swansea - Traffic Code 70.058 Accident investigations 70.059 Accident studies 70.060 Accident reports 70.061 Annual traffic safety report 70.062 Traffic Engineer 70.063 Traffic-control regulations and devices 70.064 Traffic Commission Impoundment of Motor Vehicle 70.080 Definitions 70.081 Violations authorizing impoundment 70.082 Seizure and impoundment 70.083 Administrative hearing 70.084 Disposition of impounded motor vehicle 70.085 Motor vehicle possession 70.086 Towing agency 70.087 Administrative fee Abandoned Vehicles 70.100 Definitions 70.101 Abandonment 70.102 Possession of vehicle by other party; towing 70.103 Removal of motor vehicles or other vehicles; towing or hauling away 70.104 Police responsibilities 70.105 Unknown owner 70.106 State Police information 70.107 Public sale; reclamation 70.108 Disposal of unclaimed vehicles 70.109 Police record for disposed vehicle 70.110 Public sale proceeds 70.111 Liability of village, officers, agencies, and towing services 70.112 Authorization of bond fees 70.999 Penalty 2018 S-1 General Regulations 5 GENERALLY § 70.001 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. For any terms not defined herein, the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1, entitled “Titles and Definitions” shall apply and supplement these definitions to the extent that the Illinois Vehicle Code contains those terms. ALLEY. A public way within a block, generally giving access to the rear of lots or buildings, and not used for general traffic circulation. (625 ILCS 5/1-102) ARTERIAL STREET. Any U.S.- or state-numbered route, controlled-access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdiction as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways. (70 ILCS 1205/3-9) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Emergency vehicles of village departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local authorities; police vehicles; vehicles of the Fire Department; vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a county board under 55 ILCS 5/5-1127; ambulances; vehicles of the State Department of Corrections; vehicles of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice; vehicles of the State Emergency Management Agency; mine rescue and explosives emergency response vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources; vehicles of the State Department of Public Health; vehicles of the State Toll Highway Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency Lane Patrol; vehicles of the State Department of Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; and vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency as defined by the State Emergency Management Act, 20 ILCS 3305/1 et seq. (625 ILCS 5/1-105) BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, except scooters and similar devices. (625 ILCS 5/1-106) BUS. Every motor vehicle, other than a commuter van, designed for carrying more than ten persons. (625 ILCS 5/1-107) BUSINESS DISTRICT. The territory contiguous to and including a highway when within 600 feet along the highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side, or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway. (625 ILCS 5/1-108) 2020 S-2 6 Swansea - Traffic Code COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. Any vehicle operated for the transportation of persons or property in the furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise, for-hire or not-for-hire, but not including a commuter van, a vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement when being used for that purpose or a recreational vehicle not being used commercially. (625 ILCS 5/1-111.8) CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY. Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over the highway, street or roadway. (625 ILCS 5/1-112) CROSSWALK. (1) The part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway, and in the absence of a sidewalk on one side of a highway, that part of the highway included within the extension of the lateral line of the existing sidewalk to the side of the highway without the sidewalk, with the extension forming a right angle to the centerline of the highway; and (2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface, placed in accordance with the provisions in the manual adopted by the Department of Transportation as authorized in 625 ILCS 5/11-301. (625 ILCS 5/1-113) DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (625 ILCS 5/1-116) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE. A self-balancing, two non-tandem wheeled device designed to transport only one person with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to 15 mph or less. (625 ILCS 5/1-117.7) FARM TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing wagons, plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry, and every implement of husbandry which is self-propelled excluding all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles as defined in 625 ILCS 5. (625 ILCS 5/1-120) FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE. Any vehicle, bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device that is designated or authorized by proper local authorities for Fire Department use. (625 ILCS 5/1-120.7) General Regulations 7 GROSS WEIGHT. The weight of a vehicle, whether operated singly or in combination, without load, plus the weight of load thereon. (625 ILCS 5/1-125) HEARING OFFICER. Person who shall be appointed by the Village Mayor for a term of one year, and shall be confirmed by a simple majority vote of approval by the Village Board. Compensation shall be determined by the Village Board upon the person's confirmation. Shall have authority as described herein. HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or located on public school property. (625 ILCS 5/1-126) IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY. Every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon trailers or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry; provided that, no farm wagon, wagon trailer or like vehicle having a gross weight of more than 36,000 pounds shall be included hereunder. (625 ILCS 5/1-130) IMPROVED HIGHWAY. Any roadway of concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam and crushed stone or gravel. (625 ILCS 5/1-131) INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different roadways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. (1) Where a highway includes two roadways 40 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. (2) The junction of an alley with a street or highway does not constitute an INTERSECTION. (625 ILCS 5/1-132) LANE-CONTROL SIGNAL. An official traffic- control device consisting of an electrically controlled and illuminated signal of a square or rectangular design, and employing distinctive colors or symbols used to control the direction of vehicular flow on the particular lane to which the indication applies. (625 ILCS 5/1-135) 8 Swansea - Traffic Code LANED ROADWAY.