Chapter 11 Traffic
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TRAFFIC CHAPTER 11 TRAFFIC Article 11-1 ADMINISTRATION 11-1-1 Duty of Law Enforcement Department 11-1-2 Records of Traffic Violations 11-1-3 Law Enforcement Department to Investigate Accidents 11-1-4 Traffic Accident Studies 11-1-5 Traffic Accident Reports Article 11-2 TRAFFIC CONTROL 11-2-1 Speed Limits 442 11-2-2 Directing Traffic 11-2-3 Obedience to Traffic Regulations 11-2-4 Traffic Control Devices 11-2-5 Authority to Designate Crosswalks, Establish Safety Zones and Mark Traffic Lanes 11-2-6 Authority to Place and Obedience to Turning Markers 11-2-7 Authority to Place and Obedience to Restricted Turn Signs 11-2-8 Limitations on Turning Around 11-2-9 Regulations of Traffic at Intersections 11-2-10 Existing Speed Limits, Traffic Control Measures, and Devices 11-2-11 Drivers to Obey Signs 11-2-12 Funeral Processions 504 542 11-2-13 No Passing Zones 357 11-2-14 Repealed 416 11-2-15 Operation of Vehicles on Private Property 47 11-2-16 Signs on Public Right-of-Way 416, 426 11-2-17 Regulation of Trucks 156, 359 11-2-18 Presumptive Operator 48, 172 11-2-19 Horses Prohibited on Town Sidewalks and Paved Bicycle Paths 49 11-2-20 Operation of Vehicles on Canal or Ditch 9 2 11-2-21 Parking Areas Reserved for Physically Disabled 97 416 11-2-22 Repealed 416 11-2-23 Barricades: Requirement; Lighting; Restitution 385 11-2-24 Parking of Taxicabs 386 11-2-25 Violations, Civil Sanction 416 482 11-2-26 Owner's Liability for Parking Offenses 416 11-2-27 Immobilization 416 11-2-28 Parking Signs 416 11-2-29 Residential Parking Permit Areas 416 11-2-30 Parking Restrictions 416 487 597 11-2-31 Towing on Private Property, Notices Required, Penalty, Vehicular Trespass 416 11-i TRAFFIC Article 11-3 TRANSPORTATION OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS 353 11-3-1 Definitions 11-3-2 General 11-3-3 Certification of Fitness 11-3-4 Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance 11-3-5 Placard Requirements 11-3-6 Vehicle Requirements 11-3-7 Class II Magazines 11-3-8 Vehicle Travel Routes and Times 11-3-9 Terminals Article 11-4 MOTORIZED SKATEBOARDS (GO-PEDS) 469 480 11-4-1 Definitions 11-4-2 Application of Traffic Laws 11-4-3 Responsibility of Parents, Guardians, and Custodians 11-4-4 Prohibited Operation 11-4-5 General Operating Restrictions 11-4-6 Operating Restrictions on Roadway 11-4-7 Required Safety Equipment 11-4-8 Violations ARTICLE 11-5 Repealed 07/08/04 Ord. 542 ARTICLE 11-6 MOVING STRUCTURES 501 11-6-1 Special Single Trip Permits Required 11-6-2 Single Trip Permit 11-6-3 Liability for Damages 11-6-4 Times Allowed For Moving Structures 11-6-6 Pay Expenses of Officer 11-6-6 Fees for Single Trip Permit 11-6-7 Penalties ARTICLE 11-7 RESERVED688 ARTICLE 11-8 PEDESTRIAN/TRAFFIC SAFETY 689 11-ii TRAFFIC CHAPTER 11 TRAFFIC Article 11-1 ADMINISTRATION 11-1-1 Duty of Law Enforcement Department 11-1-2 Records of Traffic Violations 11-1-3 Law Enforcement Department to Investigate Accidents 11-1-4 Traffic Accident Studies 11-1-5 Traffic Accident Reports Section 11-1-1 Duty of Law Enforcement Department It is the duty of the Law Enforcement Department to provide for the enforcement of the street traffic regulations of the Town and all of the State Vehicle Laws applicable to street traffic in the Town, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to assist in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out all duties specially imposed upon said department by this chapter. Section 11-1-2 Records of Traffic Violations A. The Law Enforcement Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic laws of the Town or the State Vehicle Laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall accumulate during at least a five-year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five-year period. B. All forms for records of violations and notices shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms. C. All records and reports shall be public records. Section 11-1-3 Law Enforcement Department to Investigate Accidents It is the duty of the Town Law Enforcement Department to investigate traffic accidents and to arrest and assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents. 11-1 TRAFFIC Section 11-1-4 Traffic Accident Studies Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the Town Law Enforcement Department shall conduct studies of such accidents and determine remedial measures. Section 11-1-5 Traffic Accident Reports A. The Law Enforcement Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by locations. B. The Town Law Enforcement Department shall receive and properly file all accident reports made to him under State law or under any law of the Town, but all such accident reports made by drivers shall be for the confidential use of the Town, and no such report shall be admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding other than upon request of any person making such report or upon request of the Court having jurisdiction, to prove a compliance with the laws requiring the making of any such report. C. The Law Enforcement Department shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Town Clerk. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the Town as follows: 1. The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured and other pertinent traffic accident data. 2. The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the Law Enforcement Department. 3. Plans and recommendations of the department for future traffic safety activities. 11-2 TRAFFIC Article 11-2 TRAFFIC CONTROL 11-2-1 Speed Limits 442 11-2-2 Directing Traffic 11-2-3 Obedience to Traffic Regulations 11-2-4 Traffic Control Devices 11-2-5 Authority to Designate Crosswalks, Establish Safety Zones and Mark Traffic Lanes 11-2-6 Authority to Place and Obedience to Turning Markers 11-2-7 Authority to Place and Obedience to Restricted Turn Signs 11-2-8 Limitations on Turning Around 11-2-9 Regulations of Traffic at Intersections 11-2-10 Existing Speed Limits, Traffic Control Measures, and Devices 11-2-11 Drivers to Obey Signs 11-2-12 Processions 542 11-2-13 No Passing Zones 357 11-2-14 Repealed 416 11-2-15 Operation of Vehicles on Private Property 47 11-2-16 Signs on Public Right-of-Way 416, 426 11-2-17 Regulation of Trucks 156, 359 11-2-18 Presumptive Operator 48, 172 11-2-19 Horses Prohibited on Town Sidewalks and Paved Bicycle Paths 49 11-2-20 Operation of Vehicles on Canal or Ditch 9 2 11-2-21 Parking Areas Reserved for Physically Disabled 97 416 11-2-22 Repealed 416 11-2-23 Barricades: Requirement; Lighting; Restitution 385 11-2-24 Parking of Taxicabs 386 11-2-25 Violations, Civil Sanction 416 482 11-2-26 Owner's Liability for Parking Offenses 416 11-2-27 Immobilization 416 11-2-28 Parking Signs 416 11-2-29 Residential Parking Permit Areas 416 11-2-30 Parking Restrictions 416 487 11-2-31 Towing on Private Property, Notices Required, Penalty, 416 Vehicular Trespass Section 11-2-1 Speed Limits 442 The speed limit within the Town is twenty-five (25) miles per hour unless otherwise posted. The Town Council may, in accordance with the authority granted by State law, change the speed limit on specified streets by resolution. Speed limits may also be established, altered, posted and enforced by the Town Manager or his designee when construction or work is being conducted on a street or right of way, applicable at such locations and during such time periods as deemed advisable by the Manager or his designee. 11-3 TRAFFIC Section 11-2-2 Directing Traffic A. Officers of the Law Enforcement Department are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal. B. Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the Town Marshal in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. Section 11-2-3 Obedience to Traffic Regulations It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter. It is unlawful for any person to willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a law enforcement officer or of any Fire Department official. A. It is unlawful for one vehicle to pass another vehicle in a zone signed for school crossing. Passing occurs when the front bumper of the rear vehicle overtakes the rear bumper of the overtaken vehicles. B. The Town Manager, on approval by the Council, may designate certain additional sections of streets as No Passing Zones. Section 11-2-4 Traffic Control Devices A. The Town Manager, with the approval of the Council, shall designate the location of traffic control devices, signs and signals when and as required under the traffic regulations of the Town to make effective the provisions of said regulations, and may designate such additional traffic control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the Town or under State law or to guide or warn traffic.