Chapter 11.52
VEHICLE SAFETY AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
Sections:
11.52.010 Load restrictions on certain streets and highways.
11.52.020 Commercial vehicles prohibited.
11.52.030 Restrictions upon certain vehicles.
11.52.040 License plate attached to vehicle.
11.52.050 Chief of police to make rules.
11.52.060 General operating standards.
11.52.010 Load restrictions on certain streets and highways.
A. The municipal engineer is authorized to determine and designate those streets, highways or roadways, upon which vehicles of a gross weight permitted in this title would create a hazard or cause undue damage to the roadway and shall erect appropriate signs stating the reduced gross weight permitted on such designated streets. When signs are so erected giving notice thereof, no person shall disobey the restriction stated on such signs.
B. The municipal engineer may post certain streets, highways or roadways for less than the specified maximum when construction of the road in question or weather conditions necessitate the reduction of maximum loads.
(Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)
11.52.020 Commercial vehicles prohibited.
A. The municipal engineer is authorized to determine and designate various residential streets, highways or roadways upon which the operation of commercial vehicles would create exceptional hazardous conditions or cause undue public inconvenience and shall erect appropriate signs stating that commercial vehicles are prohibited from such designated streets, highways or roadways.
B. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any commercial vehicle at any time upon any of the streets, highways or roadways, or parts thereof so designated, except that such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering or picking up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such street, highway or roadway at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle and proceeding thereon no further than the nearest intersection thereafter.
(Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)
11.52.030 Restrictions upon certain vehicles.
A. The municipal engineer is authorized to determine and designate those heavily traveled streets, highways or roadways upon which shall be prohibited use by motorcycles, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles or other nonmotorized traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
B. When signs are so erected giving notice thereof, no person shall disobey the restrictions stated on such signs.
(Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)
11.52.040 License plate attached to vehicle.
No vehicle shall be driven unless its state license plates for the current year are attached to the vehicle in the manner provided by the state law, and in addition thereto, the license plates are clean and legible. (Ord. 84-597 § 4(B) (part), 1984; Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)
11.52.050 Chief of police to make rules.
The chief of police is empowered to make such rules and regulations pertaining to the matters regulated by Sections 11.56.010 through 11.64.090 as may be necessary to implement the foregoing general regulations and specific standards. No person shall fail to comply with any such rule or regulation. (Ord. 84-497 § 4(B) (part), 1984; Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)
11.52.060 General operating standards.
All persons to whom Sections 11.56.010 through 11.64.090 apply shall so operate and maintain the vehicles herein regulated as to reasonably protect and safeguard the lives and property, comfort and safety of persons in the municipality. (Ord. 84-597 § 4(B) (part), 1984; Ord. 73-64 § 3 (part), 1973.)