Chapter 10.40
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS
Sections:
10.40.010 Erasing police chalk marks prohibited.
10.40.020 Driving regulations.
10.40.030 Designated vehicles prohibited in central traffic district.
10.40.040 Construction parking permit.
10.40.050 Clinging to vehicle prohibited.
10.40.060 Parade permit required.
10.40.070 Parking for sale or advertising.
10.40.090 Bicycle parking zones.
10.40.130 Alighting from vehicle in motion – Excessive acceleration.
10.40.140 Soliciting for business.
10.40.160 One-way street – Designation.
10.40.170 One-way street – Signposting.
10.40.010 Erasing police chalk marks prohibited.
It is unlawful to erase chalking or other marking made by officers from tires by any means other than to leave the parking space and drive along the street. (Prior code §13.32).
10.40.020 Driving regulations.
A person shall not drive a vehicle:
A. Over a fire hose without consent of the officer in charge;
B. Between vehicles comprising a conspicuously marked funeral procession;
C. In any parkway or sidewalk, except that any person may skate on a sidewalk outside the central traffic district;
D. Drawn by any animal or animals, into or within the central traffic district between the hours of four p.m. and six p.m. of any day, except as part of a parade or exhibition for which a permit has been issued;
E. Over or across any newly-made pavement or sidewalk, or any freshly painted marking in any street or alley when a barrier or sign is in place warning against such action or when a traffic-control device is in place, stating that the street or alley or any portion thereof is enclosed. (Prior code §13.40).
10.40.030 Designated vehicles prohibited in central traffic district.
A person shall not drive the following described vehicles in the central traffic district between the hours of ten a.m. and six p.m. on any day without a written permit from the police chief to do so except for emergency reasons:
A. Any freight vehicle:
1. More than eight and one-half feet wide, including load,
2. With any part of its load extending more than twenty feet to front or rear of such vehicle,
3. With a trailer;
B. Any vehicle conveying refuse, rubbish, garbage or dirt;
C. Any vehicle conveying flammable petroleum products or explosives;
D. Any vehicle conveying building materials that have not been loaded, or that are not to be unloaded, within the central traffic district. (Prior code §13.41).
10.40.040 Construction parking permit.
A commercial vehicle may park for construction work in a limited parking area after first obtaining a “park for construction permit” from the police chief. Such permit to be granted only after applicant presents a valid business license of the city.
10.40.050 Clinging to vehicle prohibited.
A person riding on a bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, skates, or any other similar vehicle, shall not attach the same, or himself to any other moving vehicle on any street. (Prior code §13.43).
10.40.060 Parade permit required.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association, society, or aggregation of persons, firms, corporations, associations, or societies, to parade or assemble in, along, or upon any public or private street or property without first obtaining a permit from the police chief to do so. Such permit to be approved by the City administrator. (Prior code §13.44).
10.40.070 Parking for sale or advertising.
It is unlawful:
A. To place any container or device on a sidewalk, street or public right-of-way, or to stand or park any vehicle or contrivance on a sidewalk or street for the purpose of selling, offering for sale or advertising for sale any goods, wares, merchandise or services or exchanging anything including transportation or other service without obtaining a written permit to do so at the specified location. Such permit shall be issued by the city license and tax collector upon approval of the police chief.
B. For any licensed vendor to stop in one place for more than ten minutes at the request of a bona fide purchaser, and then only if vendor’s vehicle is parked at the curb. (Prior code §13.46).
10.40.080 Temporary signs.
Whenever the traffic engineer determines that traffic congestion is likely to result from the holding of public or private assemblages, gatherings or functions, or for other causes, the traffic engineer shall have power and authority to order temporary signs to be erected or posted indicating that the operation, parking or standing of vehicles is prohibited on such streets and alleys or portions thereof, and the traffic engineer shall cause such signs to be removed promptly thereafter. (Prior code §13.47).
10.40.090 Bicycle parking zones.
When the traffic engineer determines that the establishment of a bicycle parking zone is necessary for the regulation of traffic or to provide facilities for the temporary parking of bicycles being operated upon the public streets, or to safeguard life or property, he is authorized to set aside a space on the street not more than thirty-six feet in length for the parking of bicycles during such hours of such days as are found by him to be best suited for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this section. When a bicycle parking zone is so established, the traffic engineer shall cause appropriate signs to be posted thereat during such hours, giving notice that parking of other vehicles is prohibited. (Prior code §13.48).
10.40.130 Alighting from vehicle in motion – Excessive acceleration.
A. It is unlawful for any person to board or alight from a vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
B. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to operate same on a street or alley in such manner that the motion or speed thereof is accelerated in such fashion as to leave frictional tire rubber marks on the surface of such street or alley. (Prior code §13.52).
10.40.140 Soliciting for business.
It is unlawful for any person, upon any street or wharf on which a passenger depot or station fronts or abuts, to solicit patronage for any hotel, apartment, lodginghouse, boardinghouse, restaurant, cafe or other place where persons are boarded or lodged for compensation, or to solicit patronage for any vehicle used for transportation of persons, goods, wares, merchandise, freight or baggage, for hire, within seventy-five feet of the main entrance to or exit from such passenger depot, station or boat landing, except that taxicabs licensed under this code may occupy a regularly designated taxicab stand which has been located within seventy-five feet of such entrance or exit. (Prior code §13.53).
10.40.160 One-way street – Designation.
One-way streets and alleys are as designated by resolution of the city council. (Prior code §13.56).
10.40.170 One-way street – Signposting.
One-way streets shall be appropriately signed and marked and thereafter it is unlawful to drive a vehicle in other than the direction shown on the traffic-control devices. (Ord. 1434 §9, 1991: prior code §13.57).