Chapter 10.10
LOCAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Sections:
10.10.01 Traffic control devices and markings.
10.10.04 Loud sound amplification systems prohibited.
10.10.01 Traffic control devices and markings.
The Standard Traffic Ordinance as adopted is hereby modified by adding thereto the following:
The governing body may, by resolution, establish and fix the location of such traffic control devices as may be deemed necessary to guide and warn traffic under the provisions of this chapter, other traffic ordinances and the state laws. The city shall place and maintain such traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as may be required by the authority of the governing body to make effective the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances for the regulation of traffic. Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to this section shall be marked and labeled on a map of the City of Baxter Springs for the purpose of displaying all such traffic control devices and shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business. (Code 1996 § 14-201)
10.10.02 Parking regulations.
(a) The parking of vehicles on Military Avenue, between 10th Street and 14th Street and between the alley on either side of Military Avenue between East Avenue and Park Avenue, from 10th Street to 14th Street inclusive, shall be limited to two hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except Sundays and holidays, unless otherwise posted.
(b) The loading and unloading zones in the city within the area defined in subsection (a) of this section shall be limited to 15 minutes parking, unless otherwise posted.
(c) Any violation of this section shall be, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of $2.00 if paid within 72 hours of the date of violation and by a fine of $5.00 if paid after 72 hours after the date of the violation. (Ord. 670 §§ 1 – 3. Code 1996 § 14-202)
10.10.03 Weight limits.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive and operate a motor vehicle over Lions Road, between 12th and 19th Streets, within the corporate limits of the city in excess of nine tons gross weight.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive and operate a motor vehicle over or across any street, except 12th Street or Military Avenue, within the corporate limits of the city in excess of nine tons gross weight.
(c) Upon conviction of violating this section, the minimum fine shall be $20.00, plus $0.02 for each pound over 1,000 pounds on any axle or combination of axles, up to a maximum of $500.00. (Ord. 534 §§ 1, 2; Ord. 551 §§ 1, 2. Code 1996 § 14-203)
10.10.04 Loud sound amplification systems prohibited.
(a) No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle.
(b) “Sound amplification system” means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
(c) “Plainly audible” means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and base reverberations are included. The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway.
(d) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operation was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous radio condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by the city or a gas, electric, communications or refuse company;
(4) The system was used for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or transmitting music to any person or assemblages of persons in compliance with ordinances of the city;
(5) The vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions, and other activities which have the approval of the department of the city authorized to grant such approval.
(e) Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation hereof is found to exist or continues to exist shall be a separate offense and punishable as such hereunder. (Ord. 663 §§ 1, 2. Code 1996 § 14-204)