(a) Micro-Utility Trucks, as defined below, may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads and alleys within the corporate limits of the city, subject to the provisions of this article.
(b) Micro-Utility Truck means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an overall length, including the bumper, of not more than 144 inches, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 1,500 pounds, can exceed 40 miles per hour as originally manufactured and is manufactured with a metal cab. Micro-Utility truck does not include a work-site utility vehicle.
(c) No micro-utility truck shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley unless such vehicle shall comply with the equipment requirements under the provisions of Article 17, Chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. Such requirements include, but are not limited to, requirements for headlights, brake lights, turn signals, horns, mufflers, mirrors, reflectors and seat belts.
(d) Every person operating a micro-utility truck on the public highways, streets, roads and alleys of the city shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a driver of vehicle imposed by law.
(e) No person shall operate a micro-utility truck on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city unless such vehicle is equipped with a factory exhaust system or an exhaust system meeting all manufacturer’s specifications.
(f) All insurance requirements for motor vehicles which are set forth in Article 31 of Chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall apply to micro-utility trucks driven on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city.
(g) A violation of this section shall be deemed an ordinance traffic infraction. Upon an entry of a plea of guilty or no contest or upon being convicted of such violation, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with Section 201, 2007 Standard Traffic Ordinance, and amendments thereto, or such other similar provision as the city may then have in effect. (Ord. 452; Code 2015)