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Alva, OK Code of Ordinances
ALVA, OKLAHOMA CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3: RESERVED
CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5: RESERVED
CHAPTER 6: ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7: RESERVED
CHAPTER 8: AVIATION
CHAPTER 9: RESERVED
CHAPTER 10: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11: RESERVED
CHAPTER 12: BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 13: RESERVED
CHAPTER 14: CIVIL EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 15: RESERVED
CHAPTER 16: EMERGENCY SERVICES
CHAPTER 17: RESERVED
CHAPTER 18: ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 19: RESERVED
CHAPTER 20: FINANCE AND TAXATION
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 23: RESERVED
CHAPTER 24: FLOODS
CHAPTER 25: RESERVED
CHAPTER 26: HEALTH
CHAPTER 27: RESERVED
CHAPTER 28: HUMAN RELATIONS
CHAPTER 29: RESERVED
CHAPTER 30: LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 31: RESERVED
CHAPTER 32: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
CHAPTER 33: RESERVED
CHAPTER 34: MUNICIPAL COURT
CHAPTER 35: RESERVED
CHAPTER 36: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 37: RESERVED
CHAPTER 38: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES
CHAPTER 39: RESERVED
CHAPTER 40: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 41: RESERVED
CHAPTER 42: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
ARTICLE I: IN GENERAL
ARTICLE II: ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE III: VEHICLE EQUIPMENT; INSPECTION
ARTICLE IV: SPEED REGULATIONS
ARTICLE V: DRIVING; OVERTAKING; PASSING
§ 42-145. CHANGING LANES.
§ 42-146. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
§ 42-147. WHEN OVERTAKING ON THE RIGHT IS PERMITTED.
§ 42-148. OVERTAKING A VEHICLE ON THE LEFT.
§ 42-149. LIMITATIONS ON OVERTAKING ON THE LEFT; EXCEPTION.
§ 42-150. OVERTAKING AND PASSING BICYCLE.
§ 42-151. PASSING VEHICLES PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
§ 42-152. ONE-WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
§ 42-153. FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
§ 42-154. NO PASSING ZONES.
§ 42-155. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSION PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
§ 42-156. DRIVERS IN A PROCESSION.
§ 42-157. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED.
§ 42-158. OVERTAKING AND PASSING IN SCHOOL ZONES.
§ 42-159. OVERTAKING AND PASSING SCHOOL BUS.
§ 42-160. SCHOOL BUS REQUIREMENTS; LIGHTS; SIGNS; PAINTING.
§ 42-161. DRIVING OF VEHICLES ON SIDEWALK PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
§ 42-162. LIMITATIONS ON BACKING VEHICLE.
§ 42-163. LIMITATION ON USE OF MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, AND MOTOR SCOOTERS.
§ 42-164. REQUIRED MOTORCYCLE EQUIPMENT, HEADGEAR.
§ 42-165. SPECIAL NEED LIMITATION ON MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR SCOOTERS.
§ 42-166. CLINGING TO VEHICLES PROHIBITED.
§ 42-167. ENTERING AND LEAVING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS.
§ 42-168. RECKLESS DRIVING.
§ 42-169. CARELESS OR NEGLIGENT DRIVING, STOPPING, OR PARKING.
§ 42-170. REQUIREMENT OF ANY PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC WAY TO OPERATE SAME IN A CAREFUL AND PRUDENT MANNER.
§ 42-171. DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING SUBSTANCES.
§ 42-172. TRANSPORTING OF LOW-POINT BEER EXCEPT IN ORIGINAL, UNOPENED CONTAINER PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
§ 42-173. UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTATION OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGE; PENALTY.
§ 42-174. ATTENTION TO DRIVING REQUIRED.
§ 42-175. SPEED CONTEST PROHIBITED.
§ 42-176. PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PARADES AND PROCESSIONS.
§ 42-177. DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE.
§ 42-178. STARTING PARKED VEHICLE.
§ 42-179. OPENING AND CLOSING VEHICLE DOORS.
§ 42-180. OBSTRUCTIONS TO DRIVER’S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM.
§ 42-181. BOARDING OR ALIGHTING FROM VEHICLES.
§ 42-182. UNLAWFUL RIDING.
§ 42-183. RAILROAD TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK STREETS.
§ 42-184. PRIVATE SERVICE DRIVES.
§ 42-185. TRUCK WEIGHTS, DRIVING AND ROUTE RESTRICTIONS.
§ 42-186. LOADS ON VEHICLES.
§ 42-187. VEHICLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING INTERSECTION.
§ 42-188. VEHICLE TURNING LEFT AT INTERSECTION.
§ 42-189. VEHICLE APPROACHING A YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGN.
§ 42-190. VEHICLE ENTERING THROUGH HIGHWAY.
§ 42-191. VEHICLES FACING STOP, SLOW, WARNING, OR CAUTION SIGNAL.
§ 42-192. THROUGH STREETS.
§ 42-193. INTERSECTIONS WHERE STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED.
§ 42-194. RESERVED.
§ 42-195. VEHICLE ENTERING STOP INTERSECTION.
§ 42-196. VEHICLE ENTERING YIELD INTERSECTION.
§ 42-197. VEHICLE ENTERING HIGHWAY FROM PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
§ 42-198. VEHICLES ENTERING TRAFFIC FROM PARKING.
§ 42-199. EMERGING FROM ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, OR BUILDING.
§ 42-200. STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED.
§ 42-201. OBEDIENCE TO SIGNAL INDICATING APPROACH OF TRAIN.
§ 42-202. CERTAIN VEHICLES TO STOP AT ALL RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
§ 42-203. MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELTS.
§ 42-204. CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES; EXEMPTIONS.
§§ 42-205 THROUGH 42-313. RESERVED.
ARTICLE VI: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
ARTICLE VII: STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
ARTICLE VIII: LOADING
ARTICLE IX: TURNING MOVEMENTS
ARTICLE X: PEDESTRIANS
ARTICLE XI: BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS
ARTICLE XII: IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
ARTICLE XIII: RAILROADS
ARTICLE XIV: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 43: RESERVED
CHAPTER 44: UTILITIES
APPENDIX A: SUBDIVISIONS
APPENDIX B: ZONING
APPENDIX C: FRANCHISES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 42-185. TRUCK WEIGHTS, DRIVING AND ROUTE RESTRICTIONS.
   The City Council may prescribe routes through the city for the use of trucks in general, trucks of particular kinds, and/or other vehicles which are not ordinary private passenger vehicles, passing through the city. Appropriate and adequate signs shall be placed along such routes so that drivers of such vehicles may follow the routes. When such signs are so erected and in place, the driver of a truck or other vehicle for which a route has been prescribed, as provided above, while passing through the city, shall keep on such route and shall not deviate therefrom except in case of emergency. Drivers of such vehicles shall follow such routes so far as practicable also when driving within the city and not merely through the city.
(Prior Code, § 42-185)
§ 42-186. LOADS ON VEHICLES.
   (A)   No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, blowing, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
   (B)   No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless the load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. Any vehicle loaded with sand, cinders, or other loose material susceptible to blowing or escaping by reason of wind shall have the load covered or dampened so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of the load from the vehicle.
   (C)   This section shall apply to trucks loaded with livestock, poultry, or agricultural products only, except baled agricultural products, provided that any such truck shall be so constructed or loaded as to prevent such livestock or poultry from escaping therefrom.
(Prior Code, § 42-186)
Statutory reference:
   Loads on vehicles, see 47 O.S. § 14-105
§ 42-187. VEHICLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING INTERSECTION.
   (A)   When two vehicles enter or approach an uncontrolled intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right as otherwise stated in this article; however, the driver of a vehicle on a street which is not a state or federal highway approaching an intersection with a state or federal highway shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection or which is so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
   (B)   The right-of-way rule declared in subsection (A) above of this section is modified at through highways as otherwise stated in this article.
(Prior Code, § 42-187)
Statutory reference:
   Right-of-way at intersections, see 47 O.S. § 11-401
§ 42-188. VEHICLE TURNING LEFT AT INTERSECTION.
   The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. After so yielding and having given signal when and as required by this code, the driver may make the left turn, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn.
(Prior Code, § 42-188)
Statutory reference:
   Vehicle turning left, see 47 O.S. § 11-402
§ 42-189. VEHICLE APPROACHING A YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGN.
   The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield right-of-way sign shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, or shall stop if necessary as provided in 47 O.S. § 11-703(e), yielding the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which the driver is driving and to all vehicles in the intersection or approaching on the intersecting street or highway so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. Said driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding; provided however, that if such driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver’s failure to yield the right-of-way.
(Prior Code, § 42-189)
Statutory reference:
   Vehicle entering yield intersection, see 47 O.S. § 11-403(C)
§ 42-190. VEHICLE ENTERING THROUGH HIGHWAY.
   Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or a traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by this code at the entrance to a through highway and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from the through highway, or which are approaching so closely on the through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard. The driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding.
(Prior Code, § 42-190)
Statutory reference:
   Vehicle entering stop intersection, see 47 O.S. § 11-403(B)
§ 42-191. VEHICLES FACING STOP, SLOW, WARNING, OR CAUTION SIGNAL.
   If two or more vehicles face stop, slow, warning, or caution signs or signals at an intersection on two or more intersecting cross streets and are approaching as to enter the intersection at the same time, the following rules shall apply.
   (A)   If each vehicle is required to stop, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right-of-way.
   (B)   If each vehicle is required to slow, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right-of-way.
   (C)   If each vehicle is required to take caution, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right-of-way.
   (D)   If one vehicle is required to stop and the other to slow or take caution, the one slowing or taking caution shall have the right-of-way.
   (E)   If one vehicle is required to slow and the other to take caution, the one required to take caution shall have the right-of-way.
   (F)   In any event, a vehicle which has already entered the intersection shall have the right-of-way over one which has not entered the intersection.
(Prior Code, § 42-191)
Statutory reference:
   Vehicle entering stop, slow, warning, or caution sign intersection, see 47 O.S. § 11-403(D)
§ 42-192. THROUGH STREETS.
   (A)   The City Council may designate any street or part of a street a through street.
   (B)   Whenever the City Council designates and describes a through street, the Business Manager shall have placed and maintained a stop sign, or yield sign, if deemed more appropriate, shall be placed and maintained on every street intersecting a through street, or intersecting that portion thereof, unless traffic at such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals.
   (C)   At the intersection of two such through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of the streets as may be determined by the Business Manager if deemed desirable.
(Prior Code, § 42-192)
Statutory reference:
   Authority to designate through streets, see 47 O.S. § 1148
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