Section
General Provisions
70.01 Applicability of state traffic laws
70.02 Definitions
70.03 Rules of road
70.04 Crossing private property
70.05 Emerging from vehicle
70.06 Unlawful riding
70.07 Clinging to vehicles
70.08 Use of rollerskates and rollerblades restricted
70.09 Skis on streets
70.10 Play streets
70.11 Damaging sidewalks and curbs
70.12 Obstructing streets
70.13 Removing glass and debris
70.14 Impoundment of vehicles
70.15 Fire District connections
70.16 Scheduled construction and emergency repair of City facilities
Pedestrians
70.30 Use of sidewalks
70.31 Pedestrians must use crosswalks
70.32 Right angles
70.33 Obedience to traffic lights and bridge and railroad signals
Administration and Authority
70.45 Powers of the Council
70.46 Public danger
70.47 Authority of law enforcement and firefighters
70.48 Obedience to and alteration of control devices
70.49 Evidence
70.50 Existing control devices
Uninsured Vehicles
70.65 Law enforcement authority
70.66 Conditions of release
70.67 Request for hearing
70.68 Trial for uninsured vehicles
70.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this traffic code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BICYCLE. A nonmotorized vehicle designed to be ridden, propelled by human power, and having two or more wheels, the diameter of which are in excess of ten inches, or having two or more wheels, where any one wheel has a diameter in excess of 15 inches.
BUS STOP. A space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for use by buses loading or unloading passengers.
HOLIDAY. New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day proclaimed by the Council to be a HOLIDAY.
LOADING ZONE. A space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or materials during specified hours of specified days.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle that is self-propelled, including tractors, fork-lift trucks, motorcycles, road-building equipment, street-cleaning equipment, and any other vehicle capable of moving under its own power, notwithstanding that the vehicle may be exempt from licensing under the motor vehicle laws of the state.
PARK or PARKING. The condition of:
(1) A motor vehicle that is stopped while occupied by its operator with the engine turned off; or
(2) A motor vehicle that is stopped while unoccupied by its operator whether or not the engine is turned off.
PEDESTRIAN. A person on the public right-of-way, except:
(1) The operator or passenger of a motor vehicle or bicycle; or
(2) A person leading, driving, or riding an animal or animal-drawn conveyance.
PERSON. A natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
STAND or STANDING. The stopping of a motor vehicle while occupied by its operator with the engine running, except stopping in obedience to the instructions of a traffic officer or traffic control device or for other traffic.
STOP. Complete cessation of movement.
STREET and OTHER PROPERTY OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL.
(1) STREET. The terms HIGHWAY, ROAD, and STREET, when used in this chapter or in the ORS chapters incorporated herein, shall be considered synonymous, unless the context precludes such construction. STREET, as defined in this section and the ORS chapters incorporated by reference herein, includes alleys, sidewalks, and parking areas and accessways owned or maintained by the City.
(2) OTHER PROPERTY OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL. Property, whether publicly or privately owned and whether publicly or privately maintained, upon which the public operates motor vehicles, either by express or implied invitation, other than streets as defined in division (1) above, and excepting public school property, County property, or property under the jurisdiction of the state’s Board of Higher Education. OTHER PROPERTY OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL shall include, but not be limited to, parking lots, service station lots, shopping center and supermarket parking lots, and other accessways and parking areas open to general vehicular traffic, whether or not periodically closed to public use.
TAXICAB STAND. A space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for use by taxicabs.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. A device to direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic or parking, including, but not limited to, a sign, signaling mechanism, barricade, button, or street or curb marking installed by the City or other authority.
TRAFFIC LANE. The area of the roadway used for the movement of a single line of traffic.
VEHICLE. As used in subsequent sections of this traffic code, includes bicycles.
(Ord. 372, passed 6-4-1973)
In addition to state law, the following shall apply to the operation of vehicles upon the streets of the City.
(A) The operator of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic, and shall yield the right-of-way to moving traffic and pedestrians.
(B) The operator of a vehicle in the traffic lane shall have the right-of-way over an operator of a vehicle departing from a parking space.
(C) No operator of a vehicle shall pull away from a curb or other parking area without giving an appropriate turn signal when other traffic may be affected.
(D) Where a stop sign is erected at or near the entrance to an intersection, the operator of a vehicle approaching shall bring the vehicle to a stop before crossing a stop line or crosswalk; or, if none, then before entering the intersection. Stopping at a point which does not yield an unobstructed view of traffic on the intersecting street shall not constitute compliance with the requirements of this section.
(E) Notwithstanding an indication by a traffic control device to proceed:
(1) No operator of a vehicle shall enter an intersection unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of the intersection to accommodate his or her vehicle without obstructing the passage of other vehicles; and
(2) No operator of a vehicle shall enter a marked crosswalk, whether or not at an intersection, unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of the crosswalk to accommodate his or her vehicle without obstructing the passage of pedestrians.
(Ord. 372, passed 6-4-1973) Penalty, see § 70.99
No operator of a vehicle shall proceed from one street to an intersecting street by crossing private property. This provision shall not apply to the operator of a vehicle who stops on the property for the purpose of procuring or providing goods or services.
(Ord. 372, passed 6-4-1973) Penalty, see § 70.99
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