Sec. 19-6. Use of skateboards, roller skates, coasters or toy vehicles on roadways.

(a)   No person upon a skateboard, roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway, except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and except upon streets set aside as play streets when and as authorized by this chapter.

(b)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 28-7; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 19-7. Use of skateboards, roller skates or coasters on sidewalks.

(a)   No person shall engage in roller coasting, skate- boarding or roller skating on any sidewalk in a business district.

(b)   Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 28-7.1; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 19-8. Quiet zones.

(a)   All of the territory within 200 feet of the premises of each hospital in this city is hereby created and established as a zone of quiet. The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to erect and maintain, within this area, such signs and markings as are necessary to designate it as a zone of quiet.

(b)   The traffic engineer may temporarily establish a zone of quiet upon any street where a person is seriously ill, if requested to do so by the written statement of at least one registered physician certifying to its necessity. Such temporary zone of quiet shall embrace all territory within a radius of 200 feet of the building occupied by the person named in the request of the physician. Such temporary zones of quiet shall be designated by the traffic engineer by placing, at a conspicuous place in the street, a sign or marker bearing the words "quiet zone."

(c)   No person operating a motor vehicle within any designated and signed zone of quiet shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle, except in an emergency, nor shall any person make any loud or unusual noise or play any music within or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in any such zone of quiet. Violation of this provision shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 28-9; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Cross reference(s)—Excessive noise prohibited, § 10-81.

Sec. 19-9. Applicability to drivers of government vehicles.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned or used in the service of the United States government, this state, county or city, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise permitted in this chapter.

(Code 1965, § 28-10)

State law reference(s)—Similar provisions, G.S. 20-168.

Sec. 19-10. Applicability to authorized emergency vehicles.

The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles, except that a driver, when operating any such vehicle in an emergency, may:

(1)   Park or stand, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.

(2)   Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.

(3)   Disregard regulations governing direction or movement or turning in specified directions, so long as he does not endanger life or property.

These exemptions shall not protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.

(Code 1965, § 28-11)