(A) (1) A VEHICLE is a machine, propelled by power other than human power, designed to:
(a) Travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and transport persons or property; or
(b) Pull machinery.
(2) The term VEHICLE shall include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, golf cart, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, and wagon.
(B) The owner, driver, operator, or person in charge of any automobile, truck, golf cart, dray, wagon, or any other vehicle drawn, driven, or propelled upon the streets, alleys, or public places of the village shall conform and comply with the following regulations under penalty of the law.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive, run, conduct, or propel any automobile, truck, or any other conveyance of a similar type or kind used for the purpose of transporting or conveying passengers or freight or any other purpose, whether such automobile or conveyance or such other mechanical vehicle is propelled by steam, gasoline, electricity, or any other mechanical power at a rate of speed in excess of 20 mph in the business district and at a speed not greater than 30 mph in the residential district upon any street within the corporate limits of the village or in any alley of said village, except where otherwise posted. No person or persons shall drive any said automobile, truck, or other conveyance upon any street within any park within the corporate limits of the village at a speed greater than ten mph.
(D) The driver of any vehicle turning to the right into an intersecting street shall pass and turn the corner as near the right and curb, or boulevard, as possible and those turning to the left shall pass to the right beyond the center of the street intersection before turning.
(E) All vehicles of every character shall keep to the right side of the center of the street and those moving slowly shall keep as closely as possible to the curb or boulevard on the right.
(F) Drivers or operators of motor vehicles of all kinds shall, in approaching or crossing a street intersection, have their vehicle under control and exercise extreme care in crossing.
(G) No person shall operate a motor vehicle permitting pipe, muffler, or other device to emit sounds of exhaustion in a loud and annoying manner, and no motor shall be operated in such manner as to visibly emit any undue amount of smoke or products of combustion from exhaust pipe or openings. The use of cutouts and hot-rodding is prohibited.
(H) No vehicle shall be operated on the streets with defective equipment, such as head-lights, brakes, mufflers, and the like. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on the streets while under the influence of alcoholic liquor or narcotics of any kind. Drunken driving and the illegal transporting of liquor in any vehicle is strictly in violation of this village traffic code.
(I) No person shall climb, jump, step, stand upon, cling to, or in any way attach himself or herself to any automobile, wagon, or vehicle of any kind, either stationary or in motion, upon any parts of the streets or alleys, unless in doing so he or she shall be acting within the compliance of the law or by permission of the owner or manager of such automobile, wagon, or other vehicle, and, when riding on such vehicle, no part of the body of such person shall extend beyond the limits of the vehicle.
(J) No part of the machine of any vehicle or motor bicycle shall be left running while standing without an attendant, on any street, alley, or public place in the village.
(K) No vehicle shall remain backed up to the curb except if it is actually loading or unloading and at no time longer than the loading or unloading requires.
(L) No vehicle shall stop on any street except in an emergency or parking unless within a foot of the curb and shall not be allowed to remain upon or driven through any street of the village so as to blockade or obstruct the free passage of the street.
(M) No persons shall ride or drive any automobile, truck, golf cart, dray, wagon, or any other vehicle, or any animal upon or across any sidewalk or boulevard except at regular specified crossings, or shall immoderately ride or drive in any avenue, street, or alley or who shall cause any disturbance in any avenue or street or engage in any sport or exercise liable which may scare horses, injure passengers, or impede the passage of vehicles.
(N) No person shall leave any horse, or horses, animal, or animals hitched to any cart, wagon, carriage, sled, or other vehicle on any of the streets, avenues, or alleys, without securing such horses or animals.
(O) When upon any street, alley, or public place in the village, during the period from sunset to one hour before sunrise, every motor bicycle and every foot-propelled bicycle shall carry one white lighted lamp on the front and one red reflector or light on the rear, every motor vehicle shall have two lamps lighted showing white lights on the front and at least one lighted lamp so situated as to omit a red light visible in the reverse direction.
(P) It shall be unlawful for any person driving any automobile, truck, golf cart, dray, wagon, or any other vehicle drawn, driven, or propelled upon the streets or alleys of the village to turn around or back-up and turn around between any intersecting streets, but shall proceed to the next intersection before turning.
(Q) The word “vehicle”, as used in the traffic code, shall be held to include equestrians, led horses, automobiles, trucks, golf carts, drays, wagons, and all other vehicles used for transportation of persons or property on the public streets, however drawn, driven, or propelled, and carts, carriages, or barrows propelled by hand. The word “driven” includes the rider and driver of a horse and of wheels and the operator of a motor vehicle.
(R) No “U” turns are permitted on any street in the village.
(S) No vehicle shall be so loaded that any part of its load spills or drops on any street or alley in the municipality.
(2016 Code, § 13.104) Penalty, see § 10.99