PART 14
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION:

14-101: Obstructions Generally

14-102: Interfering With Street, Free Flow Of Traffic

14-103: Removal Of Trees And Shrubs, Obstructing View Of Traffic

14-104: Display Of Goods, Wares And Merchandise For Sale

14-105: No Structures On Or Over Streets And Sidewalks

14-106: Playing Prohibited

14-107: Water On Streets; Water Not To Drain From Washing Vehicle

14-108: Unlawful To Injure Trees, Shrubbery

14-109: Signs Obstructing View, In Sight Triangle, Prohibited

14-110: Duties Of Owners And Occupants Of Adjacent Property Relative To Sidewalk Obstructions, Hazards

14-111: Penalty

14-112: Prohibited Signs

14-101: OBSTRUCTIONS GENERALLY:

It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any street, alley, sidewalk or other public way by leaving or permitting to remain thereon or therein any vehicle, object, material, structure, fence or other obstruction of any kind. (1998 Code)

14-102: INTERFERING WITH STREET, FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC:

   A.   It is unlawful to:

      1.   Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians; or

      2.   Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, and regress, therein, thereon and thereto.

   B.   Subject to the restrictions in subsection A of this section, golf carts, privately or publicly owned, but not ATVs or similar vehicles, may be operated on public rights-of-way under the following conditions:

      1.   Operation shall be during daylight hours only with "daylight hours" being defined as beginning half an hour after sunrise and ending half an hour before sunset.

      2.   Operation must not occur on any State or Federal highway except to cross such a highway as expediently as possible after making a complete stop before proceeding across such State or Federal highway.

      3.   All operators of golf carts must be licensed drivers and must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

      4.   All operators of golf carts must have liability insurance in the minimum amounts established by the State of Oklahoma for motorized vehicles and provide proof of such liability insurance upon request of any law enforcement officer.

      5.   All State, County and local laws and regulations pertaining to motorized vehicles shall govern the operation of golf carts and all such laws and regulations shall be observed and obeyed by anyone operating a golf cart on public rights-of-way.

   C.   When any person violates any of the provisions of subsection A or B of this section, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop violating such provisions and to move on or disburse, or to remove any obstructions. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this section and an offense.

   D.   Before the closing of any public way or easement, a public hearing shall be had to determine the feasibility of any such closing. All owners of property, utilities and easements which could in any way be adversely affected by such closing shall be afforded thirty (30) days' notice of the public hearing to be had thereon. At the public hearing held thereon a determination shall be made that such closing be deemed necessary or expedient. (Ord. 2013-1, 4-3-2013)

14-103: REMOVAL OF TREES AND SHRUBS, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF TRAFFIC 1 :

   A.   The owner of every lot or parcel of land in the town upon which any trees, shrubs or plants are growing, or upon which any obstruction has been placed, shall remove such trees, shrubs, plants or obstruction, or parts thereof, if they are so situated as to constitute a traffic hazard by obstructing the view of any driver of any vehicle on the streets of the town to the extent that the driver is unable to observe the approach of other vehicles on streets and alleys and at intersections.

   B.   The owner of any premises abutting on any street shall trim all trees and shrubbery growing in the parking, between the sidewalks and the roadway, of any such street, and all trees and shrubbery growing on any part of the premises adjacent to the sidewalks or any street or alley in such manner that the boughs or limbs thereof shall not obstruct free and convenient passage, sight and travel along the streets, sidewalks and alleys. If premises are occupied by some person other than the owner, such occupant shall trim the trees and shrubbery in the same manner as hereinbefore required of the owner. Such trees and shrubbery shall be trimmed so that the lowest branches or foliage shall not be lower than ten feet (10') above the roadway of a street or alley, nor lower than eight feet (8') above the sidewalk.

   C.   Any owner or occupant who fails, refuses or neglects to trim trees and shrubbery as provided in this section, after receiving five (5) days' notice from the town clerk or his designee to do so, is guilty of an offense against the town. In addition to any fine or punishment as an offense, the town may act to abate the nuisance. Every day that the owner or occupant fails, refuses or neglects to trim such trees or shrubbery after the expiration of the five (5) days' notice shall be a separate offense. (1998 Code)

 

Notes

1	1. See also part 8, chapter 2 of this code.