ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§ 8-1 Definitions.
§ 8-2 Sign Placement Discretion
§ 8-3 Obstruction of a Mailbox Prohibited.
§ 8-4 through 8-5 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 2. LOCAL PROCEDURES.
§ 8-6 Role of Board of Public Works and Safety.
§ 8-7 Posting of Signs.
§ 8-8 Street Sign Standards.
§ 8-9 Authority and Duties of Police.
§ 8-10 Authority and Duties of Police on Carmel Clay School Property.
§ 8-11 Erection of Non-Conforming Traffic Control Devices.
§ 8-12 through 8-14 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 3. SPEED LIMIT DESIGNATIONS.
§ 8-15 Authority to Establish Speed Limits.
§ 8-16 City Speed Limit of 30 m.p.h. Unless Otherwise Posted.
§ 8-17 Twenty-five m.p.h. in School Zones.
§ 8-18 Fifteen m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-19 Twenty m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-20 Twenty-five m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-21 Thirty m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-22 Forty m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-23 Thirty-five m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-24 Forty-five m.p.h. Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-25 Speed Limit Designations.
§ 8-26 Worksite Speed Limit Designation.
§ 8-27 Fifty m.p.h Speed Limit Designations.
ARTICLE 4. SPECIFIC LOCAL REGULATIONS.
§ 8-28 U-Turns.
§ 8-29 One-Way Streets and Alleys.
§ 8-30 Stop and Yield Intersections.
§ 8-31 Limitation on Backing.
§ 8-32 Obstruction of Railroad—Highway Grade Crossings.
§ 8-33 Pedestrian Crosswalks.
§ 8-34 Curb Loading Zones.
§ 8-35 Fire Lanes.
§ 8-36 Turning Regulations.
§ 8-37 Fifteen-Minute Loading Zones.
§ 8-38 Speed Humps.
§ 8-39 Authorized Speed Hump Locations.
§ 8-40 Operation of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles in Roadways and Bicycle Lanes.
§ 8-41 Operation of Motor Vehicles in Roadways With Bicycle Lanes.
§ 8-42 Large Vehicles in Roundabouts.
§ 8-43 Golf Cart Operation on City Highways.
§ 8-44 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 5. PARKING REGULATIONS.
§ 8-45 General Provisions.
§ 8-46 General Parking Restrictions.
§ 8-47 No Parking Areas.
§ 8-48 Limited Parking Areas.
§ 8-49 Thirty Minute Parking.
§ 8-50 Handicapped Parking.
§ 8-51 Backing into Parking Spaces Prohibited.
§ 8-52 Four Hour Parking Near Palladium.
§ 8-53 Carmel-Clay "No Student Pick-Up or Drop-Off Zones”.
§ 8-54 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 6. WEIGHT LIMITS.
§ 8-55 Five Thousand lb. Restriction on Residential Streets.
§ 8-56 Limited Exceptions to Weight Limitations.
§ 8-57 Residential Streets Defined.
§ 8-58 Additional Roadway Weight Limitations.
§ 8-59 through 8-61 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§ 8-62 Driveway Permit.
§ 8-63 Sidewalk Permit.
§ 8-64 Placement of Building Materials During Construction.
§ 8-65 Excavations in Streets—Permits and Regulations.
§ 8-66 Barricades Required.
§ 8-67 Encroachments.
§ 8-68 Telephone Wires in Street.
§ 8-69 Littering of Streets During Construction.
§ 8-70 Vehicles to be covered.
§ 8-71 Compression Release Engine Brakes Prohibited.
§ 8-72 through 8-89 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 8. PENALTIES.
§ 8-90 Penalties for State Traffic Violations.
§ 8-91 Municipal Traffic Violations—Penalties.
§ 8-92 through 8-119 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 9. SCHEDULE A AND SCHEDULE B.
§ 8-120 Specific Locations of Stop and Yield Intersections Designated—Schedule A.
§ 8-121 Automatic Traffic Signals and Stop/Yield Intersections—Schedule B.
§ 8-122 through 8-135 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 10. OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
§ 8-136 Purpose.
§ 8-137 Definitions.
§ 8-138 Consumption by Operator Prohibited.
§ 8-139 Operation Prohibited.
§ 8-140 Container Recycling Defense.
§ 8-141 Penalty.
§ 8-142 Signs.
§ 8-143 through § 8-147 Reserved for Future Use.
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Statutory reference:
Traffic regulations, see I.C., 9-21-1-1 through 9-21-20-3
(a) Terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth in I.C., 9-13-2-1 et seq.
(b) The following terms when used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth herein:
Authorized Emergency Vehicle.
a) Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, and ambulances and other emergency vehicles operated by or for hospitals, or health and hospital corporations under I.C., 16-22-8.
b) Vehicles other than ambulances which are owned by persons, firms, or corporations other than hospitals, and are used in emergency service, may be designated as emergency vehicles if such vehicles are authorized to operate as such by the department of highways as provided in this subsection. The department is authorized and empowered to designate and authorize the operation of such other emergency vehicles pursuant to such rules as the department may prescribe.
c) Motor vehicles that are approved by the Indiana emergency medical services commission that are:
i. Ambulances that are owned by persons, firms, limited liability companies, or corporations other than hospitals; or
ii. Not ambulances and provide emergency medical services, including extrication and rescue services (as defined in I.C., 16-18-2-110).
d) The Commission may not withhold approval of a motor vehicle because the vehicle is not affiliated with a hospital, law enforcement agency, or fire department.
(e) i. Vehicles of the department of correction that are:
1. Designated by the department of correction as emergency vehicles; and
2. Responding to an emergency.
ii. The department of correction shall establish policies and procedures for the designation of departmental vehicles as emergency vehicles.
Bicycle. Any foot-propelled vehicle, irrespective of the number of wheels in contact with the ground.
Board. Board of Public Works and Safety.
Driver. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Merchant Vehicle Sticker. A sticker that is issued upon request, and only as specifically allowed under this Chapter, by the Carmel Police Department for any vehicle registered to or lawfully controlled and driven by a person who owns or is an employee of a business located at an address within one (1) mile of certain parking garages or that abuts certain streets or street segments where parking restrictions are enforced under this Chapter. A Merchant Vehicle Sticker shall authorize the vehicle to which it is issued to park at a particular restricted parking location while the registered owner or operator thereof is working at the business location, including 30 minutes before and after such person’s work shift. A Merchant Vehicle Sticker is only valid in the restricted parking location(s) for which it was obtained. To receive a Merchant Vehicle Sticker, an applicant must provide to the Carmel Police Department the registration of the vehicle that will display the sticker and proof of property/business ownership or employment at the applicable property—acceptable documents include, recent pay stubs, incorporation documents, bills, title documents, or lease agreements. Merchant Stickers shall be issued at no cost and are not transferable.
Motor Vehicle. Every vehicle except a motorized bicycle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
Park or Parking. The standing or idling of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily and momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or persons.
Pedestrian. Any person afoot.
Resident Vehicle Sticker. A sticker that is issued upon request, and only as specifically allowed under this Chapter, by the Carmel Police Department for any vehicle that is lawfully driven by a person who resides at an address that abuts certain streets or street segments where parking restrictions are enforced under this Chapter. A Resident Vehicle Sticker is only valid in the restricted parking location(s) for which it was obtained. To receive a Resident Vehicle Sticker, an applicant must provide to the Carmel Police Department the registration of the vehicle that will display the sticker and proof of residency at the address in question via a valid Indiana driver’s license or a valid photo ID, along with a document issued within the last 60 days verifying the applicant’s address—acceptable documents include, but are not limited to, mail (with a legible postmark), statements, bills, or lease agreements. Resident Vehicle Stickers shall be issued at no cost and are not transferable.
School Bus. Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to and from school.
Stop. When required means complete cessation from movement.
Stop or Stopping. When prohibited means only the momentary halting of a vehicle for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or persons, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic arterial sign or signal.
Temporary Guest Parking Permit. A permit that is issued upon request of the property owner or resident, and as specifically allowed under this Chapter, by the Carmel Police Department to each real property that abuts certain streets or street segments where parking restrictions are enforced under this Chapter. To be valid, Temporary Guest Parking Permits must be displayed on the rearview mirror of a vehicle, visible from the outside of the vehicle, and must have the property address for which the permit was obtained written thereon. Unless otherwise stated, a Temporary Guest Parking Permit shall allow parking for up to two (2) hours within four hundred (400) feet of and only for the purpose of the guest(s) to attend or visit the property address for which the permit was obtained. Up to five (5) Temporary Guest Parking Permits shall be issued at no cost and are not transferable. Upon request and at the discretion of the Carmel Police Department, additional Temporary Guest Parking Permits may be issued for a limited timeframe that extends beyond the standard two (2) hour limit but does not exceed thirty (30) days. Any additional or replacement Temporary Guest Parking Permits may be issued at the discretion of the Carmel Police Department, with the cost of the permit(s) paid by the applicant.
Vehicle. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(`91 Code, § 8-1) (Ord. D-2626-22, § 2, 4-18-22)
Statutory reference:
Specific definitions, see I.C., 9-13-2-1 et seq.
Where this Chapter provides authority for the City of Carmel, through the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety, the City Engineer, and/or the Street Commissioner, to locate and/or install signs pursuant to any restriction(s) set forth under this chapter, the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety, City Engineer, and/or the Street Commissioner shall take relevant factors into consideration when determining the location and/or installation of said sign(s), including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) The Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(b) Sign visibility.
(c) Pedestrian and motorist safety.
(d) The capacity and level of congestion on a City street or property.
(e) Impact on businesses, residences, and neighborhoods, including, but not limited to, the aesthetic, financial, and useability impact.
(f) Legislative intent when the Council implementing the restriction.
(Ord. D-2671-23, § 2, 8-7-23)
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