TITLE 7
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 1
STATE TRAFFIC LAWS; ADMINISTRATION
SECTION:
7-1-1: State Traffic Laws Adopted
7-1-2: Police Department Authority
7-1-3: Unlawful Operation Of Vehicles By Children
7-1-1: STATE TRAFFIC LAWS ADOPTED:
   A.   All of the sections in the uniform act regulating traffic on highways found in Montana Code Annotated title 61, chapters 1 through 13 in its entirety, and any and all acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof are hereby adopted in their entirety as traffic ordinances of the city.
   B.   The city agrees to, and it is hereby bound by, the terms and conditions of the agreement, marked exhibit A, attached to ordinance 320 on file in the office of the city clerk-treasurer, and for all purposes made a part hereof. (Ord. 12.04; amd. 2006 Code)
7-1-2: POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY:
The police department of the city is hereby authorized and directed to direct traffic within the city, and to make and enforce any regulations necessary to facilitate the unhampered and unimpaired flow of traffic in the city. (Ord. 12.01, 8-7-2000)
7-1-3: UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF VEHICLES BY CHILDREN:
   A.   Definition Of Motor Vehicle: A "motor vehicle" is every vehicle which is self-propelled and in, upon or by which any person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon the streets, avenues, alleys and highways within the city, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
   B.   Original Jurisdiction Of City Court: The city court is hereby vested with original jurisdiction in all proceedings concerning the unlawful operation of motor vehicles by children under the age of eighteen (18) years.
   C.   Summons: Whenever any child under the age of eighteen (18) years shall unlawfully operate a motor vehicle in the presence of any officer of the police department, such officer may deliver to said child a form of summons describing the nature of the offense, with instructions thereof to report to the city court; and the court shall be informed thereof by the delivery of a copy of said summons to the probation officer of Glacier County, who shall in turn deliver the same to the judge of said court. (Ord. 10.04)