§ 9-16 SAME - HANDLEBARS.

   No person shall ride a bicycle or motorcycle on any street without having his hands upon his handlebars, nor shall any person ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk or walkway within the city.

(1989 Code, § 9-16) Penalty, see §§ 9-2, 9-18

§ 9-17 USE OF COASTERS, ROLLER SKATES, TOY VEHICLES RESTRICTED TO PLAY STREETS.

   No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway, unless it is while crossing a street at a crosswalk or intersection, except upon streets set aside as play streets.

(1989 Code, § 9-17) Penalty, see §§ 9-2, 9-18

§ 9-18 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

   The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $50 and imprisonment of up to 30 days, except for those violations designated as infractions, which violation shall be subject to the penalty provided for by § 9-2(B).

(1989 Code, § 9-18) (Ord. passed 2-24-87)

§ 9-19 LOADING OF VEHICLES.

   (A)   No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.

   (B)   Trucks, trailers or other vehicles when loaded with rock, gravel, stone or other similar substances which could blow, leak, sift or drop shall not be driven or moved on any highway unless the height of the load against all four walls does not extend above a horizontal line six inches below their tops when loaded at the loading point, or if not so loaded, unless the load shall be securely covered by tarpaulin or some other suitable covering, or unless it is otherwise constructed so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom. This section shall not be applicable to or in any manner restrict the transportation of seed cotton, poultry or livestock or silage or other feed grain used in the feeding of poultry or livestock.

(1989 Code, § 9-19) Penalty, see §§ 9-2, 9-18

Statutory reference:

   Loads on vehicles not to blow or drop on highways, see G.S. § 20-116(g)

§ 9-20 OFFICIAL TRAFFIC MAP BOOKS.

   The following classes of ordinances shall be codified by appropriate entries upon Official Traffic Map Books which shall be retained permanently in the office of the City Clerk:

   (A)   Ordinances designating the location of traffic control devices which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map of Traffic Control Devices.”

   (B)   Ordinances designating areas or zones where regulations are applied to parking, loading, bus stops, or taxicab stands which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map of Regulated Parking Areas.”

   (C)   Ordinances establishing speed limits which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map of Speed Limits.”

   (D)   Ordinances restricting or regulating traffic at certain times on certain streets, or to certain types, weights or sizes of vehicles which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map Restricting the Time of Use and the Type, Weight or Size of Vehicles.”

   (E)   Ordinances designating the location of through streets, stop intersections, yield right-of-way intersections, waiting lanes, one-way streets, or truck traffic routes which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map Regulating Types of Streets, Intersections and Truck Routes.”

   (F)   Ordinances establishing regulations upon vehicle turns at designated locations which shall be shown on a map entitled “Official Traffic Map Regulations of Vehicle Turns at Designated Intersections.”

(Ord. passed 7-18-00)