1. No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
2. A violation of this subsection that does not result in an accident is punishable by a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) plus costs.
3. A violation of this subsection that does result in an accident is punishable by a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus costs.
1. The city manager or his designee is hereby authorized to close any highway or section thereof to traffic while such highway is under repair, maintenance or construction and, in exercising such authority, shall erect or cause to be erected control devices and barricades to warn and notify the public that said highway has been closed to traffic.
2. When any highway has been closed to traffic under the provisions of subsection B1 of this section and traffic control devices or barricades have been erected, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through, under, over, or around such traffic control devices or barricades, or otherwise to enter said closed area; except, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons while engaged in the construction, maintenance and repair of said highway or to persons entering therein for the protection of lives or property; provided, that persons having their places of residence or places of business within such closed area may travel, when possible to do so, through such areas at their own risk.
3. No person shall remove, change, modify, deface or alter any traffic control device or barricade, which has been erected on any highway under the provisions of this subsection.
4. Nothing in this subsection shall relieve the City or its contractors, agents, servants or employees from liability for failure to perform any of the duties imposed herein.
5. A violation of this subsection that does not result in an accident is punishable by a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) plus costs.
6. A violation of this subsection that does result in an accident is punishable by a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus costs.
C. Violation Of Laws In Construction And Maintenance Zones:
1. Whenever construction, repair, or maintenance of any highway is being performed, wherein traffic control devices are used to warn and guide the public, every person using such highway shall obey all signs, signals, railings, flagmen, or other traffic control devices which are placed to regulate, control and guide traffic through the construction or maintenance area.
2. Any violations that occur in a construction or maintenance zone shall result in the doubling of the appropriate fine unless the charge is already the maximum fine available under State law for the offense.
3. For purposes of this subsection, a "construction and maintenance zone" means any location where repair, maintenance, or construction work is actually in progress and workers are present. (Ord. 2014-16, 5-6-2014)
Notes
| 1 | 2. State law reference - similar provisions, 47 OS § 11-1301. |
| 2 | 3. State law reference - similar provisions, 47 OS § 11-1302. |