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ETOWAH, TENNESSEE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OFFICIALS of the CITY OF ETOWAH, TENNESSEE
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF ETOWAH, TENNESSEE
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 70: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 71: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 71.01 SPEED LIMITS.
§ 71.02 TURNING MOVEMENTS.
§ 71.03 MOTOR VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS.
§ 71.04 DRIVING ON STREETS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.05 ONE-WAY STREETS.
§ 71.06 UNLANED STREETS.
§ 71.07 LANED STREETS.
§ 71.08 YELLOW LINES.
§ 71.09 MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.10 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.11 UNAUTHORIZED TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.12 PRESUMPTION WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.13 SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLS.
§ 71.14 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERALS OR OTHER PROCESSIONS.
§ 71.15 CLINGING TO VEHICLES IN MOTION.
§ 71.16 RIDING ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES.
§ 71.17 BACKING VEHICLES.
§ 71.18 PROJECTIONS FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLES.
§ 71.19 CAUSING UNNECESSARY NOISE.
§ 71.20 PASSING.
§ 71.21 DAMAGING PAVEMENTS.
§ 71.22 BICYCLE RIDERS AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.23 MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND MOTORBIKES.
§ 71.24 OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL TRUCKS.
§ 71.25 STREET CROSSING BY PEDESTRIANS.
§ 71.26 DELIVERY OF VEHICLE TO UNLICENSED DRIVER AND THE LIKE.
§ 71.27 COMPLIANCE WITH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW REQUIRED.
§ 71.28 USE OF SAFETY BELTS IN PASSENGER VEHICLES.
§ 71.29 ADOPTION OF STATE TRAFFIC STATUTES.
STOPPING AND YIELDING
CHAPTER 72: PARKING RULES
CHAPTER 73: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
§ 71.15 CLINGING TO VEHICLES IN MOTION.
   It shall be a civil penalty for any person traveling upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any other vehicle to cling to, or attach himself or herself or his or her vehicle to any other moving vehicle upon any street, alley or other public way or place.
(1994 Code, § 15-113) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993; Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.16 RIDING ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES.
   It shall be a civil penalty for any person to ride, or for the owner or operator of any motor vehicle being operated on a street, alley or other public way or place, to permit any person to ride on any portion of such vehicle not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This section shall not apply to persons engaged in the necessary discharge of lawful duties nor to persons riding in the load-carrying space of trucks.
(1994 Code, § 15-114) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993; Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.17 BACKING VEHICLES.
   The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(1994 Code, § 15-115) (Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.18 PROJECTIONS FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLES.
   Whenever the load or any projecting portion of any vehicle shall extend beyond the rear of the bed or body thereof, the operator shall display at the end of such load or projection, in such position as to be clearly visible from the rear of such vehicle, a red flag being not less than 12 inches square. Between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise there shall be displayed in place of the flag a red light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions at least 200 feet from the rear of such vehicle.
(1994 Code, § 15-116) (Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.19 CAUSING UNNECESSARY NOISE.
   It shall be a civil offense for any person to cause unnecessary noise by unnecessarily sounding the horn, “racing” the motor, or causing the “screeching” or “squealing” of the tires on any motor vehicle.
(1994 Code, § 15-117) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993; Ord. 674, passed 6-26-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99

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