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§ 70.04 EXHIBITION DRIVING.
   (A)   Definitions. For the purposes of this section, EXHIBITION DRIVING means driving a vehicle in a manner which disturbs the peace by creating or causing unnecessary engine noise, tire squeal, skid or slide upon acceleration or braking or driving and executing or attempting one or a series of unnecessarily abrupt turns.
(Prior Code, § 10.14.010)
   (B)   Exhibition driving unlawful. No person may engage in exhibition driving of any vehicle on a highway, street, alley, sidewalk or any public or private parking lot or area, nor may any person engage in any exhibition of speed or acceleration.
(Prior Code, § 10.14.020)
   (C)   Driving exempted. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting drag racing, exhibition driving or similar events when carried out in an organized manner on a track or other specified area as approved by the Mayor and Chief of Police.
(Prior Code, § 10.14.030)
Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.05 TRAFFIC ON SIDEWALKS.
   (A)   As used in this section, the term MOTOR VEHICLE means a vehicle propelled by its own power and designed or used to transport persons or property upon the highways of the state, but shall not include Fire Department vehicles and Police Department vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 10.16.010)
   (B)   No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle on any sidewalk or boulevard within the town.
(Prior Code, § 10.16.020)
(Ord. 335, passed 8-13-2018) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.06 PARKING LIMITS; PROHIBITIONS; EXCEPTIONS.
   (A)   No vehicle, motor or otherwise, shall be parked at ant time in any alley within the town for more than 30 minutes unless special permission has been first obtained from the town’s Police Department to do so.
(Prior Code, § 10.08.030)
   (B)   (1)   A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance or law with the directions of a police officer, in any of the following places:
         (a)   On a sidewalk;
         (b)   In front of a public or private driveway;
         (c)   Within an intersection;
         (d)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
         (e)   On a crosswalk;
         (f)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
         (g)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or official traffic- control device located at the side of roadway;
         (h)   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
         (i)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
         (j)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly sign posted;
         (k)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; and/or
         (l)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked on the edge or curb of a street.
      (2)   As used in this division (B), SAFETY ZONE means the area or space that is officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and that is protected or so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
(Prior Code, § 10.08.005)
(Ord. 317, passed 9-9-2011) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 70.07 TRUCKS, TRACTORS, TRAILERS AND BUSES.
   (A)   Except as here and otherwise expressly provided, it shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any truck, bus, tractor, trailer or combination thereof as described in division (C) below to operate, park or let stand or permit the same to be operated, parked or let stand on any paved street or alley within the town. Such vehicles need not be carrying a load to be in violation of this section.
   (B)   (1)   This section shall not apply to any truck, bus, tractor, trailer or any combination thereof as described in division (C) below which is being operated, parked or let stand for the express purpose of loading or unloading merchandise, property, goods or passengers.
      (2)   This section shall not apply to any vehicle on East Ninth Street within the town limits.
      (3)   This section shall not apply to any vehicle which is engaged in providing emergency services for public safety or welfare or providing for the maintenance and repair of public or private property.
   (C)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
      BUSES. Any motor vehicle equipped for carrying passengers for hire or transporting school children on its chassis and which is licensed or grossed for 32,000 pounds GVW or more.
      TRACTOR. Any motor vehicle having motive power designed or used for pulling or drawing other motor vehicles, including trailers or semi-trailers and designed or used for pulling or drawing another vehicle while carrying a portion of its load, or both, and which is licensed or grossed for 32,000 pounds GVW or more either as a single unit or combination thereof.
      TRAILER. Any vehicle without motive power designed or used for carrying property or persons wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a tractor or other motor vehicle, and includes any such vehicle when formed by or operated as a combination of a tractor, trailer or semi- trailer and a vehicle of the dolly type, such as that commonly known as a “trailer dolly”, including home trailers.
      TRUCKS. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying loads on its own chassis and which is licensed or grossed for 32,000 pounds GVW or more.
(Prior Code, § 10.08.006) (Ord. 318, passed 3-12-2012; Ord. 320, passed 7-9-2012) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.08 VEHICLES APPROACHING YIELD SIGN.
   An operator of a vehicle approaching a yield sign is subject to the following provisions.
   (A)   The operator shall slow to a speed that is reasonable for existing conditions and, if required for safety, shall stop before entering the intersection.
   (B)   After slowing or stopping, the operator shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching another roadway close enough to constitute an immediate hazard during the time that the operator is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.
   (C)   An operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within crosswalks at the intersection.
   (D)   If an operator of a vehicle, after having driven past a yield sign, is involved in a collision with another vehicle or junction of roadways or with a pedestrian in an adjacent crosswalk, the collision is considered prima facie evidence of the operator’s failure to yield right-of-way.
(Ord. 354, passed 4-12-2023)
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