TITLE 6
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 1
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
SECTION:
6-1-1: General Traffic Regulations
6-1-2: Speed Limits
6-1-3: Vehicle Equipment
6-1-4: Bicycles
6-1-5: Pedestrians
6-1-6: Vehicles On Sidewalk
6-1-1: GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:
The rules of the road for vehicles traveling within the city are as specified in the following sections, and it shall be unlawful for any person to place, permit to stand, haul, drive, propel, convey or otherwise move any vehicle contrary to or in violation of the following rules:
   A.   Standing Vehicles: All stationary vehicles, idle or discharging freight or passengers, must stand as near the curb as practicable and face in the same direction as they are permitted to move along the street.
   B.   Vehicles To Keep To The Right:
      1.   All vehicles in motion must move upon and along the right side of the street.
      2.   Vehicles moving in opposite directions must pass each other by keeping to the right.
   C.   Turning Movements:
      1.   Vehicles, when turning to the right into another street, must turn the corner as near to the curb as possible.
      2.   Vehicles, when turning to the left into another street, shall turn around and beyond the center of the intersection of the two (2) streets.
      3.   No vehicle shall be turned around upon any street unless said vehicle shall first proceed to the next cross street and shall then make the turn to the left after reaching the center of said cross street.
   D.   Following Vehicles: A motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of such vehicle and to the traffic upon the street.
   E.   Obey Traffic Signals And Markers: All drivers of motor vehicles within the city must observe and obey all traffic signs and indicators and directions given by police officers or markers. (Ord. 325, 8-6-1974)
6-1-2: SPEED LIMITS:
Any person driving a vehicle upon a highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the highway and of any other conditions then existing. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a highway at such speed as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. Subject to the above provisions, it shall be prima facie lawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive the same at a speed not exceeding the following, but in any case, when the speed hereafter designated would be unsafe, it would be lawful:
   A.   General Speed Limit: Twenty five (25) miles per hour in residential and other areas, as defined by the city zoning regulations 1 , except as otherwise provided herein.
   B.   Intersections: Fifteen (15) miles per hour when approaching within fifty feet (50') of and in traversing an intersection when the driver's view is obstructed. A driver's view shall be deemed obstructed when, at any time during the last fifty feet (50') of his/her approach to such intersection, he/she does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of such intersection and of the traffic upon all the highways entering such intersection for a distance of two hundred feet (200') from such intersection. (Ord. 349, 5-4-1976; amd. 1994 Code)
   C.   Schools: Twenty five (25) miles per hour on Highway 30, and twenty (20) miles per hour in other school zones, as posted. (Ord. 583, 11-16-2010)
   D.   Specific Speed Limits:
 
Front Street, from Stevens Avenue to Yakima Avenue
15 mph
Ramsey Drive and Davis Street
15 mph
7th Street, from Fair Avenue to Yakima Avenue
15 mph
Business districts
25 mph
Residence districts
25 mph
 
(Ord. 349, 5-4-1976; amd. 1994 Code)
   E.   Alleys: Fifteen (15) miles per hour in all alleys. (Ord. 465, 11-1-1994)

 

Notes

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1. See title 9 of this code.
6-1-3: VEHICLE EQUIPMENT:
   A.   Mufflers: A motor vehicle shall not be driven on a street unless such vehicle be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, annoying smoke and the escape of excessive gas. A muffler cutout shall not be used on any motor vehicle on a street.
   B.   Tires: A motor vehicle shall not be driven on any paved street when such vehicle has tires so constructed or in such condition as to injure the pavement; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the use of antiskid chains on rubber tires attached to the wheels of motor vehicles. (Ord. 325, 8-6-1974; amd. 1994 Code)
6-1-4: BICYCLES:
   A.   Riding On Bicycles: It shall be unlawful for more than one person to ride upon a bicycle within the city, unless the bicycle is designed or modified to carry more than one person.
   B.   Equipment Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle within the city at night without a light or a reflector on the rear and a light on the front. If a reflector is used, it must be of a size of two inches (2") in diameter or larger.
   C.   Riding Areas Restricted: No person shall ride a bicycle on the sidewalk adjoining Main Street between Adell Avenue and Park Avenue.
   D.   Bicycles On Sidewalks:
      1.   A person operating a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian, and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian or another bicyclist.
      2.   A person shall not operate a bicycle along and upon a sidewalk or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of a bicycle is prohibited by official traffic control devices.
      3.   A person operating a vehicle by human power upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
   E.   Penalties: First offense: Verbal warning. Second offense: Twenty five dollar ($25.00) fine and counseling on bicycle safety. Third and subsequent offenses: Thirty five dollar ($35.00) fine. (Ord. 502, 1-5-1999)
6-1-5: PEDESTRIANS:
   A.   It shall be unlawful for any person to walk across:
Stevens Street between its intersection with Highway 30 and its intersection with Main Street in the city,
Highway 30 between its intersection with Fair Avenue and its intersection with Stevens Street,
except at a marked crosswalk or at a street intersection, between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M. during the months of September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May.
   B.   The city shall have authority to select, construct, designate and mark lawful crosswalks at such place which it may deem appropriate. (Ord. 343, 12-2-1975; amd. 1994 Code)
6-1-6: VEHICLES ON SIDEWALK:
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway. A twenty five foot (25') wide driveway is hereby established for mail delivery in front of mailboxes placed behind the sidewalk. No vehicle shall be parked within any sidewalk area except as provided herein. (Ord. 545, 10-19-2004)