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This ordinance is adopted in the interest of public safety and convenience, is designed to promote the general peace, health, safety, welfare, and good government of the City of Flint. Every person, firm, or corporation shall comply with, observe and obey, when applicable to him or it, all the provisions, requirements and regulations contained herein, and orders of the Chief of Police adopted or issued in pursuance of this chapter.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
(a) The Traffic Engineer shall install all necessary signs, signals, street painting, etc., to control traffic in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The Mayor or City Council may cause to be instituted experimental regulations contrary to the provisions of this chapter for periods up to 90 days. Such experimental regulations shall become effective seven days after publication in a daily newspaper circulated in Genesee County and upon erection by authorized personnel of traffic-control devices, sufficient in number to apprise the ordinarily observant person of the existence of the regulation upon the street or highway affected.
(c) Such regulations, which have proven to be of benefit, shall be submitted to the City Council for incorporation in this chapter within 90 days.
(Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968; Ord. 2123, passed 4-14-1969; Ord. 2556, passed 5-10-1976; Ord. 2692, passed 2-12-1979; Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3723, passed 7-28-2008)
Whenever the City of Flint Traffic Engineer determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study conducted pursuant to accepted guidelines established by the Michigan State Highway Commission and the American Association of State Highway Commission and the American Association of State Highway Officials, that changes in existing regulations or new regulations controlling parking time zones, no parking zones, one-way streets, stops at railroad crossings, left and right turns at certain locations, speed limits or any other matter pertaining to the movement and parking of vehicles are necessary, he shall file said new regulations or changes, other than those in effect pursuant to § 28-1.1, with the City Clerk. Unless said proposed changes are rejected by the City Council within thirty (30) days after receipt by the City Clerk, they shall become effective as soon thereafter as appropriate signs, conforming to specifications listed in the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and sufficient in number to apprise the ordinary observant person of the existence of the regulations are installed. The new regulations and changes and the signs installed, relative thereto shall be incorporated into the list of regulations currently in effect and hereby adopted as the “official regulations” and “authorized signs” for the purposes of Chapter 28. A list of all regulations and the location of all signs shall be maintained in the office of Traffic Engineer, and a list of all regulations shall be filed with the City Clerk.
(Ord. 2692, passed 2-12-1979)
Every person propelling any push cart or riding a bicycle or any animal, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their very nature can have no application, and except as persons riding bicycles are subject to additional or special rules by State law or this ordinance.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Hand and foot propelled conveyances, push carts, and other similar wagons and conveyances shall comply with all regulations contained herein pertaining to vehicles insofar as the same is applicable to them. Any such carts, fruit vending carts or other licensed wagon or stand used for selling nuts, candy, fruit or other articles, shall when standing in a place where parking of vehicles is allowed, move from such space upon the request of a police officer.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to any driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, this State, County or City, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, except as otherwise permitted in this ordinance or by State statute.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
The provisions of this ordinance regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in this ordinance, except as follows. A driver when operating any such vehicle in an emergency, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, may:
(a) Park or stand notwithstanding the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(c) Exceed the speed limit so long as he does not endanger life or property.
(d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specific directions so long as he does not endanger life or property.
The foregoing exceptions shall not, however, operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
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