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(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, a LOADING ZONE shall be a space located on a public way reserved for the stopping of vehicles during and for the exclusive purpose of loading or unloading passengers or materials.
(B) Designation. The Mayor and/or Code Enforcement Officer, upon recommendation by the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the establishment of such loading zones as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of commerce within the city, and for the designation, by appropriate signs, of the exact location and dimensions of such loading zones and the hours during which they shall be reserved as such.
(C) Unauthorized use prohibited. No person shall stop, park or allow to stand in a loading zone any vehicle for any purpose other than the unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials or persons during the hours when the provisions applicable to such zone are in effect, or for a longer period of time than shall be necessary for such authorized purposes.
(D) Effective hours. Loading zones shall be reserved as such between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday. Such zones shall not be reserved as such after 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, or at any time on Saturday or Sunday or any other holiday generally observed by retail business.
(E) Use of loading zones by passenger vehicles. The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily in a loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading materials or passengers. All passenger vehicles used by any person for the purposes of commerce to deliver goods, wares and merchandise and having need to use loading zones shall have commercial signs on each side of such vehicle.
(Ord. 2021-2, passed 4-15-2021) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate or cause to be used or operated any engine brake, unmuffled compression brake or mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any vehicle which results in a noise disturbance, except on limited-access highways. This prohibition shall not apply to personnel of the city who are driving vehicles related to providing emergency services or any driver of a vehicle who is responding to an emergency event.
(B) A noise disturbance means any sound which:
(1) Endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or animals;
(2) Annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or
(3) Endangers or injures personal or real property.
(Ord. 2021-2, passed 4-15-2021) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Any person violating any of the provisions of § 70.02 of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon his or her conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not less than $25, nor more than $100.
(C) Unless otherwise provided on the notice of violation, the owner of any vehicle found parked or standing in violation of §§ 70.03 and 70.04 shall pay to the City Treasurer a penalty of $5, except that any person in violation of § 70.03(M) and (N) shall pay to the City Treasurer a penalty of $15. Any person who shall fail to pay any penalty as herein prescribed or as provided on the notice of violation within seven days of the issuance of the notice of violation shall be in criminal violation of §§ 70.03 and 70.04, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100, except that the fine for a violation of § 70.03(M) and (N) shall be not less than $25 nor more than $150. Each violation for which a separate notice of violation has been issued shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 1, 1991 Series, passed 3-11-1991; Ord. 2021-2, passed 4-15-2021)