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§ 70.047 DRIVING ON SIDEWALK.
   (A)   No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility device, nor to any motorized wheelchair.
   (B)   A person may not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a public sidewalk at a speed greater than eight miles per hour.
   (C)   No person, firm, or corporation shall drive any vehicle or permit the same to be driven, over any curb, shoulder, or public parkway within the city, except:
      (1)   Upon issuance of a permit from the city’s Director of Community Development, or Surveyor and Engineer in accordance with the ordinances of the city permitting public improvement construction vehicles to be driven over a curb, shoulder, or public parkway; or
      (2)   In the case of an emergency or when authorized by a police officer.
(Prior Code, § 40-1-1412.1) (Ord. 2016-11, passed 2-16-2016; Ord. 2016-29, passed 5-2-2016) Penalty, see § 70.999
§ 70.048 DEPOSITING INJURIOUS MATERIAL ON HIGHWAY.
   (A)   No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
   (B)   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway and destructive, dangerous, hazardous or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
   (C)   Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
   (D)   No person shall shovel, plow or otherwise place snow or cause or permit the shoveling, plowing or placing of snow from a private driveway, parking lot or other private property upon any highway, street or sidewalk so as to hinder, obstruct, impede or otherwise interfere in any way with the movement of traffic upon said street, highway or sidewalk.
      (1)   If said snow is not immediately moved or removed by the owner, occupant or agent so placing it on the street, highway or sidewalk after being advised by an authorized official or police officer to do so, then the city may charge the same with any expenses which may be incurred by the city in the removal thereof.
      (2)   Such expenses shall be collected by the city by suit or otherwise in addition to a fine or penalty as set forth in this title.
(Prior Code, § 40-1-1413) Penalty, see § 70.999
§ 70.049 PASSED SCHOOL BUS; LOADING OR UNLOADING.
   The driver of a vehicle upon a highway upon meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils shall stop the vehicle before reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the school bus the visual signals as specified in 625 ILCS 5/12-803 and 12-805 and the driver shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(Prior Code, § 40-1-1414(a))
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