(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle upon any street, public alley, public parking lot, beach area or any other public place or public way, negligently or without due caution, in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.
(B) For the purposes of this section, NEGLIGENT as used herein shall mean without due care and caution, or without due regard to the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, weather and other attendant conditions of streets, highways, roads or other ways used for vehicular traffic within the city limits.
(C) No person shall operate any motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause or allow to be emitted squealing, screeching or other such noise from the vehicle’s tires due to rapid acceleration or excessive speed around corners or other such reason.
(D) This section shall not apply to the following conditions:
(1) An authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator; nor
(2) The emergency operation of a motor vehicle when avoiding imminent danger; nor
(3) Any raceway, facing facility or other public event, not part of a highway, sanctioned by the appropriate governmental authority.
(Prior Code, § 40-1-505) (Ord. 2016-11, passed 2-16-2016) Penalty, see § 71.999