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Lawrence, IN Code of Ordinances
LAWRENCE, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
TITLE 1. GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 2. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 3. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC SAFETY
ARTICLE 2. VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1. REGULATION AND CONTROL OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 2. STOP, YIELD AND PREFERENTIAL STREETS
CHAPTER 3. SPEED LIMITS AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 4. PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 6. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 7. VEHICULAR NOISE REGULATION
CHAPTER 8. ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS; FINES; PAYMENT PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 3. OTHER OFFENSES AND NUISANCES
ARTICLE 4. FIRE PREVENTION
ARTICLE 5. PLANNING AND ZONING
TITLE 4. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
TITLE 5. PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES
TITLE 6. PARKS AND RECREATION
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 3-2-1-16. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS; SIGNS.
   Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys hereinafter enumerated, vehicular traffic shall move in the indicated direction when signs indicating the direction are erected and maintained at every intersection on the portions of the street where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
Cross-reference:
   One-way streets, see § 3-2-2-7
§ 3-2-1-17. PROHIBITION OF COASTERS, ROLLER SKATES AND SIMILAR DEVICES.
   No person upon roller skates or riding in or upon any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway, except while crossing a street at a crosswalk.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
§ 3-2-1-18. SPEED REGULATIONS; GENERALLY.
   (A)   The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the City, except where the Common Council, as authorized by state law, properly declares and determines, upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation, that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas.
   (B)   In the event the Common Council establishes speed limits, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
Cross-reference:
   Speed Limits and Regulations, see Title 3, Article 2, Chapter 3
§ 3-2-1-19. TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS.
   The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at any intersection shall do so according to the procedures prescribed by state law.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
§ 3-2-1-20. U-TURNS; GENERALLY.
   The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction by a U-turn upon any street in a business or (at any intersection where a left turn is prohibited, or at any place where an official traffic-control device or sign indicates that a U-turn shall not be made, nor shall the driver or operator of any vehicle so turn a vehicle unless the movement can be made in safety and without interference with other traffic) commercial district and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
§ 3-2-1-21. OBEDIENCE TO RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNALS.
   (A)   Whenever any driver approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within 50 feet, but not less than ten feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad, and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely.
   (B)   The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
      (1)   A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
      (2)   A crossing gate is lowered or a flagperson signals the approach or passage of a railroad train;
      (3)   A railroad train is approaching the highway crossing and emits an audible signal, and when the railroad train, by reason of its speed and nearness to the crossing, is an immediate hazard;
      (4)   An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing; and/or
      (5)   A stop sign is erected giving notice that a stop is required.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
§ 3-2-1-22. DRIVING THROUGH CROSSING GATE AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING.
   No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate at a railroad grade crossing while the gate is lowered across the roadway, or is in process of being lowered or raised, or do so while any barrier or sign bars passage and indicates a stop. No pedestrian shall cross any railroad when any barrier, sign or gate indicates a stop.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
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