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§ 70.02 REGULATION OF HIGHWAYS; POLICE POWERS.
   (A)   The City Council may, in its jurisdiction, enact regulations permitting, prohibiting, and controlling the use of motor vehicles, minibikes, motorcycles, off-road recreation vehicles of any and all types, electric bicycles, other powered vehicles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and vehicles which are not self-propelled. Any person who operates any of such vehicles without the permission of the City Council or its designated representative or in a place, time, or manner which has been prohibited by the City Council shall be guilty of an offense.
   (B)   The City Council may further authorize the supervising official of any area under its ownership or control to permit, control, or prohibit operation of any motor vehicle, minibike, motorcycle, off-road recreational vehicle of any or all types, electric bicycles, other powered vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or vehicle which is not self-propelled on all or any portion of any area under its ownership or control at any time by posting or, in case of an emergency, by personal notice. Any person operating any such vehicle where prohibited, where not permitted, or in a manner so as to endanger the peace and safety of the public or as to harm or destroy the natural features or manmade features of any such area shall be guilty of an offense.
(Neb. RS 60-678) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 70.03 TRUCK ROUTES.
   The City Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets in the city that trucks shall travel upon, and it shall be unlawful for persons operating such trucks to travel on other streets than those designated for trucks; unless to pick up or deliver goods, wares, or merchandise, and in that event, the operator of such truck shall return to such truck routes as soon as possible in traveling through or about the city. The City Council shall cause notices to be posted, or shall erect signs indicating the streets so designated as truck routes.
(Prior Code, § 5-102) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 39-6,189
§ 70.04 TURNING; GENERALLY.
   Vehicles turning to the right into an intersecting street shall approach such intersection in the lane of traffic nearest to the right-hand side of the highway, and must turn the corner as near the right hand curb as possible to keep between the curb to the right and the center of the intersection of the two streets. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left shall approach such center line of the highway, and in turning, shall pass as near as possible to the center of the intersection, passing as closely as practicable to the right thereof before turning such vehicle to the left. For the purposes of this section, the CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION shall mean the meeting point of the medial lines of the highways intersecting one another.
(Prior Code, § 5-107)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,159
§ 70.05 POSITION OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY.
   Upon all highways of sufficient width, one-way streets excepted, the driver of a vehicle shall drive the same on the right half of the roadway. In passing or meeting other vehicles, drivers shall give each other at least one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway.
(Prior Code, § 5-108)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,131
§ 70.06 CROSSWALKS.
   The City Council may, by resolution, establish and maintain, by appropriate devices, markers, or lines upon the street, crosswalks, at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the street, and at such other places as they may deem necessary.
(Prior Code, § 5-109)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-680
§ 70.07 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; EXCEPTIONS.
   (A)   The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the State Rules of the Road or this title, unless otherwise directed by a peace officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Rules and this title.
   (B)   No provision of the Rules or this title for which traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by a reasonably observant person. Whenever any provision of the Rules or this title does not state that traffic control devices are required, such provision shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
   (C)   Whenever traffic control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of the Rules or this title, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.
   (D)   Any traffic control device placed pursuant to the Rules or this title and purporting to conform with the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of the Rules or this title unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.
(Neb. RS 60-6,119) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
   Nebraska Rules of the Road, see Neb. RS 60-601 et seq.
§ 70.08 SCHOOL CROSSING ZONES; DESIGNATION.
   (A)   Neb. RS 60-682.01 provides fines for operating a motor vehicle in violation of authorized speed limits and states that the fines are doubled if the violation occurs within a school crossing zone.
   (B)   Neb. RS 60-6,134.01 makes it unlawful for a person operating a motor vehicle to overtake and pass another vehicle in a school crossing zone in which the roadway has only one lane of traffic in each direction and provides fines for violation of that prohibition.
   (C)   The City Council may, by resolution, designate to the public any area of a roadway, other than a freeway, as a school crossing zone through the use of a sign or traffic control device as specified by the City Council in conformity with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Any school crossing zone so designated starts at the location of the first sign or traffic control device identifying the school crossing zone and continues until a sign or traffic control device indicates that the school crossing zone has ended.
(Prior Code, § 5-112) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-658.01
   Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted, see Neb. RS 60-6,118
§ 70.09 SIGNS; UNAUTHORIZED DISPLAY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or display upon or in view of any street, any unofficial sign, signal, or device which purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles an official traffic sign or signal which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official sign or signal. Every such prohibited sign, signal, or device is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and is subject to removal with or without notice.
(Prior Code, § 5-203) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,127
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