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(A) The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall apply
to authorized emergency vehicles except as follows. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding, but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may, except when directed otherwise by a police officer:
(1) Park or stand notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter;
(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
(3) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he or she does not endanger life or property;
(4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
(B) The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of law, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a policy vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(C) The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his or her reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(c)(9)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
The City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain official traffic-control signals and devices when and as required under city traffic ordinances to make effective the provisions of those ordinances and may place and maintain such additional traffic-control signals and devices as the City Traffic Engineer may deem necessary to regulate traffic under city traffic ordinances or under state law or to guide or warn traffic.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(d)(1)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
Cross reference:
Traffic intersections, see Chapter 74, Sch. I.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized:
(A) To designate and maintain by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his or her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary;
(B) To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he or she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians;
(C) To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he or she may deem advisable, consistent with the traffic ordinances of the city.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(d)(4)(a) through (c)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
(A) Authority to erect stop signs. Whenever any city ordinance designates and describes a through street, the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain a stop sign on each and every street intersecting through that street or intersection or that portion thereof which is described and designated as such by any city ordinance.
(B) Intersections where stop required. The City Traffic Engineer, with the approval of the City Traffic Commission, is authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such stop intersection and shall erect a stop sign at every place where a stop is required.
(C) Stop when traffic obstructed. No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any official traffic-control devices or signals indicating that the driver may proceed.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(e)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)
(A) Unless another penalty is expressly provided by law, any person who violates any provision of this title shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction, shall be fined as set forth in § 10.99.
(B) In any prosecution charging a violation of any city ordinance governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the summons was parked in violation of any ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of that parking the registered owner of that vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of that vehicle was the person who parked or placed that vehicle at the point where and for the time during which that violation occurred.
(1985 Code, § 9-4-1-28(k)) (Ord. 4-1951, passed 4-17-1951)