A. General Requirements:
1. It is unlawful to operate or park on any street or highway any vehicle not equipped with adequate lights conforming to the requirements of state law; provided, that vehicles may be parked at nighttime without lights on any street or portion thereof designated by ordinance as a place where vehicles may be so parked at nighttime. (1977 Code § 10.44.090)
2. During the period from sunset to sunrise, or at any other time when visibility is so limited as to require the use of lights for safety, every motorcycle operated on any street or other public place in the city shall carry and exhibit one lighted lamp, commonly known as a driving light, and every motor vehicle two (2) such lighted lamps showing white light, or lights, of a yellow or amber tint, visible at least five hundred feet (500') in the direction toward which each motorcycle or motor vehicle is proceeding, and each motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer shall also exhibit at least two (2) lighted lamps which shall be so situated as to throw a red light visible for at least five hundred feet (500') in the reverse direction; provided, that every trailer having a gross weight of three thousand (3,000) pounds or less, including the weight of the trailer and maximum load, shall be equipped with two (2) lighted lamps, one on each side of the rear of such trailer which shall be so situated as to throw a red light visible for at least five hundred feet (500') in the reverse direction. (1977 Code § 10.44.190; amd. 2013 Code)
B. Bicycles: Every bicycle, when upon a street during the period from sunset to sunrise, shall be equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a white light, or light of a yellow or amber tint, visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the front of the bicycle and with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a red light or a red reflector visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the rear. (1977 Code § 10.44.180; amd. 2013 Code)