(a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall, within 500 feet of an intersection where a traffic control signal or device has been installed, drive across or through any property not open for use as a public street and thereby circumvent or avoid a traffic control device, except for the purpose of parking, leaving after parking, leaving a passenger, picking up a passenger, or conducting other activities specifically related to the conduct of the business of the owner or operator of the property.
(b) This section shall apply to both privately owned and publicly owned property.
(Ord. 90-31. Passed 4-3-90.)
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.