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A. Laminated Window Glass Required For Windshield: Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with an approved laminated safety glass windshield. The windshield shall be in a position that affords continuous horizontal frontal protection to the driver and front seat occupants. The minimum vertical height of an unobstructed windshield shall be six inches (6"). (1984 Code § 23-68)
B. Cracked Or Broken Glass Prohibited: No glass or glazing material, at any location where it is used, may be cracked or broken so as to cut or injure any person in or around any vehicle. (1984 Code § 23-69)
C. Glass Impairing Operators Vision Prohibited: No glass or glazing material may be cracked, broken, shattered or distorted to the extent that it significantly impairs the vision of the motor vehicle operator. (1984 Code § 23-70)
D. Nontransparent Material On Windows Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon any street within the city with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material including, but not limited to, frost accumulation or dirt accumulation, wherein the visibility of the driver of the vehicle is obstructed, upon the front windshield, side wings, side or rear windows of such motor vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law or temporary driving instructions placed thereon by the manufacturer unless the same shall not obstruct the driver's clear view of the roadway or any intersecting roadway. (1984 Code § 23-53)
E. Windshield Wipers 2 : The windshield on every motor vehicle, except farm tractors and motorcycles, shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be operated by the driver of the vehicle. No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the roadways within the city unless such vehicle shall be equipped with such device in good working order capable of cleaning the windshield thereof and which device shall provide the driver a clear view of the roadway. (1984 Code § 23-66)
F. Rear Vision Mirrors 3 : Every motor vehicle operated within the city shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet (200') to the rear of such vehicle whether operated singly or towing another vehicle. (1984 Code § 23-67)
Notes
| 1 | 1. SDCL § 32-15-2. |
| 2 | 2. SDCL § 32-15-7. |
| 3 | 3. SDCL § 32-15-8. |
A. Cut Or Worn Tires; Minimum Tread: No person may operate on the public roadways of the city a licensed motor vehicle which has a mounted tire having a cut into the fabric or worn so that the fabric is visible, having knots or bulges in the sidewall or tread depth less than two thirty-seconds (2/32) of an inch on any two (2) adjacent tread groves. (1984 Code § 23-63)
B. Operation With Unsafe Tires Or Wheels A Misdemeanor: No person operate on the roadway in the city a licensed motor vehicle which has a tire rim or wheel assembly which is bent, cracked or misaligned to a degree so as not to affect the safe operation of the vehicle. The bolts, nuts or lugs of the wheel assembly shall not be bent, loose or missing. (1984 Code § 23-62)
Notes
| 1 | 4. SDCL § 32-19-1 et seq. |
A. Exhaust System And Muffler Required: No person shall drive a motor vehicle in the city unless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system and muffler, both in good working condition and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise.
B. Muffler Cutout Prohibited: No person shall use a "muffler cutout" on any motor vehicle. (1984 Code § 23-65)
Notes
| 1 | 1. SDCL § 32-15-17. See also subsection 5-5-4B17 and section 5-5-6 of this code. |
A. Compliance With State Law: No person shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any street, the gross weight of which, including the load, or the size of which does not comply with the requirements of the state law governing such vehicle 1 . (1984 Code § 23-76)
B. Projecting Loads: No person shall drive any vehicle upon any street with any load or part of a load projecting more than four feet (4') beyond the rear end or front end or more than two feet (2') beyond the sides of the body or carrying part of such vehicle unless there is attached to the extreme ends and sides of such projecting loads some warning sign or signal plainly discernible to other drivers and clearly indicating the projecting parts of such load. (1984 Code § 23-77)
C. Weight And Size Limits:
1. No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle exceeding the following weight and size restrictions on any street or avenue in the city which is not designated as a truck route unless written permission is first granted by the chief of police or designated representative and the director of public works. Any vehicle exceeding the hereinafter set forth restrictions must comply with the provisions of this subsection.
2. The gross weight of any vehicle shall not exceed twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, the length of the vehicle shall not exceed twenty four feet (24'), nor shall the width exceed eight feet (8'). (Ord. 1481, 9-17-1984)
3. Any police officer shall have the power and authority to direct any vehicle be taken to the nearest truck scale and weighted and measured to determine the conformance with this chapter. The failure to comply with such directions shall constitute a violation of this chapter. (1984 Code § 23-80)
D. Truck Routes:
1. Use Of Routes: When any truck route has been established and identified, any person driving any vehicle in excess of the limitations established in subsection C2 of this section shall drive such vehicle on such route as designated herein and none other, except when necessary to traverse other streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading commodities or for the purpose of towing a disabled or damaged motor vehicle to or from the nearest truck route as is reasonable and necessary. No deviation shall be permitted without written permission as above specified. All trucks operating within the city shall comply with weight and size limitations established by the state 2 .
2. Routes Designated: The following streets are hereby designated as truck routes:
Burr Street from south city limits to Havens Street
Havens Street from east city limits to west city limits
Ohlman Street
Sanborn Boulevard from north city limits to Havens Street
South Rowley from Havens Street to south city limits
First Street from Sanborn Boulevard to east city limits
(1984 Code § 23-79)
3. Marking Of Routes: In addition to the general identification by signs or markings of truck routes which shall be posted by the police department, the police department shall post, at the city limits upon all main traffic routes entering the city, signs notifying users of highways entering the city that trucks are permitted only to be driven upon marked truck routes. At the direction of the city council, the police department shall post any street so selected by said committee with a sign signifying that said street is not designated as a truck route or that no through trucks are allowed. (1984 Code § 23-80; amd. Ord. O2019-18, 9-3-2019)
Notes
| 1 | 2. SDCL § 32-22-1 et seq. |
| 2 | 1. SDCL § 32-22-1 et seq. |
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to emergency vehicles of the police department or fire department or to any public utility vehicles who are actually engaged in the performance of emergency duties necessary to be performed by said public departments or public utilities nor to any vehicles owned by or performing work for the United States, the state or the city. (1984 Code § 23-81)
A. Warning Ticket: Police officers are hereby authorized to issue a warning ticket to any driver whose motor vehicle is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Such warning ticket shall clearly designate the provision of the issuing officer when such violation is corrected, such correction to be made not less than ten (10) days after the date of issue of the warning ticket, at the discretion of the issuing officer. The form and content of the warning ticket shall be in accordance and compliance with the form authorized by the superintendent of the highway patrol of the state. The authority shall not be construed as a limitation of the power to arrest. (1984 Code § 23-74)
B. Compliance With Directions Of Peace Officer: The driver of a motor vehicle shall comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of the peace officer, submit to any lawful inspection under this chapter, and comply with the provisions or requirements of a warning ticket issued by a police officer. (1984 Code § 23-75)