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When required for the convenience and safety of the public and to alleviate unusual traffic problems, the Chief of Police or other authorized city official shall, at his or her discretion, have authority to impose such traffic regulations as he or she may deem necessary for temporary periods not to exceed two weeks. If these temporary regulations are necessary for a period longer than two weeks, the City Clerk shall be notified in writing of the extended order.
(A) No person shall operate on any street or road in Pewee Valley any vehicle, object or contrivance other than a motor truck or a semitrailer truck which weighs more than 36,000 pounds, including the weight of the vehicle, object, contrivance and load.
(B) Trucks, semitrailers trucks and tractor trailer units. No person shall operate on any street or road in Pewee Valley any of the following trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles:
(1) Any motor truck, semitrailer, trailer, manufactured home, or vehicle which exceeds 11-1/2 feet in height or 96 inches in width, including any part of the body or load;
(2) Any motor truck, except a semitrailer truck, which exceeds 26-1/2 feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(3) Any semitrailer truck which exceeds 30 feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(4) Any truck, semitrailer truck or truck and trailer unit which exceeds , 36,000 pounds gross weight, including the load.
(5) Any truck, semitrailer truck or tractor-trailer unit which exceeds a gross weight equal to the sum of 600 pounds per inch of the combined width of the tires upon which the vehicle may be propelled, but in no event more than 36,000 pounds.
(KRS 189.221)
(C) The weight limit enumerated above shall be conspicuously posted on the streets, and roads of Pewee Valley.
(D) (1) Whenever severe weather conditions exist such that certain streets are more vulnerable to heavy weighted vehicles than when severe weather conditions exist, the Mayor shall have the authority to close the streets to all vehicles weighing in excess of 6,000 pounds.
(2) The street or streets, as the case may be, that are closed shall remain closed until the Mayor ascertains that the severe weather conditions have subsided enough to allow normal vehicle traffic without damaging the street or streets in question.
(E) (1) Whenever it is anticipated that construction or other projects will result in a series of trips over the streets and roads of Pewee Valley, the owner or operator of the vehicle, object or contrivance may be required to post a bond to cover potential damages.
(2) The bond may be set at the time a building permit is issued and the amount set by the City council member, designated as Road and Street Commissioner.
(F) This section does not apply to vehicles run upon tracks or fire apparatus belonging to the city or other fire departments, emergency vehicles, fuel trucks or garbage collecting trucks.
(Prior Code KOC, § 520.4, passed 6-5-1978; Prior Code KOC, § 520.5, passed 9-5-1978) Penalty, see § 70.99
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
Whenever traffic is regulated or controlled exclusively by a traffic-control sign or signs exhibiting the words “Go,” “Caution” or “Stop,” or exhibiting different colored lights for purposes of traffic control, the following colors only shall be used, and these terms and lights shall indicate and be obeyed as follows:
(A) Green alone or “Go”. Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either the turn. However, vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection at the time the signal is exhibited.
(B) Steady yellow alone or “Caution” when shown following the green or “Go” signal. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal may enter and clear the intersection.
(C) Red alone or double red or “Stop.” Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall remain standing until green or “Go” is shown alone.
(D) Flashing red alone. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall not again proceed until it can do so without danger.
(E) Flashing amber alone. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall reduce its speed and proceed cautiously across the intersection controlled by such signal.
(F) “Yield Right-of-Way.” Vehicular traffic facing the “Yield Right-of-Way” sign shall bear the primary responsibility of safely entering the primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. All traffic facing the sign shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles and pedestrians within such primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. No vehicle facing a “Yield Right-of-Way” sign shall enter the merging or intersecting right-of-way at a speed in excess of 15 mph, except that this speed limit shall not apply to vehicles entering an expressway.
(G) Lane lights. When lane lights are installed over any street for the purpose of controlling the direction of flow of traffic, vehicular traffic shall move only in traffic lanes over which green arrows appear. However, when flashing amber lights appear above a lane all left turns shall be made from that lane. Where red arrows appear above such lanes, vehicles shall not move against them. If flashing amber lights show above a lane, that lane shall be used only for passing and for left turns unless a sign at such place prohibits the turn.
Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Traffic-control signals, see KRS 189.338
The city shall establish and maintain all official traffic-control devices necessary within the city. All traffic-control devices, including signs, shall be employed to indicate 1 particular warning or regulation, shall be uniform, and as far as possible shall be placed uniformly. All traffic-control devices and signs shall conform to required state specifications.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the signal of any official traffic- control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this traffic code or of a traffic barrier or sign erected by any of the public departments or public utilities of the city, or any electric signal, gate or watchman at railroad crossings, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. However, the type and the right to or necessity for the barrier or sign must be approved by the city.
(B) The sign, signal, marking or barrier shall have the same authority as the personal direction of a police officer.
Penalty, see § 70.99
No person shall without authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any part thereof.
Penalty see § 70.99
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