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§ 70.02 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this traffic code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   DRIVER. Any person who is in actual and physical control of a vehicle.
   INTERSECTION. The area embraced in the prolongation of the property lines of two or more streets which join at an angle whether or not such streets cross.
   MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled.
   PARK. To stand a vehicle whether occupied or not, for a period of time greater than is reasonably necessary for the actual loading or unloading of persons.
   PROPERTY LINE. The line marking the boundary between any street and the lots or property abutting thereon.
   ROADWAY. The portion of a street designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic.
(Prior Code, § 70.002) (Ord. 83, passed 7-7-1952)
SIGNS AND SIGNALS
§ 70.15 OBEDIENCE TO SIGNS AND SIGNALS REQUIRED.
   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the instructions of any traffic sign or signal placed in view by the authority of the President and Board of Trustees of the village or in accordance with the laws of the state. All signs established by direction of the President and Board of Trustees of the village shall conform to the state standards for traffic signals.
(Prior Code, § 70.005) (Ord. 83, passed 7-7-1952) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.16 DEFACING, INJURING SIGNS OR SIGNALS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, move or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal.
(Prior Code, § 70.006) (Ord. 83, passed 7-7-1952) Penalty, see § 70.99
TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT
§ 70.30 TRAFFIC VIOLATION NOTICES TO BE FURNISHED TO POLICE.
   The Chief of Police of the village shall cause parking violation notices to be printed in duplicate, which shall be numbered serially and shall be issued to members of the Police Department of the village, which members shall each execute receipts for those notices issued to him or her. Each member of the Department shall be accountable for the parking violation notices issued to him or her.
(Prior Code, § 74.001) (Ord. 74-002, passed 3-19-1974)
§ 70.31 METHOD OF ISSUING TRAFFIC AND PARKING VIOLATION NOTICES.
   (A)   A traffic violation notice shall be issued by a member of the Police Department of the village for every vehicle parked, stopped, permitted to stand, equipped, used, driven or operated in violation of the traffic code of the village. In case of a traffic violation involving a vehicle, if a police officer is able to find the driver or other person in charge thereof without leaving the immediate vicinity of said vehicle, said traffic violation notice shall be delivered to such person, but if the officer is unable to find the person driving or in charge of said vehicle in the immediate vicinity, he or she shall fasten or cause to be fastened said traffic violation notice upon the windshield, side window or cab of said vehicle in a place where the same is clearly visible to a person entering or driving or in charge of said vehicle.
   (B)   A member of the Police Department of the village issuing a traffic or parking violation notice shall, in writing, indicate on each traffic or parking violation notice issued by him or her the time and location and type of violation for which such traffic or parking violation notice is issued, the section of the code of the village violated, the type of vehicle involved in the violation, the state license number of said vehicle and, if known, the name and address and operator’s license number of the person to whom such state license was issued or who was responsible for the violation in question, and such other information as such member of the Police Department of the village may deem necessary or important.
   (C)   Every member of the Police Department of the village shall, upon issuing a notice of traffic or parking violation in the manner and form prescribed in this subchapter, in writing, identify himself or herself on such notice as the officer issuing the same and shall retain and deliver to his or her superior officer in the Police Department, or to such other person as may be designated by the Board of the village, a duplicate of such traffic or parking violation notice.
(Prior Code, § 74.002) (Ord. 74-002, passed 3-19-1974)
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