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No person on roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster or toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street or a sidewalk and when so crossing the person shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply on any street while set aside as a play street.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.151; 1992 Code, § 40-8) Penalty, see § 10.999
No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designated or intended for the use of passengers, nor shall the operator of the vehicle permit any person to so ride. This section shall not apply to vehicles in parades for which a parade permit has been issued nor to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.153; 1992 Code, § 40-9) (Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966; Ord. 11-83, passed 2-7-1983) Penalty, see § 10.999
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(1992 Code, § 40-10) Penalty, see § 10.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-30-2.5
(a) The police chief, by and with the approval of the city engineer, may make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of this chapter and make and enforce temporary regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions.
(b) The city engineer may make temporary rules regulating traffic or test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic. No experimental rule regulating traffic shall remain in effect for more than 90 days.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.109; 1992 Code, § 40-11)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any motorized or motor driven, wheeled vehicle except a Class I e-bicycle and Class II e-bicycle on any of the flood protection levees. This section shall not apply to or limit authorized vehicles on the levees for maintenance, patrolling, and flood emergency purposes. The maximum speed allowed on any of the flood protection levees is found in § 76.003.
(1992 Code, § 40-12) (Ord. 25-72, passed 5-8-1972; Ord. 118-18, passed 12-18-2018; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019; Ord. 18-24, passed 3-5-2024) Penalty, see § 10.999
Cross-reference:
Floodplain management, see ch. 156
The mayor may declare by executive order, that an emergency exists in the city because of snow, freezing rain, sleet, ice, snow drifts or other natural phenomena which create, or are likely to create, hazardous road conditions resulting in stopped vehicles within the public right-of-way. Upon the issuance of the order, no person shall travel upon any designated public street for a period of up to 48 hours. Police, fire, healthcare, snow removal, snowmobiles and other vehicles responding to emergencies or critical occupations are exempt from this prohibition. The no travel order, and any termination of it, shall be given to all broadcast media within the city area for broadcast to the public.
(1992 Code, § 40-13) (Ord. 34-99, passed 3-15-1999)