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§ 73.003 EMERGENCY VEHICLE WARNING DEVICE.
   Every police and fire department and fire patrol vehicle and every ambulance used for emergency calls shall be equipped with a bell, siren or exhaust whistle. It shall be unlawful for any other vehicle to be equipped with that equipment.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 9.911; 1992 Code, § 25-21) Penalty, see § 10.999
Cross-reference:
   Fire protection and prevention, see ch. 91
   Police, see §§ 131.020, 131.021
   Surface ambulance services, see §§ 124.080 through 124.082
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-15-12
§ 73.004 PROJECTING LOADS.
   No person shall drive any vehicle upon any street with any load or part of a load projecting more than four feet beyond the rear end or front end, or more than two feet beyond the sides of the body, or carrying part of the vehicle, unless there is attached to the extreme ends and sides of the projecting load some warning sign or signal plainly discernible to other drivers and clearly indicating the projecting parts of the load.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.137; 1992 Code, § 25-25) Penalty, see § 10.999
§ 73.005 WEIGHT AND SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.
   A vehicle may not be driven or operated upon any street or highway within the city if the vehicle’s gross weight, load or size does not comply with the requirements of the state law governing the vehicles or this Code. The city engineer may issue temporary permits for trucks that do not comply with this section to operate on city streets. The fee for this permit is $15.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.136; 1992 Code, § 25-27) (Ord. 39-85, passed 5-6-1985; Ord. 7-02, passed 2-11-2002)
Statutory reference:
   Weight, size and load restrictions, see SDCL ch. 32-22
§ 73.006 PROTECTION OF LOAD.
   (a)   No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway in the city unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping there from, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
   (b)   No person shall operate on any street or highway in the city any vehicle with any load unless the load and any covering is securely fastened to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.137; 1992 Code, § 25-29) Penalty, see § 10.999
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-15-18
§ 73.007 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE.
   No person shall refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of any police officer, or refuse to submit to any lawful inspection or fail to comply with the provisions or requirements of any warning ticket issued by the police under this chapter.
(1992 Code, § 25-30) (Ord. 85-73, passed 10-8-1973) Penalty, see § 10.999