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No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designated or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to any employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(1998 Code, § 118-4) Penalty, see § 10.99
A person operating a motorcycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto or carry any other person, nor shall any other person ride upon the motorcycle other than upon a firmly attached seat to the rear or the side of the operator.
(1998 Code, § 118-5) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.
(1998 Code, § 118-6) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway, except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and, when so crossing, the person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians.
(1998 Code, § 118-7) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a city employee, to remove or damage any barriers erected under the direction of the Chief of Police or Street Superintendent either closing a street or for the purpose of warning traffic of an obstruction in the street.
(1998 Code, § 118-8) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by any bullet shall report to the Police Department within 24 hours after the motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, the registration number and the name and address of the owner or operator of the vehicle.
(B) This report shall be retained by the person for a period of at least 90 days and shall be available to the Chief of Police at all times.
(C) The person shall also keep a record of all vehicles brought in for repair and the like.
(1998 Code, § 118-9) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions authorized, see Tex. Transportation Code § 550.067(c)
(A) No parade or procession, excepting the forces of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines, the military forces of the state and the forces of the Police and Fire Departments, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street, sidewalk or other public place or way in the city, except in accordance with a permit therefor issued by the Chief of Police and such other regulations as are set forth in this traffic code which may apply.
(B) A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by any other method as may be determined and designated by the Traffic Division.
(1998 Code, § 118-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of city to regulate processions, see Tex. Transportation Code § 542.202(a)(3)
(A) No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway, whether public or private property, shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle.
(B) SOUND AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
(C) (1) PLAINLY AUDIBLE means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based on direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernable and bass reverberations are included.
(2) The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway, on either public or private property.
(D) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by a public utility company, including the city;
(4) The system or vehicle was used in an authorized public activity, such as parade, fireworks, sporting event, musical production or other activity which has the approval of the City Commission or a department of the city authorized to grant such approval; and/or
(5) The vehicle operator had obtained a mechanical loudspeaker/amplifier permit pursuant to § 94.009 of this code of ordinances.
(1998 Code, § 118-11) (Ord. 02-05, passed 2-20-2002) Penalty, see § 10.99
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