Section
General Operating Provisions
71.01 No passing zones
71.02 Prohibited turns at intersections
71.03 U-turns
71.04 Obstructing traffic generally
71.05 Obstructing intersection or crosswalk
71.06 Manner of driving in funeral procession or other procession
71.07 Driving on sidewalks
71.08 Driving on fresh pavement
71.09 Driving on roadway laned for traffic
71.10 Vehicles operated on public grounds restricted to designated areas
71.11 Digging out; spinning tires
71.12 Control of vehicle
71.13 Opening doors into traffic
71.14 Corner cutting
71.15 Entering or leaving limited-access roadway
71.16 Overloading or overcrowding vehicle
71.17 No wake on flooded street
71.18 Weight of load
Speed Regulations
71.30 Maximum limits generally
71.31 Maximum limits on specific streets
71.32 School zones
71.33 Competitions of speed
71.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Speed limit in parks, see § 92.01
Toy Vehicles, see Ch. 74
Traffic Schedules, see Ch. 76
GENERAL OPERATING PROVISIONS
The Director of Transportation and Planning, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to determine by resolution those portions of any highway or street in the city where overtaking and passing or driving on the left side of the roadway would be especially hazardous, and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of the zones and, when the signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to any ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.
(1998 Code, § 118-31) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) The Director of Transportation and Planning, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right turn, left turn or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at the intersections.
(B) The making of these turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the hours shall be plainly indicated on the signs, or they may be removed when these turns are permitted.
(C) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right turn, left turn or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such signs.
(1998 Code, § 118-32) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) No vehicle shall make a U-turn in a street, except at a street intersection. All such turns shall be made by keeping the vehicle to the right of the centerlines of the intersecting streets.
(B) It shall be unlawful to make a U-turn at any intersection at which a traffic light has been placed.
(1998 Code, § 118-33) Penalty, see § 71.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, drive or propel a vehicle in such manner as to block or obstruct the traffic on any street or alley of the city.
(1998 Code, § 118-34) Penalty, see § 71.99
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(1998 Code, § 118-35) Penalty, see § 71.99
Each driver in a funeral or other authorized procession shall drive as near to the right-hand side of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.
(1998 Code, § 118-36) Penalty, see § 71.99
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