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§ 71.02 PROHIBITED TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS.
   (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
§ 71.03 U-TURNS.
   (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
§ 71.04 OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC GENERALLY.
   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
§ 71.05 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTION OR CROSSWALK.
   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
§ 71.06 MANNER OF DRIVING IN FUNERAL PROCESSION OR OTHER PROCESSION.
   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
§ 71.07 DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS.
   Any driver of any vehicle who shall drive the vehicle upon or across any sidewalk or sidewalk area of any street within the city, except on a driveway, public or private, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1998 Code, § 118-37) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.08 DRIVING ON FRESH PAVEMENT.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon any portion of any street in the city that has been freshly paved, unless all barriers or signal lights have been lawfully removed therefrom indicating that the street is ready for travel.
(1998 Code, § 118-38) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.09 DRIVING ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC.
   Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith, shall apply.
   (A)   The driver of a vehicle shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not move from the lane until the driver has first ascertained that the movement can be made with safety.
   (B)   Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the direction of every sign.
(1998 Code, § 118-39) Penalty, see § 71.99
§ 71.10 VEHICLES OPERATED ON PUBLIC GROUNDS RESTRICTED TO DESIGNATED AREAS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any vehicle whatsoever through or upon or to park the vehicle upon any park, or other public property within the city, except upon official designated roadways or parking lots.
(1998 Code, § 118-40) (Ord. 07-44, passed 11-21-2007) Penalty, see § 71.99
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