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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or move, a motor vehicle on and across county highways at a speed limit greater than 35 miles per hour except as hereinafter provided.
(B) Whenever road conditions and traffic conditions warrant, the Board of Commissioners shall reserve the right by resolution to post highways at different speed limits than as hereinabove set forth and when said limits are so posted, said posted limits shall prevail as the existing speed limit on the highway.
(BC Ord. 1984-4, passed 2-6-84)
(C) The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable on all roads within the county, except as the Board of Commissioners shall declare and determine certain speed regulations as applicable on specified roads or in certain areas, from time to time. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the County Highway Engineer that the maximum speed permitted by the state traffic laws is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigation in accordance with I.C. 9-21-5-6.
(1) The County Highway Department shall have the power to place and maintain all necessary signs when and as required in order to regulate traffic in accordance with the declarations and determinations of the Board of Commissioners posting the necessary signs on or at the entrances to the entrances to the roads or part or parts thereof affected in a position most appropriate.
(2) It shall be a violation of this § 70.01(C) for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared by the Board of Commissioners when signs are in place giving notice thereof.
(BC Ord. 1992-24, passed 12-7-92; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9- 21)
Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The state traffic laws regulating traffic-control signs, signals, and devices used to regulate traffic, including intersection control, truck routes, weight restrictions on bridges and roads, and road use restrictions for trucks, semi-tractors, and semi-trailers, shall be applicable on all roads within the county, except as the Board of County Commissioners shall declare and determine certain regulations concerning such traffic-control signs, signals, and devices as applicable on specified streets or in certain areas, from time to time. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the County Highway Engineer that, under conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigations, certain traffic control signs, signals, and devices are needed in order to regulation traffic.
(B) The County Highway Department shall have the power to place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals, and devices when and as required in order to regulate traffic in accordance with the declarations and determinations of the Board of Commissioners.
(C) It shall be a violation of this § 70.08 for an operator of a vehicle to fail to obey any traffic-control sign, signal, or device so declared by the Board of Commissioners when such signs, signals, or devices are in place, unless otherwise directed to proceed by a police officer.
(BC Ord. 1992-24, passed 12-7-92; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9- 21) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The state traffic laws regulating parking shall be applicable upon all roads within the county, except as the Board of Commissioners shall determine certain regulations concerning the prohibition or regulation of parking applicable upon specified roads or in certain areas. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the County Highway Engineer that, under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigations, certain prohibitions or regulations are needed in order to regulate parking.
(B) The County Highway Department shall have the power to place and maintain painted signs or markers on the curb and on avenues, streets or lots to designate parking spaces. Each vehicle parked along side of, or adjacent to, any curb or parking area shall park within the lines or marks so established. It shall be a violation of this section to park any vehicle across any such line or mark or to park any such vehicle in such a way that the vehicle shall not be within the area so designated by the lines or marks.
(C) No owner or person in control of a vehicle shall allow that vehicle to occupy, in whole or in part, more than one parking space at a time.
(D) It shall be a violation of this section for any person in control of a vehicle to fail to obey any sign or marker so declared by the Board of County Commissioners when such signs or markers are in place giving notice thereof.
(BC Ord. 1992-24, passed 12-7-92; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21)
(A) Parking on the parking site on the premises defined herein on the weekdays Monday through Friday and during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shall be reserved for the employees and office holders of the county and that the right to park an automobile on said parking site shall be evidenced by the issuance to the owner thereof of a parking permit sticker which shall be affixed to the rear of any such motor vehicle.
(B) No motor vehicle shall be parked within or upon said parking site unless said motor vehicle shall display a parking permit sticker as provided herein.
(C) Any unauthorized vehicle parked on the parking site defined herein may be towed away at the owner's expense.
(D) Signs shall be erected and maintained on the parking site defined herein, which said signs shall inform the general public of the restricted nature of parking therein on the above mentioned days and during the above mentioned hours and unauthorized vehicles parked therein may be towed at the owners expense, and the owner of an unauthorized vehicle parked therein may be subject to criminal prosecution.
(E) The jurisdiction to enforce this and all other parking regulations upon the parking site defined herein is hereby granted to the county, or any police officer of the county, and to the City of Boonville, or any police officer of the City of Boonville.
(BC Ord. 1979-20, passed 12-17-79; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Except as otherwise provided, no vehicle with a gross weight in excess of ten tons or 20,000 pounds shall be operated on or across any county highway which has been posted as to said weight restriction without prior authorization pursuant to a road usage agreement validly executed by and between the operator of such vehicle and the Board of Commissioners.
(1) Local delivery vehicles;
(2) Refuse, garbage, and/or recycling haulers when operating on county roadways in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency service vehicles;
(4) Warrick County Highway Department road and maintenance vehicles;
(5) United States Postal Service and/or other parcel-delivery service vehicles operating in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Farm trucks, farm trailers, farm semitrailer and tractors, or other covered farm vehicles as defined in I.C. 9-13-2-58;
(7) Farm wagons, as that term is defined in I.C. 9-13-2-60;
(8) Implements of agriculture, as that term is defined in I.C. 9-13-2-77;
(9) Any vehicle which is the subject of a road usage agreement validly executed and in effect at the time of such operation; and
(10) Any school transportation vehicle when transporting students.
(BC Ord. 1989-6, passed 5-1-89; Am. BC Ord. 2021-22, passed 5-24- 21; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
Cross-reference:
Specific roads designated, see Ch. 72, Sched. II
(A) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Title VII to the contrary, no person shall drive, operate, or move upon or over any county bridge any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of the posted weight limit for such bridge.
(B) The following vehicles are exempt from this § 70.06:
(1) Warrick County Highway Department road and maintenance vehicles;
(2) Police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency service vehicles; and
(3) Any vehicle which is the subject of a road usage agreement validly executed and in effect at the time of such operation.
(C) The County Highway Department shall conspicuously post any bridge weight limit signage at the nearest intersections located on both sides of the bridge, as well as at each entrance of the bridge structure itself.
(BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The Warrick County Highway Engineer may, in its sole discretion, impose further restrictions pertaining to the operation of vehicles or the permitted weight of operated vehicles on a roadway when there exists the potential for damage to such roadway(s) as a result of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic or environmental conditions.
(B) The County Highway Engineer shall limit the duration of any restrictions imposed under § 70.07(A) to the greatest extent reasonably possible, taking into consideration the risk of potential damage of the roadway(s) resulting from adverse climatic or environmental conditions. In no event shall the cumulative duration of any restrictions imposed by the County Highway Engineer under § 70.07(A) total more than 90 days in a calendar year.
(C) In the event of any imposition of restrictions by the County Highway Engineer as described in § 70.07(A), signage informing vehicle operators of such restrictions shall be posted by the Highway Department at each entrance to the affected roadway(s).
(D) The following classifications of vehicles are exempted from any restrictions imposed under § 70.07(A):
(1) Warrick County Highway Department road and maintenance vehicles;
(2) Police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency service vehicles;
(3) School transportation vehicles when transporting students;
(4) Refuse, garbage, and/or recycling haulers when operating on county roadways in the ordinary course of business;
(5) Any other vehicles that have been validly granted an exemption to such restrictions by the County Highway Engineer; and
(6) Any vehicle which is the subject of a road usage agreement validly executed and in effect at the time of such operation.
(E) Any exemptions granted by the County Highway Engineer as described in § 70.07(D)(5) shall be valid for up to 24 hours.
(F) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Title VII, no other exemptions, permits, or authorizations, except for those set forth in this § 70.07, shall be construed so as to authorize a vehicle to operate on a roadway for which the County Highway Engineer has imposed restrictions under § 70.07(A).
(BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) When required by this Chapter 70, and as otherwise may be required by the Board of Commissioners and/or the Warrick County Highway Engineer, no person shall drive, operate, or move a vehicle upon or over any county road, highway, or bridge without first entering into a road usage agreement with the Board of Commissioners authorizing such operation and use.
(B) Following the execution of a road usage agreement as described under this § 70.08, no person shall drive, operate, or move a vehicle upon or over any county road, highway, and/or bridge except for such road(s), highway(s), and/or bridge(s) which are permitted pursuant to said road usage agreement.
(C) In the event a road usage agreement is required under this Chapter 70, and in addition to any other payments or fees provided for in such agreement, the person or operator entering into such road usage agreement with the Board of Commissioners shall pay an annual fee in the amount of $250.
(BC Ord. 2021-22, passed 5-24-21; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9- 21; Am. BC Ord. 2022-01, passed 1-24-22) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) No person shall repetitively drive, operate, haul, or move upon or over any county road, highway, or bridge any vehicle or object in such a manner so as to cause damage to such road, highway, or bridge. For purposes of this Chapter 70, what constitutes "repetitive driving, operating, hauling, or moving of a vehicle" shall be determined by the Warrick County Engineer, in its sole and absolute discretion.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall repetitively drive, operate, haul, or move a vehicle with a gross weight of 12 tons or 24,000 pounds on any non-commercial county highway, regardless of any posted weight restriction or limit, without first entering into a road usage agreement with the Board of Commissioners authorizing such operation and use.
(C) Any person who causes damage to a county road, highway, or bridge as a result of repetitive driving, operating, hauling, or moving of a vehicle as described in § 70.09(A) shall be responsible for any and all costs necessary to repair and/or replace the damage to such road, highway, or bridge.
(D) In the event a person causes damage to a county road, highway, or bridge as described in § 70.09(A), above, the existence of a validly executed road usage agreement between said person and Warrick County shall be no defense to any action or claim brought against said person.
(BC Ord. 2021-22, passed 5-24-21; Am. BC Ord. 2021-27, passed 8-9-21) Penalty, see § 70.99
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