OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS
The provisions of this traffic ordinance relating to the operation of vehicles refers exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon streets and highways except:
1. When a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.
2. The provisions of Section 119 through 126 inclusive and Section 138 shall apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the City.
This Code, except for Iowa Code §§321.277 and 321.280, does not apply to persons and motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway officially closed to traffic but does apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work. The minimum speed restriction of Iowa Code §321.285(5) and the provisions of §§321.297, 321.298 and 321.323 do not apply to road workers operating maintenance equipment on behalf of any state or local authority while engaged in road maintenance, road blading, snow and ice control and removal, and granular resurfacing work on a highway, whether or not the highway is closed to traffic. ('91 Rev.; Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.; ’10 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.233]
It shall be the duty of the officers of the police department to enforce all street traffic laws of this City and all State Vehicle Laws applicable to street traffic in this City.
The officers of the police department are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
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