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.
A peace officer is authorized to stop a vehicle to require exhibition of a motor vehicle license, to serve a summons or memorandum of traffic violation, to inspect the condition of the vehicle, to inspect the vehicle with reference to size, weight, cargo, bills of lading or other manifest of employment, tires and safety equipment, or to inspect the registration certificate, the compensation certificate, travel order, or permit of such vehicle. ('91 Rev.)
A person riding an animal or driving any animal drawing a vehicle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this ordinance applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their nature can have no application.
A person, including a peace officer, riding a bicycle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this ordinance and has all the rights and duties under this ordinance applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their nature can have no application or those provisions for which specific exceptions have been set forth regarding police bicycles.
A person propelling a bicycle on the roadway shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle. A person shall not use a bicycle on the highway to carry more persons at one time than the number of persons for which the bicycle is designed and equipped.
This section does not apply to the use of a bicycle in a parade authorized by local authorities.
('91 Rev.; Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.234]
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