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No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire except that it shall be permissible to use:
1. Farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway.
2. Tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
3. Pneumatic tires with inserted ice grips or tire studs projecting not more than one-sixteenth inch beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire upon any vehicle from November l of each year to April 1 of the following year, except that a school bus and fire department emergency apparatus may use such tires at any time.
[Ref. Iowa Code §321.442]
1. The provisions of this ordinance with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, bulk spreaders and other fertilizer and chemical equipment defined as special mobile equipment, road machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors except as herein made applicable.
2. When operated on a highway in this state at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, every farm tractor, or tractor with towed equipment, self-propelled implement of husbandry, road construction or maintenance vehicle, road grader, horse-drawn vehicle, or any other vehicle principally designed for use off the highway and any such tractor, implement, vehicle or grader when manufactured for sale or sold at retail after the 31st of December, 1971, shall be identified with a reflective device of a type approved by the director; however, this provision shall not apply to such vehicles when traveling in any escorted parade. The reflective device shall be visible from the rear and mounted in a manner approved by the director. All vehicles specified in this section shall be equipped with such reflective device after the 31st of December, 1971. The director, when approving such device, shall be guided as far as practicable by the standards of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. No vehicle other than those specified in this section shall display a reflective device approved for the use herein described. On vehicles specified herein operating at speeds above twenty-five miles per hour, the reflective device shall be removed or hidden from view.
Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five dollars.
1. Except for motorcycles or motorized bicycles, 1966 model year or newer motor vehicles subject to registration in Iowa shall be equipped with safety belts and safety harnesses which conform with federal motor vehicle safety.
2. a. The driver and front seat occupants of a type of motor vehicle that is subject to registration in Iowa, except a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, shall each wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt and safety harness any time the vehicle is in forward motion on a street or highway in this city except that a child under eighteen years of age shall be secured as required under Section 492.
b. This subsection does not apply to:
(1) The driver or front seat occupants of a motor vehicle that is not required to be equipped with safety belts or safety harnesses.
(2) The driver and front seat occupants of a motor vehicle who are actively engaged in work that requires them to alight from and reenter the vehicle at frequent intervals, providing the vehicle does not exceed twenty-five miles per hour between stops.
(3) The driver of a motor vehicle while performing duties as a rural letter carrier for the United States postal service. This exemption applies only between the first delivery point after leaving the post office and the last delivery point before returning to the post office.
(4) Passengers on a bus.
(5) A person possessing a written certification from a health care provider licensed by the State of Iowa on a form provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation that the person is unable to wear a safety belt or safety harness due to physical or medical reasons. The certification shall specify the time period for which the exemption applies. The time period shall not exceed twelve months, at which time a new certification may be issued unless the certifying health care provider is from a United States military facility, in which case the certificate may specify a longer period of time or a permanent exemption.
(6) Front seat occupants of an authorized emergency vehicle while they are being transported in an emergency. However, this exemption does not apply to the driver of the authorized emergency vehicle.
3. The driver and front seat passengers may be each charged separately for improperly used or non-used equipment under subsection 2. However, the driver shall not be charged for a violation committed by a passenger who is fourteen years of age or older unless the passenger is unable to properly fasten a seat belt due to a temporary or permanent disability. The owner of the motor vehicle may be charged for equipment violations under subsection 1.
(Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.; Ord. #4674, 3/1/04; Ord. #4752, 1/10/05; Ord. #5006, 9/13/10) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.445]
1. a. A child under one year of age and weighing less than twenty pounds who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit in a rear-facing child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
b. A child under six years of age who does not meet the description in paragraph “a” and who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
2. A child at least six years of age but under eighteen years of age who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system that is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, or by a safety belt and safety harness of a type approved under Section 491.
This section does not apply to the following:
Peace officers acting on official duty.
The transportation of children in 1965 model year or older vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, buses, or motor homes, except when a child is transported in a motor home’s passenger seat situated directly to the driver’s right.
The transportation of a child who has been certified by a physician licensed under Iowa Code Chapter 148 as having a medical, physical, or mental condition which prevents or makes inadvisable securing the child in a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness.
A back seat occupant of a motor vehicle for whom no safety belt is available because all safety belts are being used by other occupants or cannot be used due to the use of a child restraint system in the seating position for which a belt is provided.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and punishable as scheduled under the Iowa Code. Violations shall be charged as follows:
An operator who transports a passenger under fourteen years of age in violation of subsection 1 or 2 may be charged with a violation of this section.
If a passenger fourteen years of age or older is unable to properly fasten a seatbelt due to a temporary or permanent disability, an operator who transports such a person in violation of subsection 2 may be charged with a violation of this section. Otherwise, a passenger fourteen years of age or older who violates subsection 2 shall be charged in lieu of the operator.
If a child under fourteen years of age, or a child fourteen years of age or older who is unable to fasten a seatbelt due to a temporary or permanent disability, is being transported in a taxicab in a manner that is not in compliance with subsection 1 or 2, the parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult traveling with the child shall be served with a citation for a violation of this section in lieu of the taxicab operator. Otherwise, if a passenger being transported in the taxicab is fourteen years of age or older, the citation shall be served on the passenger in lieu of the taxicab operator.
5. A person who is first charged for a violation of subsection l and who has not purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system shall not be convicted if the person produces in court, within a reasonable time, proof that the person has purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system which meets federal motor vehicle safety standards.
(’00 Rev.; Ord. #4753, 1/10/05; ’06 Rev.; ’08 Rev.; Ord. #5006, 9/13/10) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.446]