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CHAPTER 7 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND VIOLATIONS
Article 1 – General
Regulations
No person
shall drive any vehicle upon any street or alley in the City at a greater rate
of speed than is reasonable and proper under all the circumstances, having due
regard to the traffic, use and condition of the street or alley or at a reckless
or dangerous rate of speed, or in a careless or negligent manner. Proof of the
following facts shall be prima facie evidence that a person operating a vehicle
is guilty of driving the same at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable as
defined in the preceding paragraph: A.
Driving at a greater rate of speed than fifteen (15) miles per hour
passing a school zone; B.
Driving at a greater rate of speed than twenty (20) miles per hour or
posted limit in a business or residence districts, except where such street is
designated as an arterial street or highway, then at a rate of speed of not more
than thirty (30) miles per hour or posted limit; C.
Driving in such a manner as not to have the vehicle under complete
control; and
D.
Driving at a greater rate than ten (10) miles per hour upon the dedicated
streets in the Wagon Wheel Trailer Court in Flynn’s Addition to the City.
Section
7.1.02
Traveling Abreast Vehicles
shall not travel two (2) or more abreast on any street or pass a moving vehicle
at a street intersection.
No person
shall drive any vehicle at an unnecessarily slow rate of speed so as to hinder
and retard traffic.
Section
7.1.04
Exhibition Driving Any person
shall be guilty of exhibition driving who drives a vehicle within the limits of
the City in such a manner A.
That creates or causes unnecessary engine noise, or tire squeal, skid, or
slide upon acceleration or stopping; B.
That simulates a temporary race; or
C.
That causes the vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or sway.
Section
7.1.05 Use of Motor Vehicles, Traction Engine, Tractors, and
Road Rollers A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or drive any motor vehicle,
traction engine, tractor, or road roller on the streets or alleys within the
corporate limits of the City in violation of the provisions of this Section.
B.
At any regular or special meeting of the governing body of said City,
said governing body may direct the police department of said City to place such
parking, loading, load, and driving restrictions on any or all streets and
alleys within the corporate limits of said City, as in the opinion of the said
governing body may be necessary at any particular time.
C.
At any regular or special meeting of the governing body of said City, as
set out in Section 7.1.05 (B), the said governing body shall place or cause to
be placed in their official minutes such restrictions as in their opinion may be
necessary on said streets and alleys within the corporate limits of said City;
that said governing body shall then direct the police department to place signs
on the said restricted streets and alleys which shall set out the restriction
imposed by the governing body; that after said signs shall be posted by the
police department, the said restriction shall be in full force forthwith.
D.
In order to give adequate notice to the public of said restrictions as
described, the governing body of said City shall direct the police department of
said City to place a sign describing said restriction at every street and alley
intersection on which the restriction is imposed which shall face traffic.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person to destroy, tamper with, damage, or
tear down any sign hereinbefore referred to in this Article.
Section
7.1.06
Brakes, Horn, and Signals Every motor
vehicle shall be provided with adequate brakes in good working order and
sufficient to control such motor vehicle at all times when the same is in use,
and ad adequate horn or other devise for signaling.
A motor
vehicle shall, during the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour
before sunrise, display at least two lighted lamps on the front and one on the
rear of such motor vehicle, which rear lamp shall display a red light, plainly
visible from the rear; provided that a motorcycle shall be required to display
but one lighted lamp in front and one showing a red light in the rear.
Section
7.1.08
Electric Head Lights It shall be
unlawful to use electric head lights or side lights upon any vehicle upon any of
the streets or alleys in the City unless the same are dimmed in such a manner as
to prevent the light being dazzling or blinding to persons using the street.
Section
7.1.09
Entering Street It shall be
unlawful for any person driving any vehicle to drive onto an arterial street in
the City without first coming to a full stop prior to entering upon said
arterial street. Vehicles on the
arterial street shall have the right of way.
This Article shall not apply to ambulances and Fire and Police Department
vehicles and apparatus while being operated in an emergency.
Every driver
of a vehicle turning into another street, alley, or highway to the right shall
turn the corner as near to the right hand curb of the street as possible, and in
no instance passing beyond the center of the street.
Every driver
of a vehicle turning into another highway, street or alley to the left shall at
a distance of ten (10) feet before entering intersection signal his/her
intention so as to be plainly visible to any driver of vehicles in the rear, and
shall, whenever possible, turn to the lift of the center of the intersection of
the two streets or highway, unless otherwise marked.
Section
7.1.12
Stopping after Accident Every driver
of a vehicle or motor vehicle after colliding with any other vehicle or motor
vehicle or after injuring any person or damaging any vehicle or motor vehicle or
after damaging any property whatsoever, shall forthwith bring his vehicle or
motor vehicle to a full stop, return at once to the scene of the accident and
give to any person demanding the same his name and address, and, if operating a
motor vehicle, the registration number of the same, and shall forthwith report
the accident to the police department of the City.
Section
7.1.13
Brakes while Standing No person
shall leave a motor vehicle unattended or parked on any street of the City
unless the brakes are firmly set.
It shall be
unlawful to operate a motor vehicle, unless such motor vehicle is provided with
a muffler that shall at all times be kept closed so that the exhaust is
effectively muffled.
Section
7.1.15
Brakes and Signaling Device Every motor
vehicle driven upon the streets of the City shall be provided with adequate
brakes in good working order and sufficient to control such motor vehicle at all
times when the same is in use and an adequate bell or horn or other device for
signaling.
No person who
is under the age of fourteen (14) years shall operate or drive a motor vehicle
upon the streets of the City unless such person is accompanied by the owner of
the motor vehicle or his or her parent or guardian.
Section
7.1.17
Catching on to or Tying to Motor Vehicle It shall be
unlawful for any person to catch on to or hang on to, or attempt to propel or
guide any bicycle, sled or other vehicle holding on to the motor vehicle while
the same is moving on the streets of the City.
Section
7.1.18
Riding on Running Boards, Hood or Fenders It shall be
unlawful for any person owning or driving or in charge of a motor vehicle to
allow or permit any person to ride upon the running boards or on the outside of
any such motor vehicle, or for any person to ride upon the running board or
outside of any motor vehicle.
Section
7.1.19
Tampering with Motor Vehicles No person
shall, without authority of the person in charge, climb upon or into any vehicle
or motor vehicle, whether the same is in motion or at rest, nor shall any person
without authority of the person in charge while any motor vehicle is at rest and
unattended, sound the horn or other signaling device, or attempt to manipulate
any of the levers, starting devices, brakes or machinery thereof.
Section
7.1.20
Driving While Intoxicated It shall be
unlawful for any person to drive or operate or attempt to drive or operate any
vehicle or motor vehicle upon any of the public streets, alleys or public
grounds of the City while such person is in an intoxicated or drunken condition
or under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
Section
7.1.21
Pedestrians Crossing Streets It shall be
unlawful for any pedestrian to go from one side of the street to the other
except at a right angle at a regular cross walk at the end of a block upon any
street in the City.
Section
7.1.22
Noise in Quiet Zones The making of
any unnecessary noise by fast driving or riding, ringing of bells, blowing of
horns, whistles or other devices, or doing any other thing upon any street
tending to disturb the peace, comfort and quiet of any inmate of a hospital or
disturbing church services while church services are being held is unlawful.
A.
When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection at approximately the
same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to
the vehicle on the right except as otherwise provided herein.
The driver of any vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit
any right of way which he might otherwise have hereunder.
B.
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a public highway from an
alley, building, private road, or driveway, shall yield the right of way to all
vehicles approaching on such public highway.
C.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right of way to
police and fire department vehicles when the latter are operated upon official
business, and ambulances, and the drivers thereof sound audible signal by bell,
siren, or exhaust whistle. The
provision of this Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of a police,
fire department vehicle, or ambulance from the duty to drive with due regard to
the safety of all persons using the highway nor shall it protect the driver of
any such vehicle from the consequence of an arbitrary exercise of such right of
way.
D.
Highway and street maintainers in the performance of their duties of
maintaining the streets shall have preference or right of way and shall be
permitted to drive upon the left hand side of the traveled portion of the
highway for the purpose of dumping materials, or repairing the streets and also
for smoothing the road surface. A
highway maintainer shall not in discriminatorily block traffic but shall allow
reasonable room on the traveled portion of the highway for other vehicles to
pass; such highway maintainers shall not, however, be required to turn to the
right when meeting other vehicles or allowing them to pass when his work
requires him to remain on the other side of the traveled portion of the street;
such maintainer, however, shall be subject to the other rules of this Article
except when the performance of their maintenance work requires them to do
otherwise.
No person
driving a vehicle shall reverse the same without ample warning having been given
and, while reversing, care must be exercised not to injure those in the rear.
A standing
vehicle about to start shall give moving vehicles the right of way and the
driver thereof shall give ample warning before starting.
Section
7.1.26
Funeral Procession No driver of
a vehicle shall drive through or otherwise interfere with any funeral procession
on any of the streets of the City, and it shall be the duty of any person
driving any vehicle to stop when reaching a street on which a funeral procession
is passing and wait until such funeral procession has entirely passed.
Section
7.1.27
Bicycle upon Sidewalk No person
shall ride any bicycle upon or along any public sidewalk of any street in the
City.
Section
7.1.28
Flat Service Wheels No person
shall drive upon any crossing or pavement of the City any tractor or steam
engine having other than flat surface wheels, unless before driving upon such
pavement or crossing good and sufficient plank shall be placed under the wheels
so that no portion of the wheels shall touch the pavement or crossing.
No person
shall drive any vehicle upon any street in the City with a load or part of a
load projecting more than four (4) feet beyond the rear end or front end, or
more than two (2) feet beyond the sides of the body or carrying part of said
vehicle unless there be attached to the extreme ends and sides of such
projecting load a warning sign or signal consisting of red cloth at least
eighteen (18) inches square in daytime or a suitable light, red in color, at
night, such sign or signal to be so placed as to the plainly discernible to
other drivers and clearly indicating the projecting load.
Those
vehicles exceeding a three (3) ton chassis classification as set out above, are
confined to the designated travel route through the City posted as a truck route
and said Highway 18 through the City, as well as South County Road, North County
Road and North Main Street shall be designated as the truck routes. Anyone who
violates this Section shall be guilty of a Class II Misdemeanor and fined
pursuant to Section 14.01.
Section
7.1.31
Traffic Ticket Citations A.
The police of the City are hereby empowered to issue both warning and
violation ticket citations for any and all violations of the traffic ordinances
of the City which shall state the violation and cite said person to appear in
the proper court at a time and place designated in said ticket.
B.
The said ticket shall contain the following form as a minimum; the
violation complained of, a citation stating the time and place where the
appearance shall be made, the name of the Defendant, if known, and if not known,
the license plate of the car involved in said violation.
C.
Any person who shall fail to appear as required in said citation at the
time and place designated in said ticket shall be deemed guilty of a Class II
Misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine pursuant to
Section 14.01.
CHAPTER 7 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND
VIOLATIONS Article 2 – Traffic Control
Devices
No
vehicle shall be permitted to make a complete turn or a turn of 180 degrees on
the following streets: A.
The intersection of Main Street with Second Street; B.
The intersection of Third Street and Fourth Street; C.
On East Seventh Street between the intersections of: 1.
East Seventh and Main; and 2.
East Seventh and East County Road.
D.
The intersection of U.S. Highway 18-183 with South Dakota Highway 44 on
the eastern edge of the City.
Section
7.2.02
One-Way Streets The City
shall install appropriate traffic control signs to designate one-way streets. A.
The portion of Main Street from its intersection with Highway 18 south to
its intersection with Fifth Street is hereby declared to be a one-way street.
Traffic upon that portion of Main Street herein described, shall move
one-way in a southerly direction only; and B.
All vehicular traffic traveling on Third Street between South County Road
and West Park Street shall travel in one-way from west to east.
Section 7.2.03
Four-Way Stop Signs The City shall install four-way
stop signs at the following intersections: A.
The intersection of Fifth Street and Main Street; B.
The intersection of West Third Street and East Park Street; and
C.
The intersection of Seventh Street and East Park Street.
The City shall install yield
signs at the following intersections: A.
On Third Street when crossing Polk Street; B.
On Fourth Street when crossing Polk Street; C.
On Fifth Street when
crossing Polk Street; and D. In Pamida parking lot when crossing East Fifth Street. |
