City of Maud, Oklahoma

PART 15

TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 15-101 CITATION OF CHAPTER.

This chapter and all amendments hereto may be cited or referred to as the “Traffic Code of the City of Maud”, and may so appear upon all official documents, records or instruments.

SECTION 15-102 TRAFFIC CODE CONTROLLING.

Except as specifically provided by law as set forth in this chapter, the traffic code shall be controlling and apply to the use of city streets, alleys, thoroughfares, parks, parkways, public parking lots, school driveways, streets, parking lots, or any other public right-of-way or municipally-owned land, including streets and other ways that form the boundary line of the city, by pedestrians and by vehicles of every kind whether self-propelled or otherwise and whether moving or at rest.

SECTION 15-103 DEFINITIONS.

As used herein:

1. “Alley” means any narrow highway ordinarily located in the interior portion of platted blocks and ordinarily used for service or delivery purposes at the rear of stores, dwellings, or buildings;
2. “Ambulance” means a motor vehicle constructed, reconstructed or arranged for the purpose of transporting ill, sick, or injured persons;
3. “Bicycle” means a device having two (2) Tandem wheels propelled by human power upon which any person may ride;
4. “Bus” means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation;
5. “Business district” means the territory contiguous to, and including a highway if there are buildings within six hundred (600) feet of the highway in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings which occupy at least three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides of the highway;
6. “Controlled access highway” means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway;
7. “Commercial vehicles” means every vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property;
8. “Center lane” means any clearly marked center lane. If the center lane is not marked and no cars are parked on the roadway, then the center lane is equally distanced between the curbs or travelled portion of the roadway. In the event a vehicle or vehicles are parked on one side of the roadway only, then the center lane is equally distanced from the side of the parked vehicle or vehicles toward the street and curb on the opposite roadway. If vehicles be parked on each side of the roadway, then the center lane is equally distanced from the edges of the parked vehicles;
9. “Cross walk” means that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street measured from the curbs; or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway. “Cross walk” also means any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
10. “Double park” means parking or stopping a vehicle on the roadway side of another vehicle already parked adjacent to the edge or curbing of the roadway;
11. “Driver or operator” means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle;
12. “Emergency” means an unforeseeable occurrence of temporary duration causing or resulting in an abnormal increase in traffic volume, cessation or stoppage of traffic movement, or creation of conditions hazardous to normal traffic movement, including fire, storm, accident, riot, or spontaneous assembly of large numbers of pedestrians in such a manner as to impede the flow of traffic;
13. “Emergency vehicle” means vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles and ambulances;
14. “Highway”, see street;
15. “Intersection” means:
    1. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadway of two (2) streets, which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets join at any other angle, may come in conflict; or
    2. Where a street includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided street by an intersecting street, shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting street also includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of such streets shall be regarded as separate intersections;
16. “Laned roadway” means a roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic;
17. “Limited access highway”, see controlled access highway;
18. “Loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or material. A freight curb loading zone is a loading zone for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight; a passenger curb loading zone is a loading zone for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers;
19. “Limit lines” means boundaries of parking areas, loading zones and non-traffic areas and lines indicating the proper place for stopping where stops are required;
20. “Motorcycle, motor scooter, and motor bicycle” mean a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor;
21. “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled;
22. “Official time” shall mean whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean Central Standard Time, or Daylight Savings Time, as may be in current use in the city;
23. “Official traffic control device” means all signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this ordinance, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic;
24. “Park or parking” means the standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, providing such loading and unloading is in an authorized place;
25. “Pedestrian” means any person afoot;
26. “Police officer” means every officer of the municipal police department, or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations;
27. “Private road or roadway” means a way or place in private ownership or leading to property in private ownership and used for vehicular traffic by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner;
28. “Public parking lot” means a parking lot or right-of-way dedicated to public use or owned by the state or a political subdivision thereof;
29. “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property upon cars other than streetcars operated upon stationary rails;
30. “Railroad train” means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars;
31. “Residence district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district;
32. “Right-of-way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other;
33. “Roadway” means that portion of a street improved, designed, ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulders. In the event a street includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term roadway, as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway, separately, but not to all such roadways, collectively;
34. “Safety zone” means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times, while set apart as a safety zone;
35. “School zone” means all streets or portions of streets immediately adjacent to a school, or school ground, where same is adjacent and for a distance of three hundred (300) feet in each direction;
36. “Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between the curb lines or at lateral lines of the roadway and adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians;
37. “Stand” or “standing” means any stopping of a vehicle whether occupied or not;
38. “Stop”, when required, shall mean the complete cessation from movement;
39. “Stop or stopping”, when prohibited, means any halting even momentarily of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic signal;
40. “Street or highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is opened to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;
41. “Through street or highway” means a street, or boulevard or highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which;
    1. Vehicular traffic from intersecting streets or highways is required by law to come to a full stop before entering or crossing; and
    2. Stop signs are erected as provided in this part;
42. “Traffic” means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singularly or together, while using any highway or street for purpose of travel;
43. “Traffic control devices or signals” mean any device legally authorized and used for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic;
44. “Urban district” means the territory contiguous to and including any street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses situated at intervals of less than one hundred (100) feet for a distance of a quarter mile or more;
45. “U-turn” means a turn by which a vehicle reverses its course of travel on the same street; and
46. “Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is, or may be transported, or drawn, upon a highway or street, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

State Law Reference; Definitions, State Traffic Code, 47 O.S. Sections 1-101 et seq.

SECTION 15-104 ADOPTION OF STATE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE.

There is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this code all of the provisions of the Oklahoma Vehicle Code as found in Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. These provisions are hereby made a part of the traffic ordinances of the city. All of the provisions found in these chapters are hereby vitalized as provided in the laws by this section, specific reference to which is hereby made, as well as all subsequent amendments to the laws, and all of the laws as well as amendments thereto shall be in full force and effect within the city insofar as the same are not modified by other provisions in this part or amendments thereto.

State Law References State of Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Code, 47 O.S. Sections 1-101 et seq;

CHAPTER 2

ENFORCEMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 15-201 ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS; ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION.

It is the duty of the officers of the police department or any officers that are assigned by the chief of police to enforce all street traffic laws of this city and all the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this city. Officers of the department shall make arrests for traffic violations, investigate accidents, and cooperate with other officers in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the department by this part and any other traffic ordinances of this city. Officers may issue written notice to appear to any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident when, based on personal investigation, the officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the person has committed an offense under the provisions of the traffic code in connection with the accident.

SECTION 15-202 DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY HAND OR VOICE.

1. Officers of the police department or any officers designated by the chief of police are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hands or signal in conformance with traffic laws and ordinances. 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 may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws and ordinances.
2. Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fires or other emergency, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic in the immediate vicinity.

SECTION 15-203 DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.

No unauthorized person shall direct or attempt to direct traffic, except in case of emergency where no officer is present.

SECTION 15-204 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS.

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer or fire department official.

SECTION 15-205 EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS.

1. The mayor, subject to any directions which the council may give by motion or resolution, is empowered to adopt regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this city and to make temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days.
2. The mayor may have traffic control devices tested under actual conditions of traffic.

SECTION 15-206 USE OF COASTERS, ROLLER SKATES, AND SIMILAR DEVICES RESTRICTED.

No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a cross walk, and when so crossing, such person shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized by ordinances of this city.

SECTION 15-207 PERSONS WORKING ON STREETS, EXCEPTIONS.

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this part, except those relating to reckless driving and driving while intoxicated, shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street, or to persons, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in construction, maintenance, or repair of public utilities. All street or highway and public utility operations shall be protected by adequate warning signs, signals, devices, or flagpersons. The provisions of this part shall apply to any of the persons and vehicles exempted by this section when traveling to and from such work.

SECTION 15-208 MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ZONES.

1. City personnel or contractors, while repairing or improving the streets of the city, and city personnel and utility companies, when installing, improving, or repairing lines or other utility facilities in the streets, are hereby authorized as necessary, subject to control by the mayor, to close any street or section thereof to traffic during such repair, maintenance, or construction. In exercising this authority, the appropriate personnel, contractor or utility company shall erect or cause to be erected proper control devices and barricades to warn and notify the public that the street has been closed to traffic,
2. When any street has been closed to traffic under the provisions of Subsection A of this section and traffic control devices or barricades have been erected, it is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through, under, over, or around such traffic control devices or barricades, or otherwise to enter the closed area. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons entering the closed area or zone for the protection of lives or property. Persons having their places of residence or places of business within the closed area may travel, when possible to do so, through the area at their own risk.
3. Whenever construction, repair, or maintenance of any street or utility line or facility is being performed under traffic, the city personnel, contractor, or utility company concerned shall erect, or cause to be erected, traffic control devices to warn and guide the public. Every person using the street shall obey all signs, signals, markings, flagpersons, or other traffic control devices which are placed to regulate, control, and guide traffic through the construction or maintenance area.

SECTION 15-209 ISSUANCE OF CITATION TAGS.

1. Police officers are hereby authorized to give notice to persons violating provisions of this part by delivering citation tags to violators or, in cases where vehicles without drivers are parked or stopped in violation of this chapter, by affixing such tags to the vehicles by means of which the violation occurred. Such citation tags, among other things, shall bear briefly the charge, shall bear the registration number of the vehicle, and shall direct the violator to present the tag at the police station or other designated place within the time as may be specified thereon.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him into custody.
3. The chief of police may require that the police officers use citation tags furnished by the city and that such tags are serially numbered, and may regulate the use and handling of the citation tags.

SECTION 15-210 DISPOSITION AND RECORDS OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND COMPLAINTS.

1. Every police officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of this traffic ordinance, shall deposit the original and a duplicate copy of the citation to an immediate superior officer who shall cause the original to be delivered to the municipal court of the city and the duplicate copy to the central records section of police department. The second duplicate copy of the citation shall be retained in the traffic citation book and shall be delivered by such superior officer to the city clerk-treasurer together with such book when all traffic citations therein have been issued.
2. Upon the filing of such original citation in the municipal court of this city the citation may be disposed of by the city attorney, by trial in the court, or by other official action by a judge of the court, including the settlement of bail or the payment of a fine, or may be dismissed by the judge, if in his opinion, the actions complained of do not constitute a violation of traffic ordinances.
3. The chief of police shall require the return to him of each traffic citation and all copies thereof except that copy required to be retained in the book as provided herein, which has been spoiled or upon which an entry has been made, and has not been issued to an alleged violator.
4. The chief of police shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every traffic citation issued by a member of the police department, a record of the disposition of the charge by the municipal court of the city.
5. The chief of police shall also maintain or cause to be maintained a record of all warrants issued by the municipal court of the city, all the traffic fines which are delivered to the police department for service and of the final disposition of the warrant.
6. It is unlawful and official misconduct for any member of the police department or other officer of public employ to dispose of, alter, or deface any traffic citation or any copy thereof or the record of issuance of any traffic citation, complaint or warrant in any manner other than is required in this section.

SECTION 15-211 WHEN COPIES OF CITATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED A LAWFUL COMPLAINT.

In the event the form of citation provided herein includes information and is sworn to, then such citation, when filed with the municipal court, shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution under this chapter.

SECTION 15-212 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC CITATIONS ATTACHED TO PARKED VEHICLE.

If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing, or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of days as specified on the citation, the clerk of the municipal court may send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event such letter is disregarded for the specified period of days, a warrant of arrest may be issued. On any occasion where two (2) or more such traffic citations have been affixed on the same motor vehicle and the traffic citations have been disregarded, a warrant of arrest may be issued without sending the letter provided in this section.

SECTION 15-213 PRESUMPTION IN REFERENCE TO ILLEGAL PARKING.

1. In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the parking the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.
2. The presumption in Subsection A of this section shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed in this chapter has been followed.

SECTION 15-214 ILLEGAL CANCELLATION OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS.

It is unlawful for any person to cancel or solicit the cancellation of any traffic citation in any manner other than is provided by this chapter.

SECTION 15-215 COURT RECORDS; ABSTRACT TO BE SENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

1. The municipal judge shall keep a record of every traffic citation deposited with or presented to the court and shall keep a record of every official action by the court or its traffic violations bureau in reference thereto, including but not limited to a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or forfeiture.
2. Within ten (10) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, the municipal judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to the State Department of Public Safety a certified abstract of the court's record of the case. An abstract need not be made of any conviction involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle.
3. The abstract must be made upon a form furnished by the State Department of Public Safety, or may be filed electronically thru the Department of Public Safety’s website, and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his Driver’s license, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.

CHAPTER 3

CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED

SECTION 15-301 CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED; VEHICLES INJURIOUS TO STREETS.

No vehicle or object which injures or is likely to injure the surface of a street shall be driven or moved on any street.

SECTION 15-302 OBSTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS VEHICLES.

No person shall drive any vehicle in such condition, so constructed, or so loaded, as to cause delay or be likely to cause delay in traffic, or as to constitute a hazard to persons or property, except by permit issued by the chief of police and in accordance with the terms of such permit.

SECTION 15-303 WIDTH, HEIGHT, LENGTH, AND LOAD; TRUCKS TEN (10) TONS OR MORE,

1. No person shall drive or convey through any street any vehicle the width, height, length, weight, or load of which exceeds that authorized by state law, except in accordance with a permit issued by state authority or by the chief of police.
2. Any truck or vehicle with a load limit exceeding ten (10) tons is prohibited from using or parking on any street which has been declared by the mayor and city council, by motion or resolution, as a “No Truck Parking” zone. Such zones will be posted with clearly visible signage.

State Law References For state law relating to size, weight, and load, see 47 O.S. Sections 14-101 et seq.

CHAPTER 4

SPEED REGULATIONS

SECTION 15-401 SPEED LIMITS GENERALLY; EXCEPTIONS.

1. No vehicle shall be driven at a greater speed than twenty-five (25) miles per hour in the city except;
   1. On designated and numbered state and federal highways, the maximum is as posted;
   2. Emergency vehicles being lawfully driven as provided in this code;
   3. When a different speed limit is otherwise designated and posted; or
   4. When a different speed limit is established in this code.
2. City personnel, subject to such direction as the mayor and council may give by motion or resolution, may reduce or increase the speed limits provided in this code, and when he does so, appropriate signs shall be placed on such streets or parts of streets indicating the lower or higher speed limit.

State Law References Basic and minimum speed rules, 47 O.S. Sections 11-801, 11-804; city powers 47 O.S. Section 22.1.

SECTION 15-402 SCHOOL ZONES.

No vehicle shall be driven at a greater speed than that posted speed per hour between the hours posted on any street adjacent to any school in a designated school zone on days when school is in session, unless a different speed limit or time is otherwise designated and posted.

State Law References Local authority to set speed limits, 47 O.S. Sections 15-102, 11-803.

SECTION 15-403 SPEED NEVER TO EXCEED THAT WHICH IS REASONABLE OR PRUDENT FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS; SPECIFIC LIMITS.

No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or prudent under the conditions then existing, taking into consideration among other things, the condition of the vehicle, the traffic, roadway surface or width, the amount of light or darkness, the presence of pedestrians in or near the roadways, and the obstruction of views. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed greater than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

SECTION 15-404 MINIMUM SPEED REQUIREMENTS; EXCEPTION.

No vehicle shall be driven at such an unreasonably slow speed in relation to the effective maximum speed allowed as to constitute a hazard or to interfere with the normal movement of other traffic except when the slow speed is unavoidable.

SECTION 15-405 OBEDIENCE TO MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SPEED LIMITS.

Where official signs and markings give notice of both maximum and minimum speed limits in effect on any street, no vehicle shall be driven at rates in excess of the maximum nor slower than the minimum except as required by an authorized officer or in obedience to posted official signs.

CHAPTER 5

DRIVING, OVERTAKING, PASSING

SECTION 15-501 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSION PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.

No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this chapter. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers.

State Law References; Local powers to regulate processions; 47 O.S. Section 15-102.

SECTION 15-502 DRIVERS IN A PROCESSION.

Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.

SECTION 15-503 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED.

A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified by headlights or as may be determined and designated by the police department.

SECTION 15-504 OVERTAKING AND PASSING IN SCHOOL ZONES.

1. The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus that is stopped to take on or discharge school children, and on which the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop the vehicle before it reaches the school bus and not proceed until the loading signals are deactivated and then proceed past such school bus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for the safety of such school children and other occupants. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
2. Visual signals, meeting the requirements of Section 12-228 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be actuated by the driver of said school bus whenever, but only whenever, such vehicle is stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children.
3. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
4. If the driver of a school bus witnesses a violation of the provisions of subsection A of this section, within twenty-four (24) hours of the alleged offense, the driver shall report the violation, the vehicle color, license tag number, and the time and place such violation occurred to the law enforcement authority of the municipality where the violation occurred. The law enforcement authority of a municipality shall issue a letter of warning on the alleged violation to the person in whose name the vehicle is registered. The Office of the Attorney General shall provide a form letter to each municipal law enforcement agency in this state for the issuance of the warning provided for in this subsection. Such form letter shall be used by each such law enforcement agency in the exact form provided for by the Office of the Attorney General. A warning letter issued pursuant to this subsection shall not be recorded on the driving record of the person to whom such letter was issued. Issuance of a warning letter pursuant to this section not not preclude the imposition of other penalties as provided by law.
5. Occupants of the school bus shall have the right-of-way when crossing the roadway upon exiting the school bus.

Ord. 2012-01, April 16, 2012
State Law References Similar provisions, 47 O.S. Section 11-705.

SECTION 15-505 DRIVING OF VEHICLES ON SIDEWALK PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.

No person shall drive any vehicle within or upon any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.

SECTION 15-506 LIMITATIONS ON BACKING VEHICLE.

The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with any other traffic. No vehicle shall be backed into an intersection.

SECTION 15-507 LIMITATION ON USE OF MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND MOTOR SCOOTERS.

1. No motorcycle or motor scooter shall be ridden upon any sidewalk of the city.
2. No rider of a motorcycle, bicycle, or motor scooter shall hold on to any moving vehicle for the purpose of being propelled.
3. No person under the age of sixteen (16) shall operate any motorcycle, motor bicycle, or motor scooter within the city between and during the hours of 10:00 P.M. of one day and 4:00 A.M. of the next day.

SECTION 15-508 FULL TIME AND ATTENTION REQUIRED.

The operator of every vehicle while driving upon the streets and highways of the city shall devote full time and attention to such driving.

SECTION 15-509 REQUIREMENT OF ANY PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC WAY TO OPERATE SAME IN A CAREFUL AND PRUDENT MANNER.

Any person driving a vehicle on a public road or way shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner and at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the public way and any other conditions then existing.

SECTION 15-510 SPEED CONTEST PROHIBITED.

1. No person shall engage in, aid or abet any motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on any street or highway.
2. No person shall for the purpose of facilitating or aiding or as an incident to any motor vehicle speed contest upon any street or highway, in any manner obstruct or place any barricade or obstruction upon any street or highway.
3. When three (3) or more persons assemble to witness or participate in an unlawful speed contest, such assembly is unlawful assembly and any person who participates in such unlawful assembly is guilty of an offense.

SECTION 15-511 BOARDING OR ALIGHTING FROM VEHICLES.

No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.

SECTION 15-512 UNLAWFUL RIDING.

No person shall ride on any such vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.

SECTION 15-513 PRIVATE SERVICE DRIVES.

No vehicle or animal shall be driven through any private service driveway or private service area except for the purpose of obtaining service or merchandise.

SECTION 15-514 TRUCK ROUTE RESTRICTIONS,

The city council may prescribe routes through the city for the use of trucks in general, trucks of particular kinds or other vehicles which are not ordinary private passenger vehicles, passing through the city. Appropriate and adequate signs shall be placed along such routes so that drivers of such vehicles may follow the routes. When such signs are so erected and in place, the driver of a truck or other vehicle for which a route has been prescribed, as provided above, while passing through the city, shall keep on such route and shall not deviate therefrom except in case of emergency. Drivers of such vehicles shall follow such routes so far as practicable also when driving within the city and not merely through the city.

Cross References See also Chapter 1 of Part 13 on trucks transporting flammable liquids; Section 15-721 of this code for parking restrictions; Section 15-305 on weight and load of vehicles.

SECTION 15-515 LOADS ON VEHICLES.

1. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a road way in cleaning or maintaining the roadway,
2. No person shall operate on any street or highway any vehicle with any load unless the load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the street or highway. Any vehicle loaded with sand, cinders, or other loose material susceptible to blowing or escaping by reason of wind shall have the load covered or dampened so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of the load from the vehicle.
3. This section shall apply to trucks loaded with livestock, poultry or agricultural products only except baled agricultural products, provided that any such truck shall be so constructed or loaded as to prevent such livestock or poultry from escaping therefrom.

SECTION 15-516 THROUGH STREETS.

1. City personnel, subject to such direction as the council may give, may designate any street or part of a street a through street.
2. Whenever the city designates and describes a through street, the stop sign, or yield sign if deemed more appropriate, shall be placed and maintained on every street intersecting a through street, or intersecting that portion thereof, unless traffic at such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals.
3. At the intersection of two (2) such through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of the streets as may be determined by the city if deemed desirable.

SECTION 15-517 INTERSECTIONS WHERE STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED.

The mayor, subject to any directions given by the council by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections upon other than through streets where particular hazards exist and to determine whether:

1. Vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such stop intersection, in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place a stop is required; or
2. Vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street as provided In this part In which event he shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where yield is required.

SECTION 15-518 STOP OR YIELD SIGN CONSTRUCTION AND PLACEMENT.

Every stop or yield sign erected pursuant to this chapter shall bear the word “Stop” or “Yield” in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height for a stop sign and not less than seven (7) inches in height for a yield sign. Every stop or yield sign shall at night be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign. Every stop or yield sign shall be located as close as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or if there is no crosswalk, then the sign shall be located at the nearest line of the intersecting roadway.

SECTION 15-519 VEHICLES ENTERING TRAFFIC FROM PARKING.

Any vehicle attempting to re-enter traffic while parked at the curb shall yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic in the street approaching from the rear. The parked vehicle shall proceed into the line of traffic only after the driver has given the appropriate signal which indicates his intention of turning from the curb and into the line of traffic. The vehicle shall in no event enter the line of traffic until the driver has ascertained that no hazard exists.

CHAPTER 6

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

SECTION 15-601 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

City personnel, subject to any directions given by the council by motion or resolution, shall have placed and maintained traffic control signs, signals, and devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances of this city to make effective the provisions of such ordinances, and may have placed and maintained such additional traffic control signs, signals, and devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of this city or under state law or to guide or warn traffic.

Cross Reference; For state law relating to traffic control devices, see 47 O.S. Sections 11-201 et seq.

SECTION 15-602 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS.

1. All traffic control signs, signals, and devices shall conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices approved by the State Department of Public Safety.
2. All signs, signals, and devices required hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and relative location throughout the city. All traffic control devices erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this chapter shall be official traffic control devices.

SECTION 15-603 OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exemptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this part.

State Law Reference; Drivers to obey traffic devices, 47 O.S. Section 11-201.

SECTION 15-604 WHEN OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. If a particular section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place,

SECTION 15-605 PLAY STREETS, AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH.

City personnel, subject to any directions given by the council, shall have authority to declare any street or part thereof a play street and to have placed appropriate signs or devices in the roadway indicating and helping to protect the same.

SECTION 15-606 PLAY STREETS, RESTRICTION ON USE.

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area; and then any such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.

SECTION 15-607 DESIGNATION OF CROSSWALKS AND SAFETY ZONES.

Authorized city personnel, subject to any directions given by the council, may;

1. Designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as deemed necessary; and
2. Establish safety zones or islands of such kind and character and at such places as deemed necessary for the protection of pedestrians.

CHAPTER 7

STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING GENERALLY

SECTION 15-701 ILLEGAL PARKING DECLARED PUBLIC NUISANCE.

Any vehicle in violation of any regulation contained in this chapter governing, limiting or prohibiting the parking or standing of a vehicle on any street or public thoroughfare is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, and each separate traffic citation issued as authorized herein for such violation shall constitute a separate notice thereof to the owner or operator of such vehicle.

SECTION 15-702 APPLICATION OF STANDING OR PARKING REGULATIONS.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable when it is necessary for a vehicle to stop to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device.

SECTION 15-703 PARKING TIME LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED, SIGNS.

City personnel, subject to any directions given by the council by motion or resolution, may establish parking time limits or prohibit parking on designated streets or parts of streets and have appropriate signs placed on the streets. When the signs are in place, it is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in violation of the sign. No such time limits shall be effective unless a sign is erected and in place at the time of the alleged violation.

SECTION 15-704 PARKING MORE THAN FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, DISABLED VEHICLES.

No person shall park a disabled vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than forty-eight (48) hours. The parking of a disabled vehicle for more than forty-eight (48) hours shall constitute prima facie evidence of abandonment of the vehicle.

SECTION 15-705 SIGNS OR MARKINGS INDICATING ANGLE PARKING.

The mayor, subject to any directions given by the city council by motion or resolution, shall determine upon what streets and parts of streets angle parking shall be permitted, and shall have such streets marked or signed.
State Law Reference; Similar provisions, 47 O.S. Section 11-1004.

SECTION 15-706 OBEDIENCE TO ANGLE-PARKING SIGNS OR MARKINGS.

On those streets which have been so signed or marked for-angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.

SECTION 15-707 PARKING IN SPACES MARKED OFF.

In an area where parking spaces have been marked off on the surface of the street, a driver parking a vehicle shall park it within a parking space as thus marked off, and not on or over a line delimiting a space.

SECTION 15-708 HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES; STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING.

1. City personnel are hereby authorized to determine and regulate by proper signs the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles when such stopping, standing or parking would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
2. When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places, as authorized in Subsection A of this section, no person shall violate such signs.

SECTION 15-709 STANDING OR PARKING ON ONE-WAY ROADWAY.

If a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of the one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking.

1. The city council may determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.

SECTION 15-710 STANDING OR PARKING ON LEFT SIDE OF ONE-WAY STREETS.

City personnel may have signs erected upon the left-hand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles. When the signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in violation of any such signs.

SECTION 15-711 PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS.

City personnel may have signs erected indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.

1. No person shall park a vehicle in violation of any such signs.

SECTION 15-712 PARKING PROHIBITED AT INTERSECTIONS.

The parking of vehicles at the curb where streets intersect shall be prohibited fifteen (15) feet in advance of the crosswalk on the near side of such intersection.

SECTION 15-713 PARKING IN ALLEYS, BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS.

No person shall park a vehicle within a street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than twenty (20) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within a street or alley in such position as to block a driveway entrance to any abutting property.

SECTION 15-714 PARKING ON MAIN TRAVELED PORTION OR ROADWAY.

1. Upon any street, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended upon the paved or main traveled part of the street when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off such parts of the street, except, that delivery vehicles, either loading or unloading, may park in the center of Main Street while in the process of loading or unloading and making delivery or pick up at any local business establishment.
2. This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a street in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.

SECTION 15-715 DOUBLE PARKING PROHIBITED.

No vehicle shall be double parked on any street within the city limits, except in compliance with the directions of a police officer, or traffic control device, or except when necessary to avoid conflict with another vehicle.

1. Delivery vehicles, either loading or unloading, may double park in the right-hand lane while in the process of loading or unloading and making delivery to local business establishments; provided that the driver of the delivery vehicle shall keep a lookout for cars and vehicles needing or attempting to move away from the curb and shall move his delivery vehicle as soon as possible to permit the parked vehicles to be moved and further providing that the double parking shall be permitted only so long as both traffic lanes are not blocked.

SECTION 15-716 PARKING PROHIBITED FOR TRUCKS TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

It is unlawful to park, store or otherwise let stand a truck or other vehicle which is used for the purpose of transporting or delivering flammable and combustible liquids as defined by the Fire Prevention Code and trucks or other vehicles which are used for the transportation and delivery of liquefied petroleum gases in any area within the city. However, the trucks and vehicles restricted in this section may be temporarily parked at locations otherwise zoned for the purpose of loading and unloading flammable and combustible liquids and liquefied petroleum gases for a period not to exceed one and one-half (1 1/2) hours during any twenty-four (24) hour period.
Cross Reference; See also Chapter 1 of Part 13 on transporting flammable liquids; Section 15-534- of this code for driving restrictions.

SECTION 15-717 PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED.

No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the purpose of;

1. Displaying the vehicle for sale;
2. Displaying advertising or displaying merchandise or other things for sale or selling merchandise or other things; or
3. Washing, cleaning, or repairing the vehicle, except for repairs necessitated by an emergency.

SECTION 15-718 NEGLIGENT PARKING.

No person shall park, cause to be parked, stop or leave unattended any vehicle as follows;

1. In a careless or negligent manner;
2. In such a manner as to endanger life, limb, person, or property; or
3. In such manner as to endanger or interfere with the lawful traffic or use of the streets.

SECTION 15-719 RIGHT-OF-WAY TO PARALLEL PARKING SPACE.

The driver of any vehicle intending to occupy a parallel parking space where a backing movement is necessary and which is being vacated by another vehicle shall stop his vehicle to the rear of the parking space until the vacating vehicle has cleared and entered normal traffic. He then shall be deemed to have the right-of-way to such parking space over any other vehicle attempting to park therein.

1. The first of two (2) or more vehicles to reach the rear boundary of an unoccupied parallel parking space where a backing movement is necessary to occupy, shall be deemed to have the right-of-way to such parking space.

CHAPTER 8

LOADING

SECTION 15-801 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this chapter:

1. “Freight loading zones” means all curb loading zones authorized and regularly used exclusively for the loading and unloading of merchandise for storage, trade, shipment or re-sale;
2. “Commercial vehicle” means;
   1. A truck designated for delivery purposes with the name of the owner or his business painted on both sides of the vehicle, regularly used during normal business hours for the delivery and handling of merchandise or freight and which bears a regular state commercial license tag;
   2. A passenger vehicle used regularly and actually engaged during normal business hours in the delivery and handling of merchandise or freight.; and,
3. “Passenger loading zones” means all loading zones authorized and used regularly and exclusively for the loading and unloading of passengers except bus stops, taxicab stands, and stands for other passenger common carrier vehicles.

SECTION 15-802 CURB LOADING ZONES, DESIGNATION.

1. The mayor, subject to any directions given by the council by motion or resolution, may determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall have placed and maintained appropriate signs indicating the zones and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable.
2. No person shall stand or park a vehicle in violation of signs erected in accordance with this section.
3. If any loading zone is established on request of any person, the signs shall not be placed until the applicant pays to the city an amount of money estimated by the city council to be adequate to reimburse the city for all costs of establishing and signing the same.

SECTION 15-803 LOADING ZONES TO BE USED ONLY FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSE.

No curb loading zone authorized and established as a passenger loading zone shall be used as a freight loading zone, and no freight loading zone shall be used as a passenger loading zone except as may be specifically provided by law.

SECTION 15-804 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING IN PASSENGER CURB LOADING ZONE.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in a passenger curb loading zone for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, during the hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zones are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes.

SECTION 15-805 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING IN COMMERCIAL CURB LOADING ZONE.

1. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in a commercial curb loading zone for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes. Vehicles using any commercial loading zone shall be subject to the licensing requirements and regulations provided by this chapter.
2. The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any commercial vehicle which is waiting to enter the zone.

SECTION 15-806 DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC CARRIER STOPS AND STANDS.

The mayor may establish loading zones for common carriers, including but not limited to bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common carrier motor vehicles, on such public streets in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. Every such loading zone shall be designated by appropriate signs.

SECTION 15-807 USE OF BUS AND TAXICAB STANDS RESTRICTED.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and the appropriate signs are in place. The driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter the zone.

SECTION 15-808 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING OF BUSES AND TAXIS.

1. The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein.
2. The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage except in a bus stop, stand or loading zone designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.
3. The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus, when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage, shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen (18) inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
4. The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

CHAPTER 9

TURNING MOVEMENTS

SECTION 15-901 TURNING MARKERS OR INDICATORS.

1. The mayor, subject to any directions given by the council by motion or resolution, is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections. The course to be traveled, as so indicated, may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law.
2. When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.

SECTION 15-902 DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED TURNS.

The mayor is hereby authorized to determine those street intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make right, left or U-turns, and shall have proper signs placed at the intersections. The making of the turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours. Where turns are restricted during certain hours pursuant to this section, the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs, or they may be removed when turns are permitted.

SECTION 15-903 OBEDIENCE TO NO-TURN SIGNS.

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, left or U-turn is permitted, the driver of a vehicle shall not disobey the directions of any such sign.

SECTION 15-904 U-TURNS.

1. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street in the city at the following locations;
   1. At intersections controlled by traffic control devices or signals unless such turns are specifically authorized;
   2. Where a police officer-is directing traffic except at the latter’s direction; or
   3. At any other location where an official “No-U-Turn” has been placed and is maintained.
2. Manner of making U-turns. A U-turn may be made only when it can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. No person shall make a U-turn except in the following manner;
   1. By approaching the intersection as closely as practical to the right curb or edge of the roadway, the driver giving and continuing to give a signal for a left turn until the turn is completed; proceeding to make the turn across the intersection;
   2. In one continuous movement without stopping or backing the vehicle;
   3. By yielding the right-of-way at all times to all vehicles until such turn is completed; and
   4. Without constituting a hazard to or interfering with any other vehicle.

CHAPTER 10

PEDESTRIANS

SECTION 15-1001 PEDESTRIANS SUBJECT TO TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS.

Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as provided for in this code of ordinances, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter and in State Statutes.
State Law Reference; Pedestrian rights and duties, 47 O.S. Sections 11-501 to 11- 507.

SECTION 15-1002 CROSSING AT RIGHT ANGLES.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a crosswalk.

SECTION 15-1003 WHEN PEDESTRIANS SHALL YIELD.

1. Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at any intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
2. The provisions of this section are not applicable where pedestrian crossings are prohibited.

SECTION 15-1004 DRIVERS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.

Not withstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every driver shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person on the roadway.

CHAPTER 11

BICYCLES AND OTHER PERMITTED VEHICLES

SECTION 15-1101 APPLICATION OF BICYCLE REGULATIONS.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any public way; or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to those exceptions stated in this chapter.
State Law Reference; Similar provisions, 47 O.S. Sections 11-1201 et. seq.

SECTION 15-1102 APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS TO BICYCLES.

Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of this state and the traffic provisions of this code applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to special regulations in this chapter and except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature are inapplicable to such persons.

SECTION 15-1103 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

1. Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
2. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the directions of such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event, such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to the pedestrians.

SECTION 15-1104 RIDING ON BICYCLES.

1. No person operating a bicycle shall ride other than astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
2. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.

SECTION 15-1105 RIDING ON ROADWAYS AND BICYCLE PATHS.

1. Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right-hand side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or a vehicle proceeding in the same direction.
2. Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two (2) abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

SECTION 15-1106 SPEED OF BICYCLE.

No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.

SECTION 15-1107 EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR DRIVEWAY.

The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley or driveway shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or sidewalk area extending across the alley or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on the sidewalk or sidewalk area. Upon entering the roadway, the bicycle operator shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadways.

SECTION 15-1108 CARRYING ARTICLES.

No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the rider from keeping at least one hand on the handlebars.

SECTION 15-1109 PARKING.

No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the roadway against the curb or upon the sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle or against the building or at the curb in such a manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.

SECTION 15-1110 RIDING ON SIDEWALKS.

1. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.
2. The city council, by motion or resolution, is authorized to have erected signs on any sidewalk or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person; and when such signs are in place, no person shall disobey the same.
3. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.

SECTION 15-1111 LAMPS AND EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES.

1. Bicycles in use at night shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear of a type which shall be visible from five hundred (500) feet to three hundred (300) feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear may be used in addition to the red reflector.
2. A bicycle shall not be equipped with, nor shall any person use, any siren or whistle.
3. Bicycles shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.

SECTION 15-1112 GOLF CARTS AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

1. LICENSING
   1. The operation of golf carts and all-terrain vehicles on local streets of the City of Maud shall be allowed only after a permit for use of a golf cart or all-terrain vehicle has been obtained from the City of Maud. The permit fee shall be twenty-five ($25.00) per year. The term of the permit shall be from January 1 to December 31 of each year. A temporary permit shall be available for a period of one week for a fee of five dollars ($5.00).
   2. The issuance of the permit is subject to the following requirements:
      1. The applying party must execute an indemnification agreement whereby the applying party will be bound to indemnify the City of Maud for any damages suffered by the applying party and any third party for personal injuries or injuries or damage to property resulting form the operation of a golf cart and/or all-terrain vehicle.
      2. Each vehicle requires a separate permit.
      3. The applying party shall not operate a golf cart or all terrain vehicle on any property leased by third parties.
      4. The vehicle shall be inspected for safety by a police officer.
      5. Current and valid insurance must be submitted with permit application.
      6. The permit shall be displayed on the golf cart or all-terrain vehicle in an open and conspicuous manner.
      7. The applicant must be a licensed driver in the state of Oklahoma
2. REGULATIONS
   1. Golf carts and all-terrain vehicles may be operated, with a permit, on the designated roadway of the City of Maud.
   2. Golf carts and all-terrain vehicles may not be operated on State Highways within the City of Maud.
   3. Each golf cart or all-terrain vehicle and driver must have at least a combined height of at least 4’. Any vehicle and driver less than 4’ must have a 7’ safety pole with an orange topper so they can be easily seen.
   4. Operators of Golf Cart and ATV's must have a valid driver's license.
3. TIMES OF OPERATION
   1. Golf Carts and all-terrain vehicles may only be operated on designated roadways from sunrise to sunset.
   2. Golf carts and all-terrain vehicles shall only be operated when visibility is sufficient to clearly see persons and vehicles on the roadway at at distance of 500 feet.
4. CROSSING INTERSECTING STATE HIGHWAYS
   The operator of a golf cart or all-terrain vehicle, under permit, may cross any highway intersecting a designated roadway.
5. APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS
   Every person operating a golf cart or all-terrain vehicle under permit on designated roadways has all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any vehicle lawfully licensed on Oklahoma roads and highways, except where those provisions cannot reasonably be applied to golf cars and all-terrain vehicles.

Ordinance 2014-01 July 21, 2014

CHAPTER 12

IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES

SECTION 15-1201 PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF IMPOUNDMENT PROVISIONS.

The impoundment of vehicles under authority of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as an enforcement procedure for protection of the public peace, safety and welfare, and the safeguarding of property, and shall be used generally for the prevention and removal of traffic hazards, prevention and abatement of public nuisances arising from traffic law violations, protection of the public rights in the use of streets and thoroughfares from obstructions placed and left in derogation of those rights, and for safeguarding and protecting recovered stolen vehicles.
State Law Reference; Grounds for removal of vehicles on highways by state, 47 O.S. Section 955; removal of abandoned vehicles on private property, 47 O.S. Section 954A.

SECTION 15-1202 PLACE OF IMPOUNDMENT.

Every vehicle that is impounded under the provisions of this chapter shall be removed to the nearest garage or place of safekeeping designated by the city and to no other place.

SECTION 15-1203 DURATION OF IMPOUNDMENT: FEES.

1. Except as otherwise provided, any vehicle impounded under the authority of this chapter shall be stored and held safely until an order for its release is received from an officer of the traffic violations bureau or other proper police officer.
2. The order of release of an impounded vehicle shall be conditioned upon the payment by the person to whom the release is issued of all impoundment costs and accrued storage charges assessed against the vehicle.
3. Motor vehicles impounded for the following reasons shall require that such order of release be conditioned on the payment of an impound fee in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) by the person to whom the release is issued:
   1. Where the motor vehicle has evidentiary value;
   2. Has been directly or indirectly involved in the commission of a crime;
   3. Has been used to transport any person who has committed any offense involving the use of a firearm, or is directly or indirectly associated with a drive-by shooting;
   4. When a police officer affects the arrest and removal of the owner or operator of a vehicle from the vehicle;
   5. When the vehicle bears a license plate that has expired for a period in excess of ninety (90) days, bears a license plate that has been altered or tampered with, or bears a temporary tag issued more than thirty (30) days prior to the impoundment, or bears no license plate that would be in conformance with the Oklahoma Vehicle License Act (47 O.S. 1101, et seq); or
   6. When the person operating the vehicle on public streets or public property is driving under suspended or revoked driver’s license or is operating a vehicle with an invalid driver’s license or no driver’s license.
4. This impound fee shall be independent of any fines, costs, or fees that may be assessed from citations issued to any person for violation of traffic laws or other ordinance violations involving the impounded vehicle and in addition to any fees owed to the towing service for the impoundment and storage.
5. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations consistent with this chapter to implement this section.
6. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Police Department Equipment Reserve Fund for use by the Chief of Police to purchase items for police department use.

SECTION 15-1204 POLICE GRANTED AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND VEHICLES.

Members of the police department are hereby authorized within the limits set forth in this chapter to impound vehicles under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated. No impoundment shall be valid unless made under order of an authorized police officer and in strict adherence with the procedures required in this chapter.

SECTION 15-1205 DISABLED VEHICLES.

A disabled vehicle upon a street or highway may be impounded under the following circumstances:

1. If left unattended and improperly parked on street or highway and constitutes a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic; or
2. If the person in charge of the vehicle is physically incapacitated to such extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal and the vehicle is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic or a hazard.

SECTION 15-1206 VEHICLES ON BRIDGE.

An unattended vehicle left upon any bridge, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic or hazard, may be impounded.

SECTION 15-1207 ARREST AND DETENTION OF DRIVER OF VEHICLE.

Whenever the driver or person in charge of any vehicle is placed under arrest and taken into custody and detained by police under circumstances which leaves or will leave a vehicle unattended on any street or highway, the vehicle may be impounded, unless the driver or person in charge can provide immediately for the vehicle's custody or removal.

SECTION 15-1208 VEHICLE CONSTITUTES TRAFFIC HAZARD.

A vehicle left unattended upon any street, alley or thoroughfare and so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic shall be impounded.

SECTION 15-1209 ILLEGAL TRESPASS BY VEHICLE.

1. An unattended vehicle found to be in violation of this code may be impounded when the required complaint has been properly made and filed as provided in this section.
2. If a violation of the provisions of this code occurs, the owner or legal occupant who complains shall sign a complaint against the person parking the vehicle on the owner's or legal occupant's property, or if the identity of the person parking the vehicle is unknown, then the complaint may be filed against the registered owner of the vehicle. The complaint shall be verified and shall allege that the complaining party is the owner or legal occupant of the property upon which the vehicle is parked or standing.
3. Upon filing of the complaint by the property owner or legal occupant, and if there appears to be proper cause to believe the provisions of this code have been violated, the police department shall cause the vehicle to be impounded from the property and placed in storage.

SECTION 15-1210 VEHICLES PARKED OVERTIME.

Any unattended vehicle which has been parked for more than one hour in excess of the time allowed for parking in any place shall be impounded, and any vehicle parked in violation of this code, regarding more than forty-eight (48) hours, shall be impounded.

SECTION 15-1211 VEHICLES BLOCKING FIRE EXITS OR HYDRANTS.

Any vehicle illegally parked in such a manner that it blocks a fire escape ladder, device or exit or blocks ready access to a fire hydrant shall be impounded.

SECTION 15-1212 VEHICLES PARKED IN INTERSECTION.

Any unattended vehicle illegally parked in any street intersection shall be impounded. A disabled vehicle in an intersection with the person in charge of the vehicle being present, shall be moved out of the intersection and to the nearest available legal parking space at the street curbing.

SECTION 15-1213 STOLEN VEHICLES; RECOVERY BY POLICE.

1. Whenever a stolen vehicle is located by police and the registered owner cannot be found within a reasonable time not exceeding one hour, or cannot be determined from the registration papers or other identifying media in the vehicle or from records or information available from reports of stolen cars, the vehicle may be removed to the nearest authorized place to impoundment and the registered owner of the vehicle shall be notified of the location of the place of impoundment as soon as possible by the police department.
2. If the registered owner is identified, located and notified of the recovery of the stolen vehicle, the owner shall be given the right to make his own arrangement for the removal of the vehicle within the period of one hour from the time he is actually notified of its recovery, and if the owner is unable or unwilling to effect the removal within the time specified the vehicle may be impounded.

SECTION 15-1214 VEHICLES WITH OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC CITATIONS.

Any vehicle for which two (2) or more citations have been issued, for violation of an ordinance, and have not been presented as required, may be impounded if parked in violation of any provision of this part.

CHAPTER 13

PENALTIES

SECTION 15-1301 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CODE,

1. It is an offense against the city for any person to do any act forbidden or to fail to perform any act required by this part.
2. It is an offense against the city for the parent of any child or for the guardian of any ward to authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this part.
3. It is an offense for any person to authorize or knowingly to permit any vehicle registered in his or her name to be driven or to stand or to be parked in violation of any of the provisions of this part.

SECTION 15-1302 PENALTIES, SPECIFIC AND GENERAL.

THAT persons cited for violation of one the Ordinances set forth in this section may elect to not appear in court and pay the fine before the court date at the Court Clerk’s office to the Court Clerk or to a subordinate designated by the Court Clerk for that purpose, according to the following fine schedule set forth below:

SPEEDING

Ordinance 2021-01, January 19, 2021

SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS

THAT the Court Costs, not to exceed the state maximum, and all applicable state and local fees and assessments will be added to all fines collected;

THAT a defendant who has elected or been ordered by the Court to pay a fine, fees and cost fails to do so, prosecution shall proceed under the applicable Ordinances of the City of Maud.