| CHAPTER 71: TRAFFIC RULES | ||
| Section | ||
| 71.01 State speed laws applicable | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.02 Speed in alleys | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.05 Authority to place devices altering normal course for turns | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.10 Intersections where stop or yield required | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.11 Yield right-of-way at alley exit | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.15 Stop when traffic obstructed | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.16 Driving through funeral or other procession | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.17 Drivers in a procession | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.18 Funeral processions to be identified | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.19 Permits required for parades and processions; exceptions | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.20 Boarding or alighting from vehicles | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.21 Unlawful riding | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.22 Driving upon a sidewalk | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.23 Containment of loads | |||||||||||||||||
| 71.24 Unattended motor vehicle | |||||||||||||||||
SPEED REGULATIONS
| 71.01 STATE SPEED LAWS APPLICABLE | ||
| The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the city, except as this traffic code, as authorized by state law, hereby declares and determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so determined when signs are in place giving notice thereof. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| Statutory reference: |
| Regulation of speed by local authorities, see IC 9-21-5-6 | ||
| 71.02 | ||
| AUBURN-TRAFFIC RULES | ||
| 71.02 SPEED IN ALLEYS | ||
| Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with state law, the maximum lawful speed limit in an alley shall be 15 miles per hour and no person shall drive a vehicle in an alley in excess of the limit. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
TURNING MOVEMENTS
| 71.05 AUTHORITY TO PLACE DEVICES ALTERING NORMAL COURSE FOR TURNS | ||
| The City Council is authorized to place official traffic-control devices, 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. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) | ||
| Statutory reference: |
| Local regulation of turns, see IC 9-21-8-21, 9-21-8-22, 9-21-8-30 | ||
| STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS | |||||
| 71.10 INTERSECTIONS WHERE STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED | ||
| The City Council is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where a particular hazard exists and to determine the following. |
| (A) Whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection in which event it shall have erected a stop sign at every place where a stop is required. | ||
| (B) Whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at the intersection, in which event it shall have erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required. | ||
| 71.11 YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY AT ALLEY EXIT | ||
| The driver of a vehicle about to enter a street from an alley shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicles or pedestrians approaching on the street. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.15 | ||
| AUBURN-TRAFFIC RULES | ||
| DRIVING RULES | |||||
| 71.15 STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED | ||
| No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.16 DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSION | ||
| 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. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.17 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 practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.18 FUNERAL PROCESSIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED | ||
| A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined and designated by the Chief of Police. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.19 PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PARADES AND PROCESSIONS; EXCEPTIONS | ||
| No procession or parade except funeral processions, the United States Armed Forces, the military forces of this state, and the forces of the Chief of Police and Fire Department shall occupy, march, or proceed along any street, except in accordance with a permit issued by the Chief of Police and such other regulations as are set forth which may apply. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.20 BOARDING OR ALIGHTING FROM VEHICLES | ||
| No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while the vehicle is in motion. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.21 | ||
| AUBURN-TRAFFIC RULES | ||
| 71.21 Unlawful riding | ||
| No person shall ride on any 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. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.22 DRIVING UPON A SIDEWALK | ||
| No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area, except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.23 CONTAINMENT OF LOADS | ||
| Any person hauling stone, oil, rubbish, or any other material shall see that the vehicle shall be of adequate dimensions and height, so that none of the material shall fall from the vehicle. Any material falling from a vehicle shall be promptly removed from the street by the driver who shall be responsible for any damage done. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||
| 71.24 UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE | ||
| No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit the motor vehicle to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, and removing the key from the ignition. | ||
| (Ord. 84-28, passed 11-6-84) Penalty, see 70.99 | ||