The City may install traffic control signals exhibiting different
colored lights or colored lighted arrows, successively, one at a time
or in combination; only the colors green, red and yellow shall be
used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend;
and said lights shall apply to operators of vehicles and pedestrians
as outlined in RSA 265:10 through 265:17, as amended.
No person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed in excess
of the posted limit by a lawfully installed traffic control device,
and such speed shall hereinafter be prima facie evidence that the
speed is not reasonable and is unlawful.
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of that
indicated by a lawfully installed traffic control device, limiting
the posted school zone, at a speed of 10 miles per hour below the
usual posted limit from 45 minutes prior to school opening and from
the school closing until 45 minutes after the school closing.
The City may limit the direction motor vehicles shall travel
on a particular street or parts of streets as indicated by a lawfully
installed traffic control device, and these streets are hereby designated
as one-way streets in the direction indicated by the traffic control
device.
The City may limit motor vehicles from making a turn, at any
of the intersections in the City, provided that the turn is prohibited
by a lawfully installed traffic control device.
Right turn on red signals is permitted by state statute, unless
a lawfully installed traffic control device specifically prohibits
such turn. Therefore, no operator shall make a right turn when facing
a steady red signal where such a turn is specifically prohibited.
No person shall continue, so as not to stop, at any location,
where a lawfully installed traffic control device directs all vehicles
to stop, and these intersections shall be hereinafter described as
stop intersections. Stop signs shall be installed as provided therein.
No person shall continue, so as not to yield, at any location,
where a lawfully installed traffic control device directs all vehicles
to yield to on-coming traffic, and these intersections shall be hereinafter
described as yield intersections. Yield signs shall be installed as
provided therein.
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person to drive any bus, combination vehicle,
commercial motor vehicle, heavy truck, motor truck, semitrailer, tractor-trailer
or any other similar vehicle, except a passenger vehicle and any passenger
vehicles drawing a trailer or towing any other vehicle, through or
upon, except for local deliveries, any street or parts thereof where
the weight of such traffic to pass through or upon such streets has
been prohibited by a lawfully installed traffic control device.
B.
During the spring thaw period, the load limit on City streets shall
not exceed 20,000 pounds (10 tons) gross vehicle weight rated. Such
load limit shall be posted by the Department of Public Works as required
by this section. Exceptions to this limit may be authorized in writing
by the City Manager, Director of Public Works or the Assistant Director
of Public Works upon receipt of written request. Officials authorized
to grant written permission may impose reasonable conditions and may
establish reasonable regulations for bonding and restoring the highway.
[Added 3-13-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-221-01]
Except in crosswalks where traffic control devices signal "Walk"
and "Don't Walk," pedestrians shall always have the right-of-way over
all vehicles. At crosswalks with traffic control devices, pedestrians
shall have the right-of-way during the "Walk" phase only and shall
not have the right-of-way during the "Don't Walk" phase.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any operator to drive any bus, combination
vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, heavy truck, motor truck, semitrailer,
tractor-trailer or any other similar vehicle, except a passenger vehicle
and any passenger vehicles drawing a trailer or towing any other vehicle,
through or upon, except for local deliveries, any street or parts
thereof where such traffic has been prohibited by a lawfully installed
traffic control device.
B.
Except for duly authorized emergency vehicles or in compliance with
the directions of a police officer, no motor vehicle shall be permitted
on Locust Street from a point 100 feet east of Union Avenue to Jameson
Street.
C.
No access or egress shall be permitted onto Lafayette Street from
the Lakes Business Park. Lafayette Street shall remain a dead-end
street.
[Added 12-8-2003 by Ord. No. 04.2003.04]
No operator of a motor vehicle shall make a U-turn on any of
the streets or parts of streets within the City of Laconia.
No person shall steal a ride on any vehicle. No person shall
ride upon any part of a vehicle not designated or intended for the
use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged
in the necessary discharge of a duty nor to persons riding within
truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
The driver of any vehicle, other than one on official business
related to a fire call, shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling
in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive within or
park such vehicles within 500 feet of where fire apparatus has stopped
in answer to a fire alarm.
It shall be unlawful for the direction officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five minutes, except that
this provision shall not apply to trains or cars in motion other than
those engaged in switching. The five-minute interval may be lessened
by the lawful direction of a police officer to accommodate emergency
vehicles.
