It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the
street traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle
laws, including Title 47 O.S., Chapter 1-101 et seq., as amended,
applicable to street traffic violations, to investigate accidents
and to cooperate with the other officers of the city in developing
ways and means to improve traffic conditions.
1.
Officers of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned
by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic
by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws and ordinances;
provided that, 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 fire or other
emergency, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat
or in the immediate vicinity.
1.
The City Commission, by motion or resolution, is hereby empowered
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 90 days.
2.
The City Commission may have traffic control devices tested under
actual conditions of traffic.
It is an offense against the city for any person to do any act
forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this Chapter.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a police officer or fire department official.
Every person propelling any push cart or riding an animal upon
a roadway and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall
be subject to the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the driver
of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Chapter which by their
very nature can have no application.
[Amended 6-30-2000, Ordinance
2000-3]
1.
No person upon roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, or similar
devices or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar
device shall go upon any roadway, sidewalk or any property owned or
maintained by the city except in the following instances:
a.
While crossing a street on a crosswalk; and when so crossing, such
person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to
all of the duties applicable to pedestrians; or
b.
In designated areas. For the purpose of this section, designated
areas shall be those areas that are clearly marked by properly erected
signs that designates the area for use of the above-restricted devices.
2.
No person shall ride a bicycle or similar device upon any sidewalk,
city park or similar property owned or maintained by the city except
on streets and roadways used for vehicular traffic and designated
bike trails or bike paths.
3.
This section shall not apply upon any street while said street has
been set aside as a play street as authorized by the ordinances of
the city.
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the driver of
any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
any state, county, city or other governmental unit or agency, as well
as to other vehicles; and it is unlawful for any such driver to violate
any of the provisions of this Chapter, except as otherwise permitted
in this Chapter or by state statutes.
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this
Chapter 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; provided that all highway and public utility operations
shall be protected by adequate warning signs, signals, devices or
flagmen; but the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to such persons
and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
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 City
Commission, to close any street or section thereof to traffic during
such repair, maintenance or construction; and in exercising such authority,
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
paragraph 1 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; except that the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply to persons while engaged in such construction, maintenance
and repair, or to persons entering therein for the protection of lives
or property; provided that 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; and
every person using such street shall obey all signs, signals, markings,
flagmen or other traffic control devices which are placed to regulate,
control and guide traffic through the construction or maintenance
area.
1.
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to
an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected
violator of the law or ordinance or when responding to but not upon
returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth
in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
2.
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
a.
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Chapter;
b.
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing
down as may be necessary for safe operation;
c.
Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life
or property; and
d.
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning
in specific directions.
3.
The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle
shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle is making use
of audible and visual signals as required by law, except that an authorized
emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped
with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
4.
The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from
the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.
1.
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making
use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the
laws of this state or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making
use of an audible signal only, the driver of every other vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel
to and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the
roadway clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such
position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except
when otherwise directed by a police officer.
2.
This section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
persons using the highway.
Every driver of a motor vehicle after participating in or causing
an accident by collision or otherwise, or injuring any person or property,
shall forthwith stop and give his name and address, the name and address
of each occupant of the motor vehicle driven by himself, and the number
of his vehicle, to any person demanding the same, and after affording
every reasonable assistance to the injured person or animal report
the accident forthwith to the police.
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or in
which it is apparent that damage to one vehicle or other property
is in excess of $300 shall, as soon as practicable, report such accident
to a police officer or to the Police Department. Making out a written
report of the accident in the office of the Police Department as soon
as practicable after the accident to be forwarded to the Department
of Public Safety of the state, in accordance with law, shall also
be deemed in compliance with this section.
