Town of Johnston, RI
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2023-11-14
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandonment of Roadways
- Ch 6 Arbitration
- Ch 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 18 Senior Citizens Center
- Ch 23 Finance, Department of
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Details
- Ch 58 Public Works
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 66 Risk Management
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Social Security
- Ch 74 Town Council
- Ch 77 Town Hall
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 83 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 88 Alarm Systems
- Ch 91 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 103 Arborists
- Ch 107 Barbers, Hairdressers and Similar Services
- Ch 112 Bingo and Beano
- Ch 118 Building Construction
- Ch 121 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Business Operations
- Ch 127 Cannabis
- Ch 129 Car Sales and Rental
- Ch 132 Cemeteries
- Ch 142 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 145 Dances
- Ch 147 Day-Care Centers
- Ch 149 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 156 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Engineering Operations
- Ch 158 Entertainment
- Ch 161 Excavations
- Ch 164 Explosives
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 180 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 183 Graffiti
- Ch 189 Gull Control
- Ch 192 Hotel, Motel, Rooming House Registrants and Room Resellers
- Ch 194 Housing Standards
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 202 Land Development Fees
- Ch 204 Licensing
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 210 Loitering; Aggressive Begging, Soliciting and Panhandling
- Ch 212 Mailboxes
- Ch 213 Massage and Body Works Services
- Ch 217 Motor Vehicle Code
- Ch 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 220 Art I Words and Phrases
- § 220-1 Definitions.
- Ch 220 Art II Traffic Administration
- § 220-2 Traffic Division established.
- § 220-3 Duty of Traffic Division.
- § 220-4 Records of traffic violations.
- § 220-5 Traffic Division to investigate accidents.
- § 220-6 Traffic accident reports.
- § 220-7 Traffic Division to submit annual traffic safety report.
- Ch 220 Art III Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations
- § 220-8 Authority of Police and Fire Department officials.
- § 220-9 Obedience to chapter required.
- § 220-10 Obedience to Police and Fire Department officials.
- § 220-11 Authorized emergency vehicles.
- § 220-12 Enforceability of all traffic control signs.
- Ch 220 Art IV Traffic Control Devices
- § 220-13 Authority to install traffic control devices.
- § 220-14 Obedience to official traffic control devices.
- § 220-15 Chief of Police to designate crosswalks and establish safety rules.
- § 220-16 Traffic lanes.
- Ch 220 Art V Speed Control
- § 220-17 Purpose.
- § 220-17.1 Definitions.
- § 220-17.2 Determination.
- § 220-18 Construction standards.
- § 220-19 Warrant for locating speed hump or portable speed bumps.
- § 220-20 Neighborhood funding; petition; installation procedures; appeals.
- § 220-21 Funding and priority ranking for speed humps and portable speed bumps.
- § 220-22 Removal of speed humps.
- § 220-22.1 Removal of portable speed bumps.
- § 220-22.2 Administration.
- Ch 220 Art VI Speed Regulations
- § 220-23 Applicability of state speed laws.
- § 220-24 Speed limits.
- § 220-25 Reasonable and prudent speeds.
- § 220-26 Conditions requiring reduced speed.
- § 220-27 "Slow Down Children" signs.
- Ch 220 Art VII Turning Movements
- § 220-28 Authority to place devices altering normal course for turns.
- § 220-29 Authority to place restricted turn signs.
- § 220-30 Obedience to no-turn signs.
- § 220-31 Limitations on turning around.
- § 220-32 Left turn prohibition.
- § 220-33 U-Turn prohibition.
- § 220-34 No turns.
- Ch 220 Art VIII One-Way Streets, Dead-End Streets and Alleys
- § 220-35 Authority to sign one-way streets and alleys.
- § 220-36 One-way streets and alleys.
- § 220-37 Authority to restrict direction of movement on streets during certain periods.
- § 220-38 One-way streets.
- § 220-39 No vehicular traffic.
- § 220-40 Dead-end streets.
- Ch 220 Art IX Stop and Yield Intersections
- § 220-41 Signs required at through streets.
- § 220-42 Other intersections where stop or yield required.
- § 220-43 Through streets.
- § 220-44 Stop intersections.
- § 220-45 Yield intersections.
- Ch 220 Art X Miscellaneous Driving Rules
- § 220-46 Stop when traffic obstructed.
- § 220-47 Driving through funeral or other procession.
- Ch 220 Art XI Parades and Procession
- § 220-48 Definitions.
- § 220-49 Permit requirements; applicability.
- § 220-50 Application and contents; time period for filing; fee.
- § 220-51 Standards for issuance.
- § 220-52 Time limit established for review and issuance; denial of permit.
- § 220-53 Appeals; time limits established for filing and subsequent action.
- § 220-54 Alternate parade permits.
- § 220-55 Permit contents.
- § 220-56 Compliance with permit conditions and applicable laws required; possession of permit.
- § 220-57 Public conduct during parades; parking restrictions.
- § 220-58 Revocation of permit.
- Ch 220 Art XII Pedestrians Rights and Duties
- § 220-59 Crossing at ways or roadways.
- § 220-60 Drivers to exercise due care.
- Ch 220 Art XIII Regulations for Bicycles
- § 220-61 Effect of regulations.
- § 220-62 Traffic ordinances apply to persons riding bicycles.
- § 220-63 Obedience to traffic control devices.
- § 220-64 Riding on sidewalks.
- Ch 220 Art XIV Angle Parking
- § 220-65 Signs or markings.
- § 220-66 Obedience to angle parking signs or markings.
- Ch 220 Art XV Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specific Places
- § 220-67 Parking not to obstruct traffic.
- § 220-68 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
- § 220-69 Oak Swamp area.
- § 220-70 Parking adjacent to schools.
- § 220-71 Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
- § 220-72 Places where parking or stopping prohibited.
- § 220-72.1 Nonresident parking prohibited.
- § 220-73 Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets.
- § 220-73.1 Parking prohibited for trucks over a certain weight and truck tractors on certain streets.
- § 220-73.2 Tow-away zones.
- § 220-74 Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets.
- § 220-75 Stopping or standing prohibited during certain hours on certain streets.
- § 220-76 Parking time limited on certain streets.
- § 220-77 Handicapped parking.
- § 220-78 Standing or parking on one-way streets.
- § 220-79 No stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested places.
- Ch 220 Art XVI Stopping for Loading or Unloading
- § 220-80 Chief of Police to designate curb loading zones.
- § 220-81 Standing in passenger curb loading zones.
- § 220-82 Standing in freight curb loading zones.
- § 220-83 Loading zones.
- § 220-84 Taxi stands.
- § 220-85 Bus stops.
- Ch 220 Art XVII Use of Highways by Trucks and Commercial Vehicles
- § 220-86 Load restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
- § 220-87 Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets.
- § 220-88 Size restriction upon vehicles using Town highways.
- § 220-89 Trucks over certain weight and truck tractors excluded from certain streets.
- § 220-89.1 Taylor Road restrictions.
- § 220-89.2 Priscilla Lane road restrictions.
- § 220-90 Through trucking.
- Ch 220 Art XVIII Penalties and Procedure on Arrest
- § 220-91 Penalties.
- § 220-92 Forms and records of traffic citations and arrests.
- § 220-93 Police procedure when violator not arrested.
- § 220-94 Audit of records and reports.
- § 220-95 Citation on illegally parked vehicle.
- § 220-96 Failure to comply with traffic citation; warrant for arrest.
- § 220-97 Presumption in reference to illegal parking.
- § 220-98 When warrant to be issued.
- § 220-99 Disposition of traffic fines and forfeitures.
- § 220-100 Impounding of vehicles.
- Ch 220 Art XIX Miscellaneous Regulations
- § 220-101 Minors driving after 11:00 p.m.
- § 220-102 Right-of-way of fire apparatus.
- § 220-103 Parking near fire hydrant; exception.
- § 220-104 Registration plates required.
- § 220-105 Removal and impounding of illegally parked vehicles.
- § 220-106 Unattended vehicles in streets during snowstorms; removal; costs.
- Ch 220 Art XX Operation of Unregistered and Unlicensed Motor Vehicles
- § 220-107 Operation upon public property prohibited; exceptions.
- § 220-108 Operation upon highways prohibited.
- § 220-109 Impoundment and release of offending vehicles.
- § 220-110 Violations and penalties; adult and juvenile offenders.
- § 220-111 Abandonment on public highways prohibited.
- § 220-112 Removal and impoundment of abandoned vehicles; fines.
- Ch 220 Art XXI Fines and Penalties
- § 220-113 Schedule.
- Ch 224 Noise
- Ch 230 Oil and Gas Heating Code
- Ch 231 Outdoor Heaters and Boilers
- Ch 233 Parades
- Ch 236 Parking
- Ch 239 Parking Lots
- Ch 242 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 245 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 252 Plumbing
- Ch 257 Private Detectives
- Ch 261 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Rental Property
- Ch 269 Restaurants
- Ch 272 Sales, Casual
- Ch 276 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Sewers
- Ch 282 Signs
- Ch 286 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 291 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Solid Waste
- Ch 298 Stormwater Management
- Ch 300 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 307 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 332 (Reserved)
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Wells
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Johnston 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 440 as Ch. 16 of the 1979
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
