§ 70-5. Miscellaneous traffic regulations.
(a)
Current regulations. All intersection stops and yield-right-of-way requirements, regulations on stopping, standing or parking; one-way streets, roadways and alleys; crosswalks, restricted turns; through streets; play streets; angle parking zones; all-night parking restrictions; curb loading zones; public carrier stands; parking meter zones and spaces; weight restrictions; no passing zones; speed limits and traffic control devices heretofore established and effective on the effective date of this Code shall be deemed established under this section and shall remain effective until rescinded or modified as provided in this section.
(b)
Exhibition driving. Exhibition driving shall be the driving of a motor vehicle in such an unusual manner or out of the usual flow of traffic, whether or not traffic is present, so as it is likely to attract the attention of the public, whether or not here is anyone present, or it shall consist of any two or more of the following acts:
(1)
Rapid acceleration.
(2)
Squealing, peeling or burning of tires.
(3)
The swaying of the motor vehicle to one side or the other, commonly referred to as "fishtailing."
(4)
Racing or running of the engine of the motor vehicle at high revolutions per minute combined with the engaging of the gears causing excessive or unusual noise.
(5)
Unnecessary and excessive changing of lanes.
(6)
The emission of any unreasonable loud or raucous or disturbing and unnecessary noise from the engine or exhaust system of any motor vehicle.
No person shall engage in exhibition driving, as defined in this section, within the village.
(c)
Deposit of litter on streets.
(1)
No person shall, without the consent of the public authority having supervision of a street, deposit, place, dump, throw, or leave, or cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of any destructive or injurious material, or any rubbish, refuse, waste material, snow, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash or debris upon any street.
(2)
Any person who throws or drops or permits to be thrown or dropped upon a street any of the material or matter listed in subsection (a) of this section shall immediately remove it or cause it to be removed.
(d)
Alternate side of the street parking. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any motor vehicle to park such motor vehicle upon any of the streets within the village between the hours 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., between the dates of November 15 and April 1 of each year unless between such hours, the motor vehicle is parked on the evenly addressed side of the street on even dates between November 15 and April 1 or the motor vehicle is parked on the oddly addressed side of the street on odd dates between November 15 and April 1.
(e)
Parking within lines. Whenever parking stalls are indicated by appropriate lines, vehicles shall be parked within the lines, one vehicle in each stall.
(f)
Public parking lots. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle, or to allow any vehicle to stand, in any place of travel area in any parking lot open to the general public where no parking is indicated. Further, in these same areas, the direction of vehicle travel shall be in accordance with directional arrows.
(g)
Parking certain vehicles.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any firm, person or corporation to park on any street in the village, excepting while loading or unloading in the normal course of business, any vehicle which:
a.
Exceeds 85 inches in width overall according to manufacturer's specifications or in fact; or
b.
Is carrying or is designated to or capable of carrying any gas, oil or petroleum products or other highly volatile substances in commercial quantities.
(2)
The term "vehicle," as used in this section shall include any truck, as such, or any trailer or device intended to be attached to or drawn by a truck or tractor.
(3)
The term "commercial quantities" shall mean any quantity obviously in excess of normal private requirements.
(Ord. No. 05-03, § 1, 4-11-2005; Ord. No. 17-07, § 1, 11-13-2017)