Chapter 10.08
ENFORCEMENT

Sections:

10.08.010    Authority of Police and Fire Department officials.

10.08.020    Persons other than officials directing traffic prohibited.

10.08.030    Applicability of traffic regulations to persons riding bicycles or animals.

10.08.040    Exemption of certain vehicles.

10.08.050    Fine schedule and adjustments.

10.08.010 Authority of Police and Fire Department officials.

Officers of the Police Department and such Officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Department or members of the Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this title or the Vehicle Code.

10.08.020 Persons other than officials directing traffic prohibited.

No person other than an officer of the Police Department or members of the Fire Department or a person authorized by the Chief of Police or a person authorized by law shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand or other signal.

10.08.030 Applicability of traffic regulations to persons riding bicycles or animals.

Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.

10.08.040 Exemption of certain vehicles.

A. The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the Police or Fire Department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

B. The exemptions set forth in subsection (A) of this section shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety for others or the consequences of that operator’s willful disregard of the safety of others.

C. The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City Department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.

10.08.050 Fine schedule and adjustments.

The Council shall, by resolution, establish a fine schedule, setting the fines for violations of this title. Such fine schedule shall be adjusted from time to time as deemed appropriate by the Council. (Ord. 389 § 1, 1983).