Chapter 10.04
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS GENERALLY
Sections:
10.04.010 Rules and regulations.
10.04.020 Traffic control devices.
10.04.010 Rules and regulations.
A. The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable on all streets within the county, except as the board of county commissioners shall declare and determine certain speed regulations as applicable on specified streets or in certain areas, from time to time. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the joint traffic department and the county engineer that the maximum speed permitted by the state traffic laws is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigations, in accordance with IC 9-21-5-6.
B. The joint traffic department, as referred to in Chapter 2.28 of this code, shall have the power to place and maintain all necessary signs when and as required in order to regulate traffic in accordance with the declarations and determinations of the board of the county commissioners posting the necessary signs on or at the entrances to the streets or part or parts thereof affected in a position most appropriate.
C. It shall be a violation of this code for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared by the board of county commissioners when signs are in place giving notice thereof. Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
(Ord. dated 8/24/92 § 1)
10.04.020 Traffic control devices.
A. The state traffic laws regulating traffic-control signs, signals and devices used to regulate traffic, including intersection controls, truck routes, weight restrictions on bridges and roads and road use restrictions for truck tractors and semitrailers, shall be applicable on all streets within the county, except as the board of county commissioners shall declare and determine certain regulations concerning such traffic-control signs, signals and devices as applicable on specified streets or in certain areas, from time to time. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the joint traffic department and the county engineer that, under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigations, certain traffic-control signs, signals and devices are needed in order to regulate traffic.
B. The joint traffic department shall have the power to place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals and devices when and as required in order to regulate traffic in accordance with the declarations and determinations of the board of the county commissioners.
C. It shall be a violation of this code for any driver of a vehicle to fail to obey any traffic-control sign, signal or device so declared by the board of county commissioners when signs, signals or devices are in place unless otherwise directed to proceed by a police officer. Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
(Ord. dated 8/24/92 § 2)
10.04.030 Parking.
A. The state traffic laws regulating parking shall be applicable on all streets within the county, except as the board of county commissioners shall declare and determine certain regulations concerning the prohibition or regulation of parking applicable on specified streets or in certain areas. Such declarations and determinations shall be made upon the recommendation of the joint traffic department and the county engineer that, under the conditions found to exist after engineering and traffic investigations, certain prohibitions or regulations are needed in order to regulate parking.
B. The joint traffic department may place and maintain painted signs or markers on the curb and on avenues, streets, or lots to designate parking spaces. Each vehicle parked alongside of, or adjacent to, any curb or parking area shall park within the lines or marks so established. It shall be a violation of this section to park any vehicle across any such line or mark or to park any vehicle in such a way that the vehicle shall not be within the area so designated by the lines or marks.
C. No owner or person in control of a vehicle shall allow that vehicle to occupy, in whole or in part, more than one parking space at a time.
D. It shall be a violation of this code for any owner or person in control of a vehicle to fail to obey any sign or marker so declared by the board of county commissioners when such signs or markers are in place giving notice thereof. Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
(Ord. dated 8/24/92 § 3)