§ 25-52. Traffic.

(a)

State motor vehicle laws apply. No person shall fail to comply with all applicable provisions of the state motor vehicle traffic laws in regard to equipment and operation of vehicles, together with such regulations as are contained in this article and other ordinances.

(b)

Enforcement of traffic regulations. No person shall fail to obey all traffic officers and park employees, such persons being hereby authorized and instructed to direct traffic whenever and wherever needed in the park and on the highways, streets or roads immediately adjacent thereto in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and such supplementary regulations as may be issued subsequently by the director.

(c)

Obeying traffic signs. No person shall fail to observe all traffic signs indicating speed, direction, caution, stopping or parking, and all others posted for proper control and to safeguard life and property.

(d)

Speed of vehicles. No person shall drive or ride a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding 20 miles per hour, except upon such road as the director may designate, by posted signs, for speedier travel.

(e)

Operation confined to roads. No person shall drive any vehicle on any area except the paved park roads or parking areas or such other areas as may on occasion be specifically designated as temporary parking areas by the director.

(f)

Parking. No person shall park a vehicle in other than an established or designated parking area, and such use shall be in accordance with the posted directions thereat and with the instructions of any attendant who may be present. No person shall leave any vehicle anywhere in the park with one or more wheels chained or with the motor set in gears and doors locked or in any manner fixed or arranged so that such vehicle cannot readily be moved by hand. No person shall fail to immediately notify an attendant of an emergency in the nature of a breakdown requiring the assistance of a tow truck, mechanic or other person. No person shall double park any vehicle on any road or parkway unless directed by a park official.

(g)

Bicycles. No person shall ride a bicycle other than on the right side of the road paving as close as conditions permit, and bicycles shall not be ridden more than two abreast when two or more are operating as a group. Bicyclists shall at all times operate their machines with reasonable regard to the safety of others, signal all turns, pass to the right of any vehicle they are overtaking, and pass to the right of any vehicle they may be meeting. No person shall leave a bicycle other than in a bicycle rack when such is provided and there is a space available. No person shall ride a bicycle on any road between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise without an attached headlight plainly visible at least 200 feet in front and without a red taillight or red reflector plate visible at least 100 feet from the rear of such bicycle.

(Code 1964, § 25-45; Code 1988, § 25-72; Ord. No. 61265, § 5, 4-15-1980)

Cross reference

Traffic, ch. 35.