The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-28
ORDINANCE NO. az

An Ordinance Prescribing Additional Traffic
regulations for the City of Lakeland Flor.
ida. and Providing Penalty for Violations
| Thereof
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY on
LAKELAND, FLORIDA:
Section I. That no person under sixteen
years OF age shall drive or operate, or be per
m'tted TO drive or operate any automobile, To-
ComoDlle, motorcycle or other motor driven
vehicle in the City of Lakeland
Section 2. That no person, who has not
| been duly authorized under the laws of the
state OF Florida to drive or operate an auto.
mobile, locomobile, motorcycle or other motor
driven vehicle shall drive or operate any such
Automobile, locomobile, motorcycle or other
motor-drlven vehicle in or upon any street
venue, alley, or other thoroughfare of the
city Of Lakeland,
seC'ion ). Ihat no person shall drive any
automobile, locomobile, motorcycle, or other
motor driven vehicle in or upon any street
avenue, alley or other thoroughfare of the
tly OF Lakeland at rate of speed greater
than twelve miles an hour.
Section 4. That no person driving or IN
rating any automobile, locomobile' motor.
| cycle or other motOr-driven vehicle shall tnrn
me salu Venlcle in or upon any street ava
Tue, alley or other thoroughfare of the Citv
! OF Lakeland at rate Of speed greater thar
| Slght miles an hour, and that no person shall
urlNe any automobile, locomobile, motorcycle
or other motor driven vehicle at a rate ~
speed greater than eight miles an honr ON onr
street. avenue, alley or other thoroughfare n,
the City OF Lakeland, Immediately abuttinv ~
Wlthlh one block of any school grounds ~
hospital grounds in use as such ''N' VI
SectIon 3. That no person driving mr. an
eIatlng any automobile, locomobile motorcyrIo
or other motor driven vehicle shall tnrn ~
said vehicle in or from anv stree, 'u,n tlie
alley or other thOroughfare Of tbo ca,
LAKELAND, without having first given sicroi
WIN d horh bell or other audible annora.,,
ior the purpose Of giving warning Of his ops
hroach, and that no such person shall t,,rr
.ne sara venice at any point in such thor.
| thOrOughfareS. Vi SAID
Section 6. That no person shall drive ..
operate any automobile, locomobile motor'
cycle or other motor driven vehicle in o -,
the streets, avenues, alleys or other tbnro,,gh
,ares OF the City Of Lakeland between tta,
nouIs OF sunset and sunrise without HAVING tIe
saIu ,eiIlcle equipped with two lampS do.
signed Tor such use, which LAMPS shar ~,
giving such light as can be seen nv norsr,',
front OF said vehicle at distance ~ MOI 1o ~
than 500 feet and also having said vohtsSs
SIuippeu WIN one or more lights clearly Vie.
'nle TO persons In the rear of said vehicle
eeeuoh T. That Immediately upon tbs
VI the IRE whistle or other anna. :,
tus used to give public warning of tbe ayist
enee OF conilagratiOn within the C4t,, -
Lakeland, all persons driving or in CHARGE " =.
any vehicle of any nature wbatsoever - 80 ~, ol
streetS, avenues, alleys or other ,boro,,s si,e
fares OF the City Of Lakeland shall Snino ul.
Vehlcle to the adjacent curb-line and briul
such vehicle to. full stop and shall romans n,,s
at such place for period Of three rin,I.nn
excepting that this section shall moi he oo.
strued to apply to drivers Of amhnIonoos e'i u
members OF the Fire Department and tbe NJ "
ice Department or any municipal danar.r,o..
when such member OF the said denartn1a.alt
are engaged in the discharge az thai, ossaiIS
duties, nor to physicians on urgent calls '"'
section 8. That whoever violates SnS
OF the foregoing sections shall be punisbsd nc
iine OF not less than Five Dollars ~ -, ~
man One Hundred Dollars, or nv ,nn.i 80
ment at hard labor for not more tban 81
days, or by both such fine and imnrSsorS 0Asy
and that the driver and the owner =, an s1l
tomobile, locomobile. motorcycle nv an au-
ire machine shall be equally guilty of ', rie
lation OF said section. VI No-
Section 8. All ordinances, or psrts .,
dinances in conflict herewith are bsrsb ~ OF
pealed H9'eoy re-
!. 3. L. Swatts, City Clerk do hsr.nu -
IVY that the foregoing Ordinance was AZ
passed by the City Commission ~ uuly
1918. january 70. A. D.
'IsOs h. l. swATTs. CITY c.rt