The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-07
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Official Publication
ORDINANCE NO. 2s5
An Ordinance Reeulating the It's

An ordnance Regulating the Use o
Streets, Alleys and Highways by We
hicles of All Kinds, Including Carts
# Drays, Carriages, Wagons, Automc
Trucks and All Other Vehicles AM
Providing Penalties for Violation.
Be 1t Ordained by the Council of tn
City of Denison, Iowa:
Section l. In this ordinance the tern
vehicle shall include all carts, drays
carriages, wagons, automobiles, bi
cycles, motorcycles, motor trucks ant
all other vehicles propelled by muscu
lar or mechanical power; except trac
ton engines. road rollers, fire wagons
and trucks, police patrols, city ambu
lances, city and government vehicle.
clearly marked as such, and such We
hicles as are run only upon tracks OF
rails. ....s
The term motor vehicle" shall in
clude all motor vehicles propelled by
any power other than muscular power
The term motorcycle" shall include
all motor vehicles designed to travel or
not more than three wheels in contact
with the ground, and of not exceeding
ten horse power, and OF not exceeding
the weight of five hundred pounds un
laden.
The term trailer" shall include any
vehicle which is at any time drawn up
on the highway by q motor vehicle, OK.
cepting implements OF husbandry tenn
pOrarily drawn propelled or moved up
on such highway.
The term highway" shall include any
public highway, public street. avenue,
alley, park, parkway, driveway, square
or place, bridge, viaduct, trestle or any
other territory or structure, whether of
public or private design, intended or
used by or for the general public for
the passage of vehicles.
The term 'intersecting highway"
shall mean any highway which joins
another at any angle, whether or not
1t crosses the other.
The term corner" or street cor
ner". shall be the point of intersection
of the curb or street line Of the street
upon which any vehicle is standing and
an extension Of the property line of the
cross street.
Sec. 2. No motor vehicle kept in this
state and whose owner is resident of
this state, and no motor vehicle kept
in this state, except temporarily by Il
nonresident owner, and no motor We.
hicle kept and used in this state a ma
jority of the time, and no motor We.
hicle used in this state and not proper
sly licensed under the laws of another
state, shall be operated by its own pow
err upon any jublic highway without be.
ing licensed and without carrying IL
cense number plates and proper license
and without having had it's license fee
duly paid, all as required by law.
Sec. 3. Every person operating a
motor vehicle on the highway shall
drive the same in a careful and pru-
dent manner, and at rate Of speed
that will not endanger the property of
another, or the life or limb of any per-
son, and shall in no event drive the
same at a greater rate of speed than
as follows:
(ay Thirty miles per hour, If the
weight of vehicle. and load is less than
three tons and the vehicle Is equipped
with pneumatic tire, and twenty-five
miles per hour, if such vehicle Is equip
ped with solid rubber tires
(b) Twenty-Five miles per hour, if
the weight of the vehicle and load is
more than three tons and less. than six
tons, and the vehicle Is equipped with
pneumatic tires: and twenty miles per
hour If such vehicle Is equipped with
solid rubber tires.
tc) Sixteen miles per hour, if the
weight of the vehicle and load is more
than six tons and the vehicle Is equip
ped with pneumatic tires: and twelve
miles per hour. if such vehicle is equip.
ped with solid rubber tires.
g td) Ten miles per hour, If the We
hiele or any trailer is equipped with
two or more metal tires.
< Sec. 4. "A business district, in which
the maximum speed Of any vehicle
shall not exceed fifteen miles per hour
is established as follows: 81
To include Broadway street between
Anthony street and Locust street; to
include Main street between Walnut
street and Church street; to include all
Of Court avenue; to include all of Cen
ter street; to include all of Franklin
street; to include Court street from
Franklin street to fremont street; to
include fremont street from Court
street to Sweet street; to include Sweet
street from fremont street to Walnut
street; to include Chestnut street from
Main street to Sweet street; to include
Dyer street from Chestnut street to
Broadway street
\; Sec. S. A suburban district, in which
the maximum speed of any vehicle
shall not exceed twenty miles per hour,
is established to include all streets and
highway in the plated area, except
those in the business district.
Sec. 6. The mayor shall have placed
ON every main highway
Of sufficient size to be easily read by a
person using the highway bearing the
words "City of Denison. Slow down
10 Is miles or "Slow down to 20
miles as the case may be, and also an
arrow pointing in the direction where
The speed is to be reduced or changed.
Z Sec. Z. No person shall leave stand. !
ing on Main street between fremont
street and Broadway street; on the
street known as Broadway between
Sweet street and Court avenue a |
vehicle of any kind whether in |
charge of a driver or not, unless the
same shall be parked in the center of
he street, and at right angles with the
line, but automobiles. wagons,
Trays and vehicles in charge of a driv-
II may stand at the curb on such
streets while being loaded or unloaded,
tut not to exceed twenty minutes at
me time. No vehicle shall be left
standing or parked on any street inter-
section. Elsewhere on the public
streets than as. above described in the
BUSINESS district, vehicles shall be park
ID with either front or rear wheels at
he curb line on one side or the other
# the street, with the vehicle standing
It right angles with the property line.
Sec. S. The total maximum load on
my one wheel of any vehicle including