The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-26
ORDNANCE NO. 1sa.

City of Juneau open to the public for the use of vehicles. providing penalties for tho violation thereof and repeating all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUN-
 GIL OF THE CITY OF JUNEAU:
 Section l. This Ordinance shall constitute the traffic code of the City of Juneau and may be cited such. It comprises all gen eral regulations relating to travel and traHle and parking and standing upon the public highways and all other places of said City open to the public for the use of vehicles. and the rights. duties and restraints of persons as the same pertain thereto.
 Sec g. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an exercise of the police power of the City of Juneau for the public safety and it's provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of that purpose.
 Sec. 3. If any portions of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid, such invaldity shau not thereby affect the validity of the remain ing portions.
 in this Ordinance, except as otherwise speci- fcally indicated, shall be deemed to have and shall be held to include each of the meanings respectively set forth in this section, and any such terms used in the singular number shall be held to include the plural
 STREET: Every avenue, boulevard. highway. roadway. lane, alley, strip, path. square. place used by laid out for the of vehicles within the City of Juneau.
 INTERSECTING STREET: shall mean any street which joins another at any angle. whether not it crosses the other street
 CURB; The lateral boundary of that por- tion of a street designated or intended for the of vehicles, whether marked by curbing constructed of stone. cement, con crete. or other material or not so marked.
 VEHICLE: Every wagon, hack, coach. car riage, omnibus, push cart, bicycle, tricycle., motorcycle, automobile, or other conveyance. except baby carriages and children's play wagons, in whatever manner by whatever force or power the same may be driven, rid den or propelled which is. or may be used for adapted to pleasure riding or trans portation of passengers, baggage, merchandise or freight upon any street, and every driving or riding animal. whether driven, ridden, led standing still, excepting that an animal or animals attached to any vehicle shall, with such vehicle constitute one vehicle.
 DRIVER; Every rider or driver of an ami mai, the rider of a bicycle, tricycle.. the operator of a motor vehicle, the person in motor vehicle or push cart.
 ANIMAL: Every horse. pony. donkey, mule, burro or other animal capable of being ridden driven, capable of being guided by reins voice
 DRIVE: To ride. drive. propel operate.
 OWNER: Shall mean any person who has general or special property in the whole, or any part of anything. lawful possession thereof. either actual constructive.
 'PARKED' shall mean waiting vehicle placed at an angle of between fory-hve and ninety degrees to the curb line of the street.
 PETERSON" shall include natural persons of either sex associations, co-partnershps and corporations. whether acting by themselves or by a servant agent employee.
 PROPERTY LINE shall be construed to mean imaginary line extending from the corner of building or property adjoining any one of the corners of a street intersection to the similar of the building or property on the opposite side of the street.
 SAFETY ZONE shall mean a portion of the street indicated by standards placed upon the surface of the street or upon the curb
 STANDING shall mean waiting vehicle drawn up parallel to the curb
 TRAILER shall mean any vehicle which is attached to another vehicle for the purpose of being drawn or propelled by such other vehicle.
 BUSINESS DISTRICTS shall include the streets named and the streets within the dis trict bounded as follows: Front St to Fourth St, Main to Franklin St, including Second. Third and Seward Sts.
 SAFETY ZONES may be established from time to time by ordinance of the City Coun- cil traffic conditions require and shall be indicated by the placing Of traffic standards upon the surface of the street or upon the curb It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Chief of Police or his agent thereunto authorized, to place, disturb any safety signs marking.
 DANGER ZONES. For the protection Of life and limb and for the regulation of traf- fife, the Chief of Police, with the approval of the City Council, shall have authority to es- damaging of any such disc, standard, stan ards, stanchons, semiphores or signs. indicat- ing such danger zones. and the removal or damaging of any such dies, standard. stan chion. semiphore sign, any part thereof. by anyone without authority of the Chief of Police, is hereby prohibited. It shall be un- lawful to fail to comply with any instruction displayed upon any official sign placed upon any street or any public place open to the public for travel
 TRAFFIC SIGNS. For the regulation of traffic. the Chief of Police. with the approval of the City Council shall have authority to place discs, standards, stanchions. semiphores or signs, at any points upon the public streets. It shall be unlawful for anyone to remove o damage any such disc standard ,stanchon, semiphore or sign, fail to comply with any instructions displayed upon any official sign placed upon any street.
 PARKING VEHICLES ON SEWARD ST It shall be unla wfu for any person to park n of Seward Street. between Front and Third Streets. at any time except while actually loading unloading the same.
 Sec 5. PROHIBITING THE USE OF STREETS BY MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES WITHOUT LICENSES.
 Every of motor vehicle which shall be operated driven upon the public streets of the City of Juneau, shall for each motor vehicle owned. cause to be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Juneau, application for registration on blank to be furnished by the said City Clerk for that purpose. Such application shall be made by the owner of the motor vehicle or his duly authorized agent over the signature of such owner or agent. The application must show First. name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle. Second. trade name of the motor vehicle the model year. type of body factory number and motor number thereto Third, the power to be used whether electric, steam, or other power. Fourth, the purpose for which said vehicle Is to be used. Fifth. the rated carrying capacity of such vehicle, which in case of autos for hire. auto stages or auto stage trailers. shall be the adult seating ca pacity thereof and in of motor trucks or traers, shall be the rated capacity thereof as given by the manufacturers Sixth, such other information shall be required by the City Clerk With such application the ap- plcant shall deposit the proper license fee as given in Section of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall upon receipt of the appca- ion for license. accOmDanie0