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Department or Police Department, vehicles of the Commonwealth Attorney's office when on official business, and ambulance on an authorized emergency run.
"BOULEVARD." Any legally designated street at which cross traffic is required to stop before entering or crossing such boulevard.
"BUSINESS DISTRICT." Any portion of any street between two consecutive intersections in which 50% or more of the frontage on either side of the street is used for business purposes.
"CROSSWALK." That portion of the roadway included within the extension of the sidewalk across any intersection, and such other portions of the roadway between two intersections, as may be legally designated as crossing places and marked by stanchions, paint lines, or otherwise.
"CURB." The boundary of that portion of the street used for vehicles whether marked by curbstones or not.
"INTERSECTION." That part of the public way embraced within the extensions of the street lines of two or more streets which join at an angle whether or not one such street crosses the other.
"OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES." All signs, signals, warnings, directions, markings, and devices placed or erected or maintained by authority of the City Commission.
"ONE-WAY STREET." A street on which vehicles are permitted to move in one direction only.
"OPERATOR." Every person who is in actual physical control of the guidance, starting, and stopping of a vehicle.
"PARK." When applied to vehicles, to leave a vehicle standing, whether occupied or not, for a period of time longer than is necessary to receive or discharge passengers or property.
"PLAY STREET." Any street or portion thereof so designated by the City Commission and reserved as a play area for children, from which all traffic is barred, except vehicles to and from abutting properties.
"POLICE DEPARTMENT." The Police Department or other persons or agency authorized to perform the duties of § 52.003 or any other acts necessary to implement and enforce this traffic code.
"PUBLIC WAY." The entire width between property lines of every way, dedicated passway, or street set aside for public travel, except bridle paths and foot paths.
"REVERSE TURN." To turn a vehicle on any street in such a manner as to proceed in the opposite direction.
"RIGHT-OF-WAY." The privilege of the immediate and preferential use of the street.
"ROADWAY." That portion of any street, improved, designated, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
"SIDEWALK." That portion of the street between the curb and the property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
"STOPPING." As applied to vehicles, to stop a vehicle longer than is actually necessary to receive or discharge passengers.
"STREET." Every public way, including alleys.
"TRAFFIC." Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, buses, and other conveyances, individually or collectively, while using any street for the purpose of travel.
"VEHICLE." Every device in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on any street except devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
§ 52.002 REQUIRED OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC DIRECTIONS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, signal, or direction given by a uniformed police officer, or to fail or refuse to comply with any of the traffic regulations of this traffic code.
(B) The provisions of this traffic code shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned or used in the service of the United States government, this state, county, or city, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this traffic code, except as otherwise permitted in this traffic code or by state statute.
§ 52.003 POWERS AND DUTIES OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to direct all traffic in conformance with this traffic code and to enforce the traffic regulations as set forth in this traffic code, to make arrest for traffic violations, to investigate accidents, and to cooperate with other officers of the city in the administration of the traffic laws, and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions.
§ 52.004 AUTHORITY FOR ENFORCEMENT.
When required for the safety of the public and to alleviate extraordinary traffic problems resulting from severe and inclement weather conditions or other emergencies, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to impose and implement such regulations as are reasonable and necessary to restore normal traffic conditions. Notice of the nature, duration and extent of any such temporary regulations shall be transmitted to all local media, and a reasonable attempt to notify any private property owners/occupiers affected by the same shall me made.
(A) Green alone or "Go": Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. However, vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection at the time such signal is exhibited.
(B) Steady yellow alone or "Caution" when shown following the green or "Go" signal: Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal may enter and clear the intersection.
(C) Red alone or double red or "Stop": Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall remain standing until green or "Go" is shown alone.
(D) Flashing red alone: Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall not again proceed until it can do so without danger.
(E) Flashing amber alone: Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall reduce its speed and proceed cautiously across the intersection controlled by such signal.
(F) "Yield Right-of-Way": Vehicular traffic facing the "Yield Right-of-Way" sign shall bear the primary responsibility of safely entering the primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. All traffic facing the sign shall yield the right-of-way. All traffic facing the sign shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles and pedestrians within such primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. No vehicle facing a "Yield Right-of-Way" sign shall enter the merging or intersecting right-of-way at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour, except that this speed limit shall not apply to vehicles entering an expressway.
(G) Lane lights: When lane lights are installed over any street for the purpose of controlling the direction of flow of traffic, vehicular traffic shall move only in traffic lanes over which green arrows appear. However, when flashing amber lights appear above a lane all left turns shall be made from that lane. Where red arrows appear above such lanes, vehicles shall not move against them. If flashing amber lights show above a lane, that lane shall be used only for passing and for left turns unless a sign at such place prohibits such turn.
§ 52.016 ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
The city shall establish and maintain all official traffic-control devices necessary within the city. All traffic-control devices, including signs, shall be employed to indicate one particular warning or regulation, shall be uniform, and as far as possible shall be placed uniformly. All traffic-control devices and signs shall conform to required state specifications.
§ 52.017 OBEDIENCE TO SIGNALS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the signal of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this traffic code or of a traffic barrier or sign erected by any of the public departments or public utilities of the city, or any electric signal, gate, or watchman at railroad crossings, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. However, the type and the right to or necessity for such barrier or sign must be approved by the city.
§ 52.018 INTERFERENCE WITH SIGNALS.
§ 52.019 UNAUTHORIZED SIGNALS OR MARKINGS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, maintain, or display on or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic device or railroad sign or signal which attempts or purports to direct the movement of traffic, or which conceals or hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official control device or any railroad sign or signal. No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit on any street, any traffic sign or signal bearing any commercial advertising. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting any public department or public utility of the city in any emergency or temporarily from marking or erecting any traffic barrier or sign that’s placing has been approved by the city.
§ 52.020 DEVICE TO BE LEGIBLE AND IN PROPER POSITION.
alleged violation the required device was not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
§ 52.021 TEMPORARY DISREGARD OF DEVICES BY POLICE OFFICERS.
In an emergency any police officer may at his discretion disregard traffic-control lights or signals or established regulations in order to facilitate the movement of traffic.
(A) It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle or permit it to remain standing in any street in such manner as to create an obstruction thereof.
(B) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to enter any intersection or crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding the indication of any traffic-control signal which may be located at the intersection or crosswalk.
(C) Any intersection deemed by the city to be of special or critical importance to the movement of traffic shall be marked in such distinctive manner as to indicate such importance. Should the operator of any vehicle enter any intersection so marked when there is insufficient room on the other side of the intersection to accommodate the vehicle, the indication of any traffic-control signal notwithstanding, he shall be deemed to have violated this division rather than division (B) above.
§ 52.031 REVERSE OR U TURNS.
§ 52.033 VEHICLES CROSSING SIDEWALKS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive within any sidewalk space except at a permanent or temporary driveway or by special permit from the City Commission or other authorized city official.
The operator, owner, or passenger involved in an accident resulting in the injury or death of any person, or an accident in which property is damaged, shall immediately report the accident or property damage to the Police Department.
§ 52.036 INITIATION OF USER FEES.
The City of New Castle Police Department shall initiate user fees for the delivery of Police Department Services, personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene of motor vehicle accidents. The rate of the user fees shall be that which is the usual, customary and reasonable costs (UCR), which includes any services, personnel, supplies and equipment and may fluctuate based on the needs of the accident.
The user fees shall be initially filed to the motor vehicle insurance, representing an add-on-cost of the claim for the damages of the vehicles, property and/or owner of property, or other responsible parties.
§ 52.038 RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The City Commission may make rules or regulations, and from time-to-time may amend, revoke or add rules and regulation, not in consistent with this Section as they may deem necessary or expedient in respect to billing for these fees or the collection thereof.
§ 52.039 FUNDS USED FOR POLICE.
All amount collected as a result of this Ordinance shall be placed into a fund as established by the City Commission to be used exclusively for personnel, supplies and equipment for the New Castle Police Department.
§ 52.045 RECKLESS DRIVING; INJURY TO STREETS.
(A) The operator of any vehicle upon a highway shall operate the vehicle in a careful manner, with regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians and other vehicles upon the highway.
§ 52.046 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES; FOLLOWING EMERGENCY VEHICLES; DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE.
(A) Upon the approach of any emergency vehicle equipped with, and operating, one or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating red or blue lights visible under normal conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle; or when the driver is giving audible signal be siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and stop and remain in such position until the emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer or firefighter.
(B) Upon the approach of any emergency vehicle operated in conformity with the provision of division (A) above, the operator of every vehicle shall immediately stop clear of any intersection and shall keep such position until the emergency vehicle has passed, unless directed otherwise by a police officer or firefighter.
(C) No operator of any vehicle, unless he is on official business, shall follow any emergency vehicle being operated in conformity with the provisions of division (A) above closer than 500 feet, nor shall he drive into, park the vehicle into, or park the vehicle within the block where the vehicle has stopped in answer to an emergency call or alarm, unless he is directed otherwise by a police officer or firefighter.
(D) No vehicle, train, or other equipment shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when the hose is laid down on any street, private driveway, or track for any use at any fire or fire alarm unless the fire department official in command consents that the hose be driven over.
§ 52.047 SMOKE EMISSION OR OTHER NUISANCE.
adjoining Main Cross Street between Center Street and Property Road between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. through noon on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
§52.049 DYNAMIC BRAKING DEVICES PROHIBITED.
(A) DEFINITION: A dynamic braking device (commonly referred to as Jake Brakes, Jacobs Break, Engine Breaks or Compression Brakes) is defined as a device primarily on trucks for the conversion of the engine from an internal combustion engine to an air compressor for the purpose of breaking without the use of wheel brakes.
(B) USE PROHIBITED: It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle with a dynamic breaking device engaged within the city limits, where posted, except for emergency situations for the purpose of avoiding a collision with another object or vehicle.
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicated or requires a different meaning.
“CRUISING.” The repeated operation of two or more vehicles in a continuous or nearly continuous flow through a parking lot.
“PARADE.” Any parade, march, ceremony, show, exhibition, pageant, or procession of any kind, or any similar display in or on any street, sidewalk, park, or other public place in the city, or “CRUISING” as defined herein.
“PARADE PERMIT.” A permit required by this subchapter.
“PARKING LOT.” Any paved or unpaved area used by a place of business or shopping center for the parking of vehicles of their customers, but shall not include those operated for hire as defined in KRS 189.700.
(A) No person or persons shall engage in, participate in, aid, form, or start and parade unless a parade permit has been obtained from the City Commission of other authorized city official.
(3) A governmental agency acting within the scope of its functions.
§ 52.062 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application with the City Commission of other authorized city official on forms provided by the Commission or such officer.
(A) Filing period. The application for a parade permit shall be filled not less than five days or not more than 60 days before the date on which it is proposed to conduct the parade.
parade within twenty-four (24) hours of the completion of the parade.
as to whether a permit should issue.
§ 52.063 STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.
§ 52.064 NOTICE OF REJECTION OF PERMIT.
The City Commission or other authorized city officials shall act on the application for a parade permit within three days, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, after filing thereof. If the City Commission or authorized city official disapproves the application, it shall mail to the applicant within three days, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, after the date on which the application was filed, a notice of its action stating the reasons for denial of the permit.
§ 52.065 APPEAL PROCEDURE WHEN PERMIT DENIED.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a parade permit to the City Commission. The appeal shall be taken within the 30 days after notice of denial. The City Commission shall act on the appeal within the 30 days after its receipt.
The City Commission or other authorized city official, in denying an application for a parade permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade on a date, at a time, or over a route different than that named by the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept and alternate permit shall file a written notice of his acceptance.
An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and shall have the effect of, a parade permit under this subchapter.
§ 52.067 NOTICE TO CITY AND OTHER OFFICIALS WHEN PERMIT ISSUED.
(D) The general manager or responsible head of each public utility, the regular routes of whose vehicles will be affected by the route of the proposed parade.
§ 52.068 CONTENTS OF PERMIT.
(G) Such other information as is reasonable necessary to the enforcement of this subchapter.
§ 52.069 DUTIES OF PERMITTEE.
§ 52.070 PUBLIC CONDUCT DURING PARADES.
(A) Interference. No person shall unreasonable hamper, obstruct, impede, or interfere with any parade or parade assembly or with any person, vehicle, or animal participating or used in a parade.
(B) Driving through parades. No driver of a vehicle except a police car or other emergency vehicle shall drive between the vehicles or persons comprising a parade when such vehicles or persons are in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade.
§ 52.071 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.
The city shall have the authority to revoke a parade permit issued hereunder on application of the standards for issuance as herein set forth.
§ 52.080 OBSTRUCTIONAL OR DOUBLE PARKING; ABANDONED VEHICLES.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any vehicle or any other thing that may be a nuisance, obstruction, or hindrance in or on any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city either during the day or night.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park any vehicle on the roadway side of any other vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave a motor vehicle on a city street under circumstances indicating an abandonment. Any motor vehicle left on a city street for more than seven consecutive days shall be presumed to be abandoned.
§ 52.081 MANNER OF PARKING.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop or park the vehicle in a manner other than with its right-hand side toward and parallel with the curb, except that where parking is permitted on the left side of a one-way street, the left-hand side shall be so parked, and except for commercial loading and unloading on one-way streets.
(B) No vehicle shall be parked or left standing on any street unless its two right wheels are within six inches of and parallel with the curb, except that on one-way streets where parking is permitted on the left side the two left wheels are to be within six inches of and parallel with the curb.
(C) No vehicle shall be backed to the curb on any street, except that wagons and trucks may do so when loading and unloading provided that such loading and unloading and delivery of property and material shall not consume more than 30 minutes. Such backing of trucks or wagons is prohibited at all times and on all streets in the city where any truck or wagon so backed interferes with the use of the roadway of moving vehicles or occupies road space within ten feet of the center line of the street.
(D) The city may establish diagonal parking at certain places requiring the parking of vehicles at a certain angle to the curb and within a certain portion of the roadway adjacent thereto. However, diagonal parking shall not be established where the roadway space required therefore would be within ten feet of the center line of any street. Such diagonal parking places shall be designated by suitable signs, and shall indicate by markings on the pavement the required angle and the width of the roadway space within which such vehicle shall park.
§ 52.082 STOPPING ON ROADWAY PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
§ 52.083 LIMITATIONS OF STOPPING AND PARKING.
(2) In front of sidewalk ramps provided for handicapped persons.
(3) In front of a public or private driveway.
(5) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping or parking.
§ 52.084 RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON DESIGNATED STREETS.
(A) The provisions of this section prohibiting the stopping and parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control devices.
(B) The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from his duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping or parking of vehicles in specific places or at specified times.
(C) When signs are erected in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time on any street so marked by official signs.
(D) When a curb has been painted in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below, no person shall park a vehicle at any time at or adjacent to any curb so marked.
(E) When signs are erected in compliance with the provisions of division (F) below, in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by official signs on any day except Sundays on any street so marked.
(F) (1) The city shall determine on what streets or portions thereof stopping or parking shall be restricted or prohibited. Whenever under authority of or by this traffic code or any other ordinance any parking limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, or parking areas are restricted to handicapped parking, appropriate signs shall be erected giving notice thereof. However, in lieu of erecting such signs or in conjunction therewith, the face and top of a curb or curbs at or adjacent to which parking is prohibited at all times may be painted a solid yellow color.
(2) No such regulations or restrictions shall be effective unless the signs have been erected and are in place or the curbs are painted yellow at the time of any alleged offense, except in the case of those parking restrictions which by their very nature would not require such signs and markings.
(G) When signs are erected in compliance with division (F) above in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for a time longer than specified on official signs any day except Sunday and on any street so marked.
§ 52.085 PARKING RESTRICTED TO ALLOW STREET CLEANING.
Removal of abandoned vehicles, see § 52.111 et seq.
§ 52.087 PARKING ON PARADE ROUTE.
(A) The City Commission or other authorized city official shall have the authority, whenever in its judgment it is necessary, to prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street or part thereof constituting a part of the route of a parade or procession, to erect temporary traffic signs to that effect, and to prohibit and prevent such parking.
§ 52.088 PARKING ON OFF-STREET FACILITY.
If any vehicle is found illegally parked in violation of any provisions of this subchapter regulating stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.
§ 52.090 PARKING IN PARKS.
§ 52.091 DISPLAY OF PARKED VEHICLE FOR SALE.
§ 52.092 PARKING WITH HANDICAPPED PERMITS.
county ordinances for handicapped persons, when operated by a handicapped person or when transporting a handicapped person, may be parked in a designated handicapped parking place, or when parked for in a metered parking space may be parked for two hours for no fee, or when parked where any parking limit is imposed may be parked for two hours in excess of the parking limit. The motor vehicle may be parked in a loading zone for that period of time necessary to permit entrance or exit of the handicapped person to or from the parked vehicle, but in no circumstances longer than 30 minutes.
(B) This section shall not permit parking in a "no stopping" or "no parking" zone nor where parking is prohibited for the purpose of creating a fire lane or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours, nor permit a motor vehicle to be parked in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard.
§ 52.110 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES AUTHORIZED; REDEMPTION.
(A) All police officers are empowered to authorize the impoundment of a vehicle violating vehicle-related ordinances after a citation has been issued.
(B) A vehicle slated for impoundment will be tagged and placed under control of the Police Department. Should a vehicle be moved without the consent and approval of the Police Department a warrant shall be issued immediately for the violator's arrest.
(C) All fines, fees, and charges must be paid in full before a release of impoundment can be issued for the vehicle's release.
§ 52.111 REQUIRED NOTICE TO OWNER.
Chapter 281 and within ten business days of the removal shall, by certified mail, attempt to notify the registered owner at the address of record of the make, model, license number, and vehicle identification number of the vehicle, of the location of the vehicle, and of the requirements for securing the release of the motor vehicle.
§ 52.112 SALE OF VEHICLE.
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is specifically provided shall be fined not less than $20 nor more than $500.
(B) Any person who violates § 52.046 shall be fined not less than $60 nor more than $500, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both.
(C) Any person receiving a citation for any parking violation in the city shall be fined in amount not less than $20 nor more than $100.

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