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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1447 aptOW \ t ORDINANCE NO, 1447 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND � S FOR OTHER PURPOSES c BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE , j ARKANSAS, TO- WIT : ARTICLE I. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED SECTION I. Definitions . For the purposes of this chapter , the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless clearly indicated to the contrary : 1 . Authorized emergency vehicle . Vehicles of the fire department , police department and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the police or the state commissioner of motor vehicles . 2 . Business District . The territory contiguous to and including a street or highway when 50 per cent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business . 3 . Bicycle . Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride , having two tandem wheels either of which is 12 inches or more in diameter . 4. Crosswalk, That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at intersections and any portion of a road - way distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface . 5 . Driver . Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle . 6 . Intersection . The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or , if none , then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two ( 2 ) streets or highways which join one another at , or approximately at , right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets or highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict . 7 . Laned Roadway . A roadway which is divided into two ( 2 ) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic . 8 . Motorcycle . Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three ( 3) wheels in contact with the ground , but excluding a tractor . 9 . Motor Vehicle . Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires , but not operated upon rails . MICROFILMED DATE_OCT 1 0 1978 Ida REEL 1 1 3� — Traffic Ordinance $ _ 10 . Official traffic control devices , All signs , signals , markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating , warning or guiding traffic , 11 . Official traffic control signal , Any device , whether manually , electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed . 12 , Owner , A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or in the event the vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee , or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter . 13 . Pedestrian, Any person afoot . 14 . Police officer , Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations , 15 . Private road or driveway, Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular traffic by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons , 16 . Railroad, A carrier of persons or property upon cars , other than streetcars , operated upon stationary rails . 17 . _Railroad sign or signal , Any sign , signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of .. railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train . 18 . Railroad Train , A steam engine , electric or other motor , with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails , except streetcars . 19 . Residence District , The territory contiguous to and including a street or high- way not comprising a business district when the property thereon for a distance of 300 feet i or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business . 20 . Right of way defined, The privilege of the immediate use of the street or highway . 21 . Roadway , : That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel . Traffic Ordinance - 3 - 22 . Safety zone , The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone . 23 . School Bus , Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated fa• the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to and from school . 24 . Sidewalk, That portion of a street between the curb lines , or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians . 25 . Street or Highway , The entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public , as a matter of right , for purposes of vehicular traffic . 26 . Through Street or Highway , Every street or highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets or highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected as pro- vided in this chapter . 27 . Traffic , Pedestrians , ridden or herded animals , vehicles and other conveyances , either single or together , while using any street or highway for purposes of travel . 28 . Vehicle , Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway , except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks . Traffic Ordinance ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT SECTION 1 . Police Administration . The Police Department shall enforce the traffic regulations of this City and all of the State regulations applicable to street traffic in this City , to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to cooperate with the Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City in the administration of the traffic regulations and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions . SECTION II . Traffic Engineer . The Traffic Engineer shall be a qualified engineer and shall be appointed by the Mayor , and approved by the City Council . It shall be his duty to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices , to conduct engineering analysis of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures , to conduct engineering investigation of traffic on the streets and highways of this City , to determine and designate streets , parts of streets or specific lanes as truck routes ; to determine and designate parking restrictions , such as the prohibition of parking on certain streets ; to determine one -way streets ; to cooperate with other officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions , and to carry out such additional powers and duties as may be imposed by ordinance . SECTION III . Records of Traffic Violations , The Police Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of this City or of the state vehicle laws of which any person has been charged , together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses . Such record shall be maintained as to show types of violations and the total of all such alleged offenses . Such records shall be maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each . All such records shall be kept for a period of at least five years . All forms of records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms . All such records and reports shall be public records . SECTION IV . Traffic Accident Studies . Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous , the Police Department shall cooperate with the Traffic Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures . SECTION V . Traffic Accident Reports , The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing accident reports . Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location . Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the Traffic Engineer . SECTION VI. Drivers Files to be Maintained. The Police Department shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents , warnings , arrests , convictions , and complaints reported for each driver , which shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned. Said department shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or involved in frequent traffic accidents or any serious accident , and shall attempt to discover the reasons therefor , and shall take what- ever steps are lawful and reasonable to prevent the same or to have the licenses of such persons suspended or revoked. Such records shall be kept for a period of five years . Traffic Ordinance SECTION VII. Traffic Division to Submit Annual Traffic Safety Report . The Police Department shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Mayor . Such report shall contain information on traffic matters , including the following : (a) The number of traffic accidents , the number of persons killed, number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic data . ( b) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police . ( c ) The plans and recommendations of the division •for. . future traffic safety activities . SECTION VIII . Emergency and Experimental Regulations . The Traffic Engineer is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this City and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulation to cover emergencies _ or special conditions . The Traffic Engineer may test traffic control devices that are under actual conditions of traffic . SECTION IX . Authority of Police and Fire Department Officials . It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department or such offices as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all street traffic laws of this City and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City . Officers of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice , hand, or signal in conformance with the traffic laws . Provided, however , that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safe- guard pedestrians , officers of the Police Department may direct traffic as conditions may require , notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic regulations . Officers of the Fire Department , when at the scene of a fire , may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic thereat , or in the immediate vicinity. SECTION X . Obedience to Police and Fire Department Officials . No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer or Fire Department official . SECTION XI . Pe. rsons Propelling Pushcarts or Riding Animals to Obey Traffic Regulations . Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon a roadway and every person driving any animal- drawn vehicle , shall be subject to the provisions of the Ordinance insofar as applicable . SECTION XII. Use of Coasters , Roller Skates and Similar Devices Restricted . No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster , toy vehicle , or similar device , shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing , such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians . This section shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street . Traffic Ordinance 16 SECTION XIII. Public Employees to Obey Traffic Regulations . The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government , this state , county or city, and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance . SECTION XIV. . Exemptions to Authorized Emergency Vehicles . The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle , when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to , but not returning from, a fire alarm , may exercise the following privileges , but subject to the conditions herein state d, (a) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Ordinance . (b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation, (c ) Exceed the speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property . (d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement of turning in specified direction . SECTION XV. Limitation on Authorized Emergency Vehicles . The exemptions hereby granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any said vehicle while in motion, sounds may be reasonable or necessary , and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle . Provided , however , that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle . The fore - going provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle .from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons , nor shall such provision protect the driver from the consequences of any reckless disregard on his part for the safety of others . SECTION XVI . , Operation of Vehicles on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles . Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle when operated as an emergency vehicle , and when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle , or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until the emergency vehicle has passed. This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway , Traffic Ordinance 7 4 June 7 , 1965 SECTION XVII. Immediate Notice of Accident . The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage to an apparent extent of fifty dollars ($ 50 . 00 ) or more , shall immediately , by the quickest means of communication, give notice of such accident to the Police Department . SECTION XVIII . Written Notice of Accidents . The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of fifty dollars ( $50 . 00 ) or more , shall , within five ( 5 ) days after such accident , forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department , or a copy of any report he is required to forward to the State , The pro- visions of this section shall not be applicable when the accident has been investigated at the scene by a Police Officer while such driver was present thereat . SECTION XIX . When Driver Unable to Report . Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required herein and ther is another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall give , or cause to be given , the notice herein required . Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as is herein required and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle , then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall , within five ( 5 ) days after learning of the accident , make such report not made by the driver . SECTION XX . Leaving the Scene of an Accident . No person driving a vehicle , knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or darnage has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property , arising out of the operation of said vehicle , shall leave the place of said injury , damage or accident without stopping and giving his name , residence , including city and street number , motor vehicle number and chauffeur ' s or registered operator ' s number , if any , to the injured party or to the police officer , or if no police officer is in the vicinity , then to the nearest police officer or judicial officer . SECTION XXI . Closing Streets for Repair or Improvement . ( a) The Traffic Engineer is authorized to close any street in the City to traffic , when such street is being improved , repaired to otherwise worked upon . When any street is so closed to traffic , such fact shall be indicated by appropriate signs , barricades or markings , and the Fire Chief and Police Chief shall be promptly notified of the streets involved . (b) No person other than the Traffic Engineer , or his duly authorized representative , shall erect any sign, barricade or marking indicating that a street is closed to traffic , without the prior written consent of the Traffic Engineer . ( c ) When any street has been lawfully closed to traffic , and when such fact is indicated a6 provided in subsection ( a) , it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle upon such street . (d) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove any barriers , signs or markings erected on any of the streets of the City under the provisions of this section. Ordinance No . 1447 6 s June 7 , 1965 ARTICLE III . 'TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES SECTION I . Installation and Maintenance Generally ; Conformity with State Manuals and Specifications . The Traffic Engineer shall cause such traffic control devices to be placed and maintained upon streets in the City as may be necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate , warn , or guide traffic . All such traffic control devices shall conform to the state manual and specifications . All traffic control signals on streets designated State or Federal highways shall have all details approved by the Arkansas Highway Department , SECTION I1. Obedience to Devices . No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter , unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer . SECTION III . Installation and Maintenance of Signals . The Traffic Engineer shall cause electric traffic control signals to be installed and maintained at intersections and other places as he may deem necessary . All such signals shall conform to the provisions of sections 75 - 509 through 75 - 512 of the Arkansas Statutes , as amended . SECTION IV . General Traffic Control Signal Legend . Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting the words , "Go , " " Caution , " or "Stop , " or exhibiting different colored lights successively one at a time , or with arrows , the following colors shall be used and such terms and lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows : 1 . Green alone or "Go: " ( a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal , may proceed straight through or turn right or light , unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn . But vehicular traffic , including vehicles turning right or left , shall yield the right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited . ( b) Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 2 . Steady yellow alone : ( a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal is thereby warned that the red or "Stop " signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not enter or be crossing the intersection when the red or "Stop" signal is exhibited . ( b) Pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway , and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right of way to all vehicles . Ordinance No , 1447 - 19 June 7 , 1965 3 . Steady red alone , or "Stop : " (a) Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or , if none , then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until green or "Go " is shown alone , except that vehicular traffic facing such signal may , after coming to a complete stop , cautiously enter the intersection for the purpose of making a right turn only , provided that such turn on red or "Stop " shall be made only if a sign on the signal states that a right turn on red is permitted . ( b) No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic . 4 . Steady red with green arrow: ( a) Vehicular traffic facing such signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow , but shall yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection . ( b ) No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely, and without interfering with any vehicular traffic . 5 . In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which , by their nature , can have no application . Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made , but in the absence of any such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal . SECTION V . Pedestrian Walk and Wait Signals . Whenever the pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words " Walk" "Wait , " or "Don ' t Walk; " are in place such signals shall indicate as follows : 1 . Walk . Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles . 2 . . Wait or Don4 Walk . No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal , but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the wait signal is showing . SECTION VI . Flashing Signals . Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used , they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows : 1 . Flashing red ( Stop signal ) . When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes , drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an inter - section or at a limit line when marked and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign . . 2 . Flashing yellow ( Caution signal) . . When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes , drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution . Traffic Ordinance 10 SECTION VII. Unauthorized Signs , Signals , or Devices . No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any street or highway any unauthorized sign, signal , marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal , or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic , or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device , or any railroad sign or signal and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any city officer permit upon any street or highway any traffic sign or signal bear - ing thereon any commercial advertising . This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to streets or highways of signs giving useful directional information and/ or of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs . 1 . Every sign, signal or marking prohibited by this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance , and the Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice . 2 . No person shall , without lawful authority , attempt to or in fact alter , deface , mutilate , injure , knock down , destroy or remove any official traffic control device , road marker , lighting equipment or any railroad crossing sign or signal , or any inscription, shield, or transcription thereon or any part thereof. ARTICLE IV . Operation of Vehicles Generally . SECTION I. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded , or when there are in the front seat such number of persons , exceeding three ( 3) , as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or so as to interfere with the driver ' s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle . SECTION II. No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver ' s view ahead or to the sides , or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle . SECTION III . ,Duty to Drive on Right Half of Roadway . Upon all roadways of sufficient width , a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway , except as follows ; 1 . When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement; 2 . When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair ;_ 3 . Upon a roadway divided into three ( 3 ) marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon; or 4 . Upon a roadway designated and sign posted for one ( 1 - 1 ) way traffic . Traffic Ordinance = 11 SECTION IV , Passing Vehicle Proceeding in Opposite Direction , A . Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right and, upon roadways having width for not more than one ( 1 ) line of traffic in each direction , each driver shall give to the other at least one - half ( 1 / 2) of the main traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible . B . Except as otherwise provided in this article , the driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle . No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event , the overtaking vehicle must return to the right - hand side of the roadway before coming within 100 feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction . C . No vehicle shall , in overtaking and passing another vehicle or at any other time , be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions : 1 . When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver ' s view along the highway is obstructed; 2 . When approaching within 100 feet of any bridge , viaduct , or tunnel , or when approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing ; 3 . Where official signs are in place directing that traffic keep to the right , or a distinctive center line is marked, which distinctive line also directs traffic as declared in the sign manual adopted by the State Highway Commission. D . Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the over- taking vehicle . E . The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions : i 1 . When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn. 2 . Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two ( 2) or more lines of moving vehicles . Traffic Ordinance - 12 - 3 . Upon a one -way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement , where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two ( 2 ) or more lines of moving vehicles . F . The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right on under conditions permitting such movement in safety . In no event shall such movement be made by driving off the pavement or main- traveled portion of the roadway . SECTION V . Speed Restrictions . No person shall drive a vehicle on any street or highway in the City at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing . A . Where no special hazard exists , the following speeds shall be lawful , but any speed in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reason- able or prudent and that it is unlawful: 1 . Twenty ( 20) miles per hour in any business district . 2 . Twenty - five ( 25 ) miles per hour in any residential district . B . The fact that the speed of the vehicle is lower than the foregoing prima facie limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway , or when a special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or street conditions , and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person , vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the street in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to show due care . SECTION VI . Racing Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle or motor bicycle in a race upon any street or highway in the City. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be fined in any sum not exceed two hundred dollars ($200 . 00 ) . SECTION VII. Minimum Speed Regulation. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic , except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with the law. Police officers are hereby authorized to enforce this section by directions to drivers , and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this section and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith, the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a misdemeanor . SECTION VIII. Passing Rotary Traffic Island. A vehicle passing around a rotary . traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island .