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ORDINANCE NO. 1983. � -- - --- — (Published in the Salina Daily Union August 1916 )
An ordinance regulating the use of automobiles, motorcycles and
other vehicles on'the streets, avenues and alleys of the city
of Salina, Kansas; regulating the passage of pedestrians upon
and over the public streets of the City of Salina; regulating
the operation of street cars in the City of Salina;-provid-
ing ' penalt ies for the violation hereof and repealing Ordinance
Nos. 1521, 1698 and 1782 of said City of Salina.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section l..`j'he owner, operator or driver or person in charge
of any cart, dray wagon, hackney coach, omnibus, automobile,taxi-
cab, carriage, buggy, motorcycles, tricycle, bicycle, or other ve-
hicles used, propelled or driven upon the streets of Salina, shall
conform to and observe the following rules and regulations upon all
such streets, alleys, avenues, boulevards, park roads and public
places in said City.
Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this ordinance
the following terms are fefined as follows, to -wit:
(1) The word "Vehicle" includes all equestrians, led horses
and saddle horses, and everything on wheels or runners, except street
cars and baby carriages.
(2) The word "Horses" includes all domestic animals.
(3) The word "Driver" includes the rider or driver of a horse,
the rider of wheels and the operator of an automobile, motorcycle,
street car or other vehicle.
(4) The term "Business District" shall include all that portion
of the City of Salina, bounded by the north side of Elm Street, the
south side of Walnut Street, the east side of Fourth Street, b.hd the
west side of Eighth Street
See. 3. RULES OF THE ROAD: (1) Vehicles meeting shall
pass on the right.
(2) A vehicle overtaking another shall pass on the left side
of the overtaken vehicle and shall not 1)u11+ over in front overtaken
vehicle until entirely clear of it.
(3) Every person using any vehicle on any street, avenue or
boulevard in the City of Salina, shall operate, drive or ride said
vehicle on the portion of such street, avenue or boulevard to the
right of the center thereof, except where such pottion is in an
impassable condition.
(4) Vehicles moving slowly shall keep as close as possible
to the curb to the right, allowing more swiftly moving vehicles free
passage to the left.
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(5) Vehicles and street cars shall be, driven and operated in
a careful manner and with due regard for the safety and convenience
of pedestrians and all other vehicles.
(6) No vehicle or street car shall so occupy any street as to
interfere with or interrupt the passage of other cars or vehicles.
(7) The driver or person in control of any vehicle upon a
track in front of a street car shall turn out upon the signal of the
motorman or the driver of such street car.
(8) Every person in charge of a vehicle shall pull to the right
of the street or road when signaled from a vehicle behind, desiring
to pass.
(9) A vehicle turning into another street to the right shall
turn the corner as near to the right hand curb as possible.
(10) A vehicle when turning to the left to enter an intersect-
ing street shall not turn until it shall have passed beyond the center
of such intersecting street .
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(11) Vehicles crossing from one side of the street to the
other shall do so by turning to the left so as to head in the same
diredtion as the traffic on the street.
(12) No vehicle shall be turned around upon any street within
the business district unless said vehicle shall first proceed to
the next cross street and shall then make the turn to the left after
reaching the center of such cross street; providing that on north
and south streets turns may be ziade in the center of the block as
designated by "Safety Zones."
(13) , Vehicles shall not stand or travel two or more abreast
in any street or avenue in the City.
(14) When vehicles meet at the intersection of streets the.
vehicle to the right shall have the right of way.
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Sec. 4 SPEED LIMIT: Every person operating any vehicle
on the public streets, avenues or alleys of the City of Salina, shall
drive the same in a.caref : and rude nam rand at a rate of speed
that shall not endangy perty or tYi- lie' limb of any person
or persons, an ,t e unlawful to exceed '`a' sp'dof twelve (12):
miles per hO �� e business district of said C ityspeed of
sixteen ( iles per hour in the other districts ofs d` pity,
provided however, that in passing any street intersection or crossing
within the limits of said City the rate of speed for driving shall
not exceed ten (10) miles per hour.
No person in charge of any vehicle shall ride or drive the same
past any school faster than ten (10) miles per hour during tLny part
of the school year.
Sec. 5. NUISANCES: An operator of a motor vehicle shall not
race his engine; shall not allow smoke to escape except when start-
ing his gine; shall not'open his muffler; shall not make unneces-
sary noisgl,. and shall not allow his vehicle to be repaired, in the
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street., except'".n emergency.
No pedestrian., "ner a person riding a bicycle, shall hand onto a
street car or any other vehicle.
No unauthorized person shall interfere with or molest any
Vehicle, and a mere touching of a vehicle shall be considered as
molesting; Provided, however, that for the purpose of getting away
from the place of standing, a driver may move another vehicle which
is so placed that he cannot get his vehicle out.
No bicyclist, nor motorcyclist shall curve to and fro -..on his
vehicle or ride without his hands on the ahndlebars.
No bicyclist nor motorcyclist shall carry any person on his
vehicle unless such vehicle is equipped with two seats.
No vehicle nor pedestrian shall pass through a procession,
except with the permission of a police officer. .
No vehicle shall travel over curbing or across any parking, and
no vehicles shall travel along any sidewalk or across any sidewalk,
except at an alley or a private entrance for vehicles.
No horse attached to a vehicle shall be permitted to stand upon
a portion ofany street or avenue, unless the driver thereof is in
charge of and accompanying the same, or unless such animal is securely
hitched to a post or other suitable hitching contrivance. ..
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No person shall ride or jump any vehicle without the consent
of the driver, and no person ,when riding shall allow any part of the
body to protrude beyond the 1 im it s of the vehicle .
No person driving any motor driven vehicle shall allow any
object to extend beyond the limits of such vehicle to the danger of
the public.
Sec. 6. SIGNALS: The driver or person in control of a vehicle
in slowing or stopping shall signal those in the rear by raising
whip or hand.
No vehicle shall be turned unless: signal shall previously be
given by whip or hand indicating.that a turn is to be made.
No person in control of a vehicle shall back the same without
ample warning having been given; and, while backing, care must be
exercised not to injure those in the rear.
The driver of a vehicle shall be audible signal or motion of
the.hand give ample warning when starting forward or backward or on
approaching other vehicles or pedestrians, and whenever there is any
danger of collision or accident.
When starting forward the hand shall be thrust forward; when
starting backward the hand shall be thrust backward; when.turning to
,the left the hand shall be thrust to the left; when turning to the
right the hand shall be thrust to the right; and when stopping shall
be thrust upward; when desiring to turn around the hand shall be
thrust to the left and then swung backward. These signals shall
be used when there are any other vehc ilex or pedestrians near.
Whenever there is a traffic officer the driver of a vehicle
shall indicate the direction in which he wishes to travel and shall
not proceed until ordered by the traffic officer.
Street car motormen when desiring to cross street intersections
where there is a traffic officer, shall ring their bells twice in
quits succession, and shall not cross the street intersection until
ordered by the traffic officer with the wave of arm, cane of other
instrument as applies to all vehicles.
See. 7. STOPPING AND PARKING: No vehicle shall stop with its
left side to the curb on any street, but shall always approach with
the curb to the right.
All vehicles, shall, in the business section be parked at an
angle of thirty-five (35) degrees, and not less than two feet from
any other parked vehicle.
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No car'epa etween any "Safety Zone" and 'the curb
of the street
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h" 11 be parked within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant.
Sec. 8. SAFETY ZONE: Safety Zones shall be established by the
Mayor and Council at such times and places as may in their judgement
be deemed necessary for the convenience of the public.
Such -Zones shall consist of a strip, not less than Eight
(8) feet wide, measured from the outside rail of the street car
track on the right hand side of the street and extending from the near
side of all cross streets back sixty (60) feet and such other strips
as shall be designated by mayor and council from time to, time
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for safety zones
Street carst'Isha'stop so as to discharge or receive their
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passengers with h. t,— e� bounds of such Safety Zones only.
Such: 4PW.,-,'Zones within the business district shall be plainly
mraked on tpavement, so that pedestrians and drivers of vehicles
may eas iloee tham .
Whenever any street car shall be standing at any such Safety
Zone for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers or
whenever any person shall be standing within any such Safety Zone no
vehicle of any kind shall enter or cross such Safety Zone.
Sec. 9. PEDESTRIANS: The roadbeds and highways are primarily
intended for vehicles b7gt pedestrians have the right to cross them
in safety, and all drivers of vehicles shall exercise all proper
care not to injure pedestrians, provided, however, that pedestrians
shall not carelessly nor maliciously interfere with the passage of
vehicles.
Pedestrians crossing any street at the intersections thereof
with another street, within the business districts, shall pass over
such portion of the street as is included within the knees or bound-
aries of the sidewalk projected and not diagonally.
Vehicles and street cars shall not stop on the cross walks so
as to interfere with the passage of pedestrians.
Sec. 10. FIRE POLICE AND AMBULANCE VEHICLES: Police, Fire
Department, Fire Patrol, United States Mail vehicles and ambulances
shall have the right of way in any street.
Upon the approach of any fire apparatus, police patrol or
ambulance, every vehicle shall draw up as near as practicable to the
right curb of the street and remain at a standstill until such appy-ra-
tus, patrol or ambulance shall have passed.
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The driver of a street car shall immediately stop his car
and keep it stationary upon the arrival of any fire apparatus.
Sec. 11. MOTOR DRIVERS: No person under sixteen (16) years
of age shall operate or drive an automobile or motorcycle on the
streets and highways of the City of Salina, and any owner of such
vehicle who permits any person under. sixteen (16) years of age to
operate the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and pun-
ished as hereinafter provided for the violation of the provisions of
this ordinance.
No minor over the age of sixteen (16) years shall be permitted
to operate or drive an automobile or/- mot o cle on the streets and
highways of the City of Salina, w' e consent of his parents
or guardians and such parent or r - n shall be held responsible
for any violation of the
whether ope rat ing such
of this ordinance by such minor
r without their consent.
No intoxicated periVshall operate or drive an automobile
or motorcycle upon the streets . or: highways of the City of Salina,
and any intoxicated person who shall drive or operate the same upon
the streets or highways of said City shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not
less Twenty—Five Dollars, ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars,
($100.00) or by imprisonment not less than ten• (10) days in the City
Sec. 12. STREET CARS:
Street cars shall have the right of
way between street crossings over all other vehicles, and shall not
stop between street crossings in the business district unless Safety
Zones shall be provided.
Street Cars shall not travel at a greater rate of speed than Is
reasonable and safe, having regard. for traffic, location and the
safety of the public, but in no case shall the rate of speed exceed
twenty-five (25) miles oer hour. Within the business district as
defined in this ordinance no street car shall travel at a greater
rate of speed -than fifteen (15) miles per hour, and shall not pass
over any street intersection within such district at a greater rate of
speed than twelve (12) miles per hour. Outside of such business
district no street car shall pass over any street intersection at a
greater rate of speed than fifteen (15) miles per hour.
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Sec. 13. MOTOR EQUIPMENT: During the period between one-
half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise, all motor
vehicles shall display one, red light from the rear, and only from
t he rear, one or more whit e side or head l ight s f rom t he f ront .
All head lights sh4bither of ground or frosted glass or
dimmed in a similar wa ,;, ' `rte
All motor driven vehl i11 have attached a suitable gong,
bell or horn, or other adequat s , in good working order, to
give warning of the approach of su 4ehi4le to pedestrians and -
other drivers.,
Dirigible
rivers.-
Dirigible search lights or "Spot" lights shall not be used on
the public streets or highways, except in emergencies or when head?
lights are inadequate owing to rain, fog, etc., and then only pro-
vided their shaft of condensed light is directed well downward below
the level of the lamp and at no time in the eyes of pedestrians or
other drivers.
All motor driven vehciles shall be equipped with suitable
muffler to deaden the explosions of the engine, and shall have a
brake and emergency brake in good working order. The opening of
said muffler "cut-out" is strictly prohibited.
Sec. 41. TRAFFIC OFFICERS: It s hdLll be the duty of the
police department to enforce all the provisions of this ordinance,
and to that end every person driving or operating any vehicle, shall
stop the same immediately upon the request or upgn_t.he signal of a
police officer, such signal to be made by such officer raising the
hand or club or blowing a whistle.
Turn blocks shall be provided at the intersection of streets
in the business district and there shall be a traffic officer on
busy days.
No vehicle except police patrol; ambulance, fire apparatus or
United States Mail, shall be driven through a procession except
upon the permission of a police officer.
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Sec. 15. ACCIDENTS: The driver of any vehicle who in
any manner injures any person, property or. other vehicle, shall
stop and give reasonable assistance, and shall give to the police,
the person injured or the owner of the property injured, his name
and address, the name and address of the owner of the vehicle he
was driving at the time of the accident, and the registered num-
ber of such vehicle-.
ny person violating any of the provisions
Sec. 16. PENALTY: A
of this ordinance shall be deemed guH 0 Vmisdeanor and upon
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conviction thereof shall be fine not .less than Five
Dollars, 05.00) nor more tha 0rie I red Dollars, ($100.00) for
the f first of fense, not 1 ` 't_6 en nor more -than one hundred dol-
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lars for the second offents and not less than twenty-five nor_
more than one hundred dlars for any subsequent'offense.
See. 17. Ordinance Nos, 1521,. 1698 and 1782- are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 18. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication once in The Salina Daily Union.
Passed and approved, August 21st, 1916.
J. E. Putnam,, -
(SEAL) Mayor.
Attest:
Chas, E. Banker. -
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS )
COU14TY OF SALINE )' .SS .
CITY OF SAL INA )
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the city
of Salina, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council
and approved by the Mayor of the city of Salina, Kansas, August
21st, 1916; and a record of the vote on its final adoption is
found on Page of Journal No . 8.
City Clerk.
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