The Standard Traffic Ordinance as adopted is hereby modified by adding thereto the following: The governing body may, by resolution, establish and fix the location of such traffic control devices as may be deemed necessary to guide and warn traffic under the provisions of this chapter, other traffic ordinances and the state laws. The city manager shall place and maintain such traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as may be required by the authority of the governing body to make effective the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances for the regulation of traffic. Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to this section shall be marked and labeled on a map of the City of Hoisington for the purpose of displaying all such traffic control devices and shall be filed with the city manager to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.
(Code 1985)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or in any way allow any vehicle, sign or other obstruction to remain on the streets hereinafter designated between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday of each week.
(b) The streets wherein such parking shall be prohibited are: Main Street between Railroad Street and Third Street; Broadway Street one block on each side of Main Street; First Street one block on each side of Main Street; Second Street one block on each side of Main Street.
(c) The police department, street department or fire department are hereby given authority to move or cause to be moved any vehicle, sign or obstruction which may violate this section.
(d) Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a code violation and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $25.00 in order to remove the vehicle. Each day a person fails to comply with the order shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 1094, Secs. 1:4; Code 1985, 14-204)
(a) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate or cause to be used or operated within the City of Hoisington, Kansas, any mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any vehicle which results in the excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from such vehicle, otherwise known as “Jake-Braking.”
(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this Ordinance shall be punished for a first conviction thereof by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). For a second such conviction within one (1) year thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Upon the third and subsequent conviction within one (1) year after the first conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
(Ord. 1269, Sec. 1; Code 2006)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, company or entity to cause or allow the parking on any street within any residential district/area any of the following:
(1) Commercial Motor Vehicles, as defined in the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities,
(2) Motor vehicle, as defined by the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, which is greater than 8.5 feet in width or longer than 40 feet,
(3) Trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, as all of same are individually defined in the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, which are greater than 8.5 feet in width or longer than 40 feet, or
(4) Any towed trailer of any type, the length of which when added to the length of any vehicle towing such trailer, exceeds 40 feet.
(b) The violation of subsection (a) shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, plus any applicable court costs. Multiple violations or continuing violations within any 24 hour period shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such under this section.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the parking of any of the motor vehicles or trailers specified in subsection (a) when same are parked for the purpose of continuous and contemporaneous loading or unloading of cargo or contents; when related to activities conducted by any governmental agency; when involved with lawfully permitted construction upon or the providing of contemporaneous services to an adjoining property; or to any delivery type vehicle when involved with normal and routine deliveries to any adjacent property.
(Ord. 1553)