(a)   The governing body is hereby authorized to designate and establish truck routes through the city for transports and heavy vehicles as named hereafter.

(b)   All trucks rated in excess of one and one-half tons shall follow the designated truck routes while in the city and shall not use any residential street or other street except those designated as truck routes, provided, however, that when necessary for any vehicle to deliver or unload cargo, or to load or receive cargo at any designation within the city, or to undergo necessary repairs at a garage or repair shop regularly and normally engaged in truck repairs within the city, such vehicle shall leave the truck route at the nearest street intersection and return by the most direct route to the place of loading or unloading or repairs; provided further, that the chief of police or police officers of the city, may direct the routing of all such vehicles. The use permitted herein shall be only for the duration of the loading, unloading or repairs.

(c)   The following streets shall be designated as truck routes; Main Street, Third Street from the north city limits to the south city limits, Sixth Street from the north city limits to the south city limits, Hunter Road from New 254 Highway to Main Street provided nothing herein shall in any way prohibit the governing body from modifying, altering or changing the existing truck routes by majority resolution.

(Ord. 274; Ord. 281; Code 2004)

(a)   Commercial truck traffic having a rated gross vehicle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds shall be prohibited from operation upon any city street located within the city.

(b)   The exception to the prohibition contained above shall be truck traffic which has a destination location within the city limits at which the truck is scheduled to drop off or pick up merchandise or freight.

(c)   The city superintendent is hereby directed to post signs at such locations around the perimeter of the City to give reasonable notice to all truck drivers of the prohibition contained within this section.

(d)   The driver of any truck found to have been driving within the city limits in violation of this section shall, upon conviction be fined in an amount not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and, in addition thereto, may be confined to the county jail for a period of up to thirty (30) days.

(Ord. 528; Code 2019)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park any tank truck, tank transport, semi-trailer, trailer or tank vehicle carrying flammable liquids on any street, alley or at any place within the city except when unloading or in the transaction of the business pertaining to the same, and no such vehicle, whether loaded or unloaded, shall be parked for any other purpose within the city except at places designated by the town marshal or other police officers; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply for the stopping of trucks for emergency refueling or making general repairs.

(Ord. 200)

(a)   No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle on Main Street, between Fourth Street and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Crossing in the city.

(b)   The provisions hereof shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which becomes disabled while on the portion of Main Street in such manner and to such extent that it is impracticable to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.

(c)   All vehicles that park or are parked on Main Street between Second and Fourth Streets in the city shall park or be parked by the drivers and operators thereof with the right-hand wheels of the vehicles parallel with and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, such parking being commonly referred to as parallel parking.

(d)   On Main Street, between Second and Fourth Streets, in the city, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily, no person or persons shall park or leave parked any vehicle for any period of time greater than one hour; provided, however, that the one hour limitation shall not apply to the owners, bona fide occupants, or guests of the owners or occupants of the property fronting upon the street to the extent of their frontage.

(Ord. 283; Code 2004)

(e)   No parking of motor vehicles shall be permitted at any time on the southeast side of Lions Avenue between Main Street and Tenth Street in Towanda, Kansas.

(f)   For purposes of this section, the titled owner of any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be deemed to have violated this section. Notification to a violator shall be deemed sufficient if a copy of the complaint is affixed in a conspicuous fashion upon any vehicle illegally parked.

(Ord. 190; Ord. 283; Ord. 306; Code 2019)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or halt a vehicle within the City limits of the City of Towanda, Kansas, in such a manner as to indicate a careless or heedless disregard for the rights and safety of others.

(b)   Any person convicted of violating the this section or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere thereto shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), plus court costs.

(c)   Violation of this section will be deemed a non-moving violation.

(Ord. 409; Ord. 491; Ord. 680; Code 2019)

(a)   No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle.

(b)   Sound amplification system means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.

(c)   Plainly audible means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and base reverberations are included. The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway.

(d)   It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system and that any of the following apply:

(1)   The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;

(2)   The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;

(3)   The vehicle was owned and operated by the city or a gas, electric, communications or refuse company;

(4)   The system was used for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or transmitting music to any person or assemblages of persons in compliance with ordinances of the city;

(5)   The vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the department of the city authorized to grant such approval.

(Ord. 402, Sec. 1)

(a)   The following streets are hereby declared to be school zones, as designated by appropriate signage. Each zone runs from sign to sign, located on the streets designated below:

Main Street between 5th and Circle High School as marked

Main Street between Circle High School and Briarwood Rd. as marked

N. 6th Street between Highland St. and Clay Hill Rd. as marked.

(b)   In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1560 and K.S.A. 8-2002, the maximum speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour when all school zones shall be clearly marked with static signage or electronic signage that indicates the beginning of, and the end of, a school zone as required by the Manual of Uniformed Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

(Ord. 715)