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ING ORDINANCES NO. 948,1158, 1283, 1393, 1511, AND 1536.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Adoption of Motor Vehicle Laws
Section 1. Adoption of State Motor Vehicle Laws. ~e following enumerated
motor vehicle laws of Oregon as heretofore or hereafter amended, together with
all other motor vehicle acts and amendments applicable to cities which are now
or hereafter enacted, are adopted by reference and made a part of this ordinance:
ORS 164.650 ORS 483.104
ORS 164.660 ORS 483.112 to 483.122
ORS 166.630 ORS 483.126 to 483.140
ORS 374.335 ORS 483.202 to 483.218
ORS 476o715 ORS 483.222 to 483.230
ORS 481.015 ORS 483.302 to 483.336
ORS 481.020 ORS 483.362 to 483.366
ORS 481.023 ORS 483.402 to 483.436
ORS 481.030 ORS 483.443(1)
ORS 481.040 ORS 483.444 to 483.466
ORS 481.050 to 481.060 ORS 483.470 to 483.474
ORS 481.070 to 481.080 ORS 483.502 to 483.518
ORS 481.100 ORS 483.522
ORS 481.155 ORS 483.530 to 483.540
ORS 481.165 ORS 483.544
ors 481.23o(4) ors 483.602
ORS 481.255 to 481.260 ORS 483.604
ORS 482.010 to 482.070 ORS 483.612
ORS 482.190 to 482.198 ORS 483.614
ORS 482.300(2) ORS 483.620
ORS 482.610 to 482.650 ORS 483.628
ORS 483.002 to 483.034 ORS 483.634 to 483.646
ORS 483.038 ORS 485.010 to 485.030
ORS 483.046 to 483.050 ORS 649.080
ORS 483.102
Except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the definitions
of ORS Chapter 483 shall apply to all other sections of this ordinance.
Definitions
Section 2o Definitions. In addition to those definitions contained in the
adopted sections of the motor vehicle laws of Oregon, the following words or phrases,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall mean:
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(1) Alley. A narrow street through the middle of a block.
(2) Bicycle. A device propelled by human power upon which a person may
ride~ having two or more tandem wheels either of which is over 20 inches in diameter.
(3) Bus stand. A fixed area in the roadway adjacent to the curb to be occu-
pied exclusively by buses for layover in operating schedules or waiting for passengers.
(4) Curb. The extreme edge of the roadway.
(5) Holidays. Where used in this ordinance or on signs erected in accordance
with this ordinance: Sundays~ New Year's Day~ Independence Day, Labor Day~ Thanks-
giving Day~ and Christmas Day~ and any other legal holidays designated as such by
the statutes of the state of Oregon.
(6) Loading zone. A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or material or freight.
(7) Park or parking. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
except when a vehicle is temporarily standing for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading.
(8) Parkway. That portion of a street not used as a roadway or as a sidewalk.
(9) Passenger loading zone. A loading zone reserved only for the loading or
unloading of passengers and their luggage.
(10) Pedestrian. A person afoot.
(ll) Person° A natural person~ firm~ partnership~ association~ or corporation°
(12) Stop. Complete cessation of movement.
(13) Taxicab stand. A fixed area in the roadway adjacent to the curb set aside
for taxicabs to stand or wait for passengers.
(14) Traffic lane. That portion of the roadway used for the movement of a
single line of vehicles.
Traffic Control
Section 3. Powers of City Council.
(1) After approval by the State Highway Commission where such approval is
required by the motor vehicle laws of Oregon and for the best use of the streets
in the public interest~ the council may designate by resolution the following
traffic controls which shall become effective upon installation of appropriate
traffic signs~ signals~ markings~ or other devices:
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(a) Through streets
(b) One-way streets
(c) Truck routes
(d) Streets where trucks, machinery, or other large or heavy vehicles
exceeding specified weights shall be prohibited. Such vehicles may, however,
be operated on such streets for the purpose of delivering or picking up materials
or merchandise, but then only by entering such streets at the intersection nearest
the destination of the vehicle and leaving by the shortest route.
(2) Except when contrary to state law, if it appears that the public safety
or welfare does not require the installation or maintenance of a traffic sign,
signal, marking, or other device or will be better served by the removal or
alteration thereof, the council by resolution may forbid the installation or order
the removal or alteration of any traffic sign, signal, marking, or other device
that is proposed or installed under Section 4 of this ordinance. Such traffic
controls shall become inoperative or modified only when removed or altered.
Section 4. Adoption of Traffic Regulations.
(1) In making the best use of streets and sidewalks for vehicle traffic and
parking and pedestrian traffic, the city administrator is authorized to provide
appropriat~ and reasonable regulation of the classes of traffic signs, signals,
markings and other devices described in subsection (2) of this section for the
streets, sidewalks, and other public property of the city as are appropriate for
the public safety, convenience, and welfare. Subject to approval by the State
Highway Commission where such approval is required by the motor vehicle laws of
Oregon, the city administrator shall base his determinations only upon:
(a) Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations;
(b) Standards~ limitations and rules promulgated by the State Highway
Commission; and
(c) Other recognized traffic control standards.
(2) Pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the city administrator may
establish, maintain, remove, or alter the following classes of traffic controls:
(a) Street areas and city-owned or leased land upon which parking may
be entirely prohibited or prohibited during certain hours, and the angle of
such parking.
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(b) The location and time of operation of traffic control signals.
(c) Bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands, and other passenger common
carrier vehicle stands.
(d) The location of passenger loading zones for use in connection with
a hotel, auditorium, theater, church, school, or public building.
(e) Loading zones for commercial purposes.
(f) Intersections or areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make
right, left, or U-turns and the time when the prohibition applies.
(g) Crosswalks, safety zones, parking spaces, traffic lanes, and other
symbols.
(h) Traffic control signs.
(i) All other signs, signals, markings, and devices required to imple-
ment traffic and parking controls enacted by the council or required by state
law or regulation.
(3) Pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the city administrator may
provide for experimental or emergency traffic regulation of a temporary nature that
shall ~ot remain in effect more than 30 days. No experimental or emergency regula-
tion is effective until adequate traffic signs, signals, markings~ or other devices
are erected clearly indicating the regulation.
(4) The city administrator shall not remove or alter a traffic sign, signal,
marking, or other device if his act would be contrary to state law or ordinance.
If a traffic sign, signal~ marking, or other device is installed under authority
of a resolution of the council, the council shall first approve, by resolution, any
change or alteration by the city administrator.
Section 5. Existing .Signs and Signals. All official traffic signs and sig-
nals existing at the time of the enactment of this ordinance, such as stop signs,
caution signs, slow signs, no-reverse-turn signs, signs designating time limits for
parking or prohibiting parking, lines painted or marked on streets or curbs desig-
nating parking areas or spaces, markers designating loading zones~ parking meters,
and all other official traffic signs or signals erected, installed~ or painted for
the purpose of directing, controlling, and regulating traffic are hereby approved.
Section 6. Authority of ~olice and Fire Officers.
(1) It shall be the duty of the police department through its officers to
enforce this ordinance.
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(2) In the event of a fire or other emergency, officerm of the police
department may direct traffic am conditions may require to expedite traffic or to
safeguard pedestrians, notwithstanding other provisions of this ordinance.
(3) When at the scene of a fire, members of the fire department may direct
or assist the police in directing traffic.
Section 7. Temporary Blocking or Closing of Streets.
(1) Notwithstanding other previsions of this ordinance, the council may
authorize and direct the city administratc~r to temporarily block or close a city
street to traffic and prohibit its use when deemed necessary for any of the
following reasons:
(a) To prevent disturbing and interfering with parades, dances or
other celebrations on the street when such temporary use has been authorized
by the council.
(b) To reduce traffic congestion or noise which disturbs a theatrical,
sport, religious or other event where a substantial number of people have
congregated.
(c) To assist in an emergency.
(2) The street shall be blocked or closed by the use of signs, barricades,
personal directions of police officers or other means which would inform the
general public that the street is closed or blocked.
Signs and Signals
Section 8. Duty to Obey Traffic S~gnS and Signals.
(1) No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of a traffic sign,
signal, marker, barrier, or parking meter placed in accordance with the motor
vehicle laws of Oregon or this ordinance, including those erected by an authorized
public utility, department of the city, or other authorized person, unless it is
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or when otherwise directed by a
police officer.
(2) No unauthorized person shall move, remove, deface, tamper with~ or alter
the position of a traffic sign, signal, marker, barrier, or parking meter.
Section 9- Vehicles Stopping at Stop Signs. When stop signs are erected
at or near the entrance to an intersection, the driver of a vehicle approaching
the sign shall come to a full stop before entering a crosswalk or intersection,
except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
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Section 10. .~op When Traffic Obstructed. No driver shall enter an intersection
or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of
the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding a traffic
control signal indication to proceed.
Section ll. Private Marking Unlawful. No person shall letter, mark, or paint
in any manner letters, marks~ or signs on a sidewalk, curb, street or alley, or
to post on a parking strip anything designed or intended to prohibit or restrict
parking in front of a sidewalk~ dwelling house~ business house~ or in an alley~
except in compliance with this ordinance.
Parking
Section 12. Method of Parking.
(1) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a street other than parallel
with the edge of the roadway~ headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement,
and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the edge of the
curb, except where the street is marked or signed for angle parking.
(2) Where parking space markings are placed on a street~ no person shall
stand or park a vehicle other than at the indicated direction and within a single
marked spac% unless the size or shape of the vehicle makes compliance impossible.
(3) If the owner or driver of a vehicle discovers that the vehicle is parked
immediately in front of or close to a building to which the fire department has been
summoned~ he shall immediately remove the vehicle from the area unless otherwise
directed by police or fire officers.
Section 13. Prohibited Parking. Iu addition to provisions of the motor
vehicle laws of Oregon prohibiting parking~ no person shall park:
(1) A vehicle upon a bridge, viaduct, or other elevated structure used as
a street or within a street tunnel in this city~ unless marked or indicated otherwise.
(2) A vehicle in an alley except to load or unload persons or materials not
to exceed 20 consecutive minutes in any two-hour period.
(3) A vehicle upon a street for the principal purpose of:
(a) Displaying the vehicle for sale.
(b) Washing, greasing~ or repairing the vehicle except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
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(c) Selling merchandise from the vehicle except in an established
market place or when so authorized or licensed under the ordinances of this
city.
(d) Storage, or as junkage or dead storage for more than 72 hours.
(4) A vehicle upon any parkway except where specifically authorized.
(5) A vehicle upon private property without the consent of the owner or
person in charge of the private property.
(6) A vehicle within any area marked off by yellow paint upon the street
or upon the curb, except where specifically authorized by a traffic sign.
Section 14. Use of Loading Zone. No person shall stop, stand, or park a
vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading
and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, freight, or passengers in a place
designated as a loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to
loading zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading
of passengers and personal baggage exceed five minutes, nor the loading or unloading
of materials exceed 15 minutes.
Section I5. Use of Passenger Loading Zone. No person shall stop~ stand,
or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious
loading or unloading of passengers in a place designated as a passenger loading
zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to passenger loading zones
are in effect.
Section 16. Sto~ping~ StandinE, or Parking of Buses and Taxicabs. The driver
of a bus or taxicab shall not stand or park the vehicle upon a street in a business
district at a place other than at a bus stand or taxicab stand~ respectively~
except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of a taxicab from temporarily
stopping for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading
of passengers.
Section 17. Restricted Use of Bu__~s and Taxicab Stands. No person shall stop~
stand~ or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stand or other than a taxicab
in a taxicab stand~ except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily
stopi~for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers
when the stopping does not interfere with a bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about
to enter the zone.
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Section 18. Moving Vehicle. The moving of a vehicle within a block shall
not be deemed to extend the permissible time for parking it there.
Section 19. Lights on Parked Vehicle. No lights need be displayed upon a
vehicle parked in accordance with this ordinance or parked upon a street where
there is sufficient light to reveal a person or object upon the street within a
distance of 500 feet.
Section 20. Exemption. ~he provisions of this ordinance regulating the
parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to a vehicle of a city department
or public utility necessarily in use for construction or repair work, or to a vehicle
owned by the United States while in use for the collection~ transportation, or
delivery of the United S~tes mail.
Pedestrians
Section 21. Use of Sidewalks. Pedestrians shall not use a roadway for
travel when abutting sidewalks are available for doing so.
Section 22. Crossing at Right Angles. No pedestrian shall cross a street
at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest
route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk.
Section 25. Pedestrians Must Use Crosswalks. In blocks with marked cross-
walks no pedestrian shall cross a street other than within a crosswalk.
Parades and Processions
Section 24. Permits Required for Parades. No procession or parade, except
a funeral procession or military parade, shall occupy, march, or proceed along a
street except in accordance with a permit issued by the chief of police and
approved by the ~.~./" z ///~ -~' / '
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where it is found that such parade is not to be held for any unlawful purpose and
will not in any manner tend to a breach of the peace, unreasonably interfere with
the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the city, or cause damage to or unreasonably
interfere with the public use of the streets.
Section 25° Funeral Procession. A funeral composed of a procession of
vehicles shall be escorted by at least one person authorized to direct traffic for
such purposes and shall follow routes established by the chief of police. Each
vehicle in the procession shall be marked by flags or other designation approved
by the chief of police.
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Section 26. Drivers in Procession. Each driver in a funeral or other
procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the street as practical
and shall follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practical and safe.
Section 27. Driving through Procession. No driver of a vehicle other than
an authorized emergency vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a
funeral or other authorized procession while in motion except where traffic is
controlled by traffic control signals or when otherwise directed by a police
officer.
General Regulations
Section 28. Speed Limits in Public Parks. No person shall drive a vehicle
upon a street in a public park at a speed exceeding 15 miles per hour unless signs
erected indicate otherwise.
Section 29. Driving Under the Influence. No person while being under the
influence of intoxicating liquor, barbituates, or narcotic drugs shall drive a
vehicle upon a street or public property. A person violating this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than Yg~ days,
or by a fine of not more than $ .~/7' ~ or by both.
Section 30. Reckless Driving. No person shall drive a ~e~icle upon a street
or public property carelessly and heedlessly in wilful or wanton disregard of the
rights or safety of others. A person violating this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than Y'~ days~ or by a fine of
not more than
, or by both.
Section 31. U-Turns.
(1) No person operating a motor vehicle shall make a U-turn between street
intersections or at intersections where "No U-Turn" signs have been posted.
(2) No person shall back a vehicle into an intersection or an alley for the
purpose of making a U-turn at those places where U-turns are prohibited.
Section 32. Vehicles in Motion; Right-of-Way. A vehicle which has stopped
or parked at the curb shall yield to moving traffic.
Section 33. Limitations on Backing. The driver of a vehicle shall not back
the vehicle unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety and without
interfering with other traffic and shall in every case yield the right-of-way to
moving traffic and pedestrians.
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Section 34. .Driving o_~nDivided Streets. If a street has been divided into
two roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly
indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, a vehicle
shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and no vehicle shall be driven
over, across, or within the dividing space, barrier, or secti~n~ except through an
opening in the physical barrier or dividing section or space provided for vehicle
movement or at an intersection.
Section 35. Emerging from Vehicle. No person shall open the door of or
enter or smerge from a vehicle in the path of an approaching vehicle.
Section 36. Boarding or Alighting from Vehicles. No person shall board or
alight from a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.
Section 37. Rid~ng on Motorcycles. A person operating a motorcycle shall
ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and the operator
shall not carry another person nor shall another person ride on a motorcycle unless
the motorcycle is equipped to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger
may ride upon the permanent and regular se~t if equipped for two persons~ or upon
another seat firmly attached at the rear of the seat for the operator.
Section 38. Unlawful Riding. No person shall ride on a vehicle upon any
portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. ~his provision
shall not apply to an employe engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to
a person or persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
Section 39. Clinging to Vehicles. No person riding upon a bicycle~ motor-
cycle, coaster~ roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or
himself to a moving vehicle upon the streets.
Section 40. Use of Roller Skates Restricted. No person upon roller skates
or riding in or by means of a coaster, toy vehicle~ or similar device shall go
upon a street except while crossing at a crosswalk or upon a play street.
Section 41. Skis on Streets. No person shall use the streets for traveling
on skis, toboggans, sleds, or similar devices except upon play streets.
Section 42. Damaging Sidewalks and Curbs.
(1) ~e driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon or within a sidewalk or
parkway area except to cross at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(2) No person shall place dirt~ wood, or other material in the gutter or
space next to the curb of a street with the intention of using it as a driveway.
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(3) No person shall remove or damage a portion of a curb or move a heavy
veh%~cle or th%ng over or upon a curb or sidewalk without first notifying the
~[J~/~'~.d~ ~_,/~_~,~JJgJ~_/~/ ' A person who violates this section shall
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/~be h~d responsible for all damage in addition to any penalties imposed upon
conviction.
Section 43. Obstructing Streets. No person shall park or leave upon a
street~ including an alley~ parking strip~ sidewalk, or curb, a vehicle or a
vehicle part, trailer~ box, ware, merchandise of any description, or any other
thing that in any way impedes traffic or obstructs the view, except as is allowed
by this or other ordinances of this city.
Section 44. Removing Glass and Debris. A party to a collision or other
vehicular accident or any other person causing broken glass or other debris to be
upon a street shall immediately remove or cause to be removed from the street all
glass and other debris.
Section 45. Trains Not to Block Streets. No person shall operate a train
or train of cars, or permit the same to remain standing, so as to block the move-
ment of the traffic upon a street for a period of time longer than five minutes.
Impounding Vehicles
Section 46. Impounding of Vehicle. If a vehicle is found standing or parked
in violation of a city regulation~ the vehicle shall be given a traffic citation
and may be removed by a police officer and taken to a garage~ parking lot, or other
suitable storage place and there kept until an application for its redemption is
made by the owner or his authorized agent.
Section 47. Redemption. Redemption may be made upon payment of towing and
storage charges, which amounts shall be in addition to any fine imposed in accordance
with this ordinance.
Section 48. Sale. If the vehicle is not redeemed within 30 days, then it
shall be sold in accordance with the applicable provisions relating to the sale
of abandoned vehicles.
Exceptions
Section 49. Emergency Vehicle. ~he provisions of this ordinance regulating
the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall apply to authorized emergency
vehicles except as provided by the motor vehicle laws of Oregon and as follows:
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(1) A driver when operating the vehicle in an emergency, except when otherwiae
~irect~d by a police officer cr other authorized [;arson, may lark or etand not~dth-
atandin~ this ordinance.
(2) A driver of a police vehicle~ fire det,artment vehicle, or l~tx~il vehicle
when operati~ the vehicle in a:~ emergency may disregard re~ulationa governin~
tmrnin~ in stecified directions aa lon~ as he does no~ endanger llfe ,.~r property.
(3) ~e foregoing exem~,tione eJ~-~ :~t, h,~wever, pr~,tect the driver of the
vehicle lk'~'m the c~nsequences of his negl:Lsent acta.
Penaltiem
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a peraon violatin$ thia or~inamee ahall, u~:on ecmvictiom ~ereof, be l~mal~bed by
imtzriaonmant for a perio~ not to exceed
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Section 55. Repea~. Ordinance No. 948, enacted July 23, 1935, Ordinance No.
1158, enacted November 18, 1952, Ordinance No. 1283, enacted September 6, 1960~
Ordinance No. 1393~ enacted May 4, 1965, Ordinance No. 1511, enacted April 18, 1967,
and Ordinance No. 1536, enacted August 1967, are repealed.
The foregoing ordinance was duly passed at a regular meeting of the Common
Council held on the .~.... day of
being as follows:
, 1968, the vote
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Section 2.
That the City Recorder is hereby directed to deliver a
certified copy of this ordinance to the County Assessor and
County Clerk of Jackson County in accordance with the provisions
of Article XII, Section 2, of the Charter of the City of Ashland.
The foregoing ordinance was duly passed, under a suspension
of the rules, at a regular meeting of the Common Council held
on the /~ ~ day of April, /~ , the vote being as follows:
Ayes:
Nays:
Approved:
'Mayor
To all of which I hereby certify:
Recorder
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