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TITLE 11: Vehicles and Traffic

Chapter 11.36: Miscellaneous Traffic Rules

11.36.010 State provisions adopted by reference. Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs. AK: AS 28.35.030.

Implied Consent. AK: AS 28.35.031.

Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test. AK: AS 28.35.032.

Chemical Analysis of Blood. AK: AS 28.35.033.

Period of Revocation. AK: AS 28.35.034.

Reckless Driving. AK: AS 28.35.040.

Negligent Driving. AK: AS 28.35.045.

Driving a Vehicle Without Owners Consent. AK: AS 28.35.010.

Conviction in Larceny Prosecution. AK: AS 28.35.020. Obtaining Rental Vehicle with Intent to Defraud. AK: AS 28.35.025

Failure to Return Rental Vehicle. AK: AS 28.35.026.

Action of Operator Immediately After Accident. AK: AS 28.35.050.

Duty of Operator to Give Information and Render Assistance. AK: AS 28.35.060, excepting subsection (c).

Examination or Impounding Before Repair. AK: AS 28.35.070.

Immediate Notice of Accident. AK: AS 28.35.080.

Rendering of Report by Others. AK: AS 28.35.090.

Form of Reports. AK: AS 28.35.100.

Penalty for False Information; Failure to Report. AK: AS 28.35.110.

Use of Accident Reports in Evidence. AK: AS 28.35.120.

False Report or Destruction of Evidence. AK: AS 28.35.1340.

Unlawful Obstruction or Blocking of Traffic. AK: AS 28.35.140.

Unlawful Injury to or Destruction of Road, Bridge or Ferry. AK: AS 28.35.150.

Unlawful Injury to or Destruction of Traffic Regulations or Guidance Device. AK: AS 28.35.160.

Operation With More Than Three Persons in Driver's Seat. AK: AS 28.35.170.

Disobedience to Signals of Officer Regulating Traffic Unlawful. AK: AS 28.35.180.

Seizure of Unsafe or Defectively Equipped Vehicles. AK: AS 28.35.210.

Canes For Blind Only. AK: AS 28.25.010.

Approaching Blind Person at Intersection. AK: AS 28.25.020.

Preservation of Blind Person's Rights. AK: AS 28.25.030.

Littering and Depositing Material on Highway. AK: AS 11.20.590. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Secs. 63.12.010--63.12.115 and 63.12.215--63.12.240).

11.36.020 Action by city for damages. The city has a right of action for damage caused by violation of any provisions of this title, whether such provisions are fully recited or a provision of the state motor vehicle laws incorporated by reference. Damages recovered under this title shall be deposited in the general fund. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.120).

11.36.030 Interference at scene of accident prohibited. No person shall proceed to the scene of an accident or other emergency or stop and park a vehicle or congregate in the vicinity thereof so as to interfere with police officers or other persons performing their duties at the scene of such accident or other emergency or for the purpose of advertising or offering any service. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.125).

11.36.040 Compliance with state law. No person shall operate any vehicle, or permit the same to be operated, on any street or highway unless such operation complies with the laws of the state. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.130).

11.36.050 Public employees to obey traffic regulations. The provisions of this title shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or use din the service of the Unite d States government, the state or the city, and it is unlawful for any driver to violate any of the provisions of this title except as otherwise permitted in this title or by state statute. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.135). 11.36.060 Stop when traffic obstructed. No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.145).

11.36.070 Driving on sidewalks--Bicycles. A. The driver of any vehicle except a bicycle shall not drive within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway. B. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within the central business traffic district or any business district.. C. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.150).

11.36.080 U-turns prohibited. A driver of a vehicle shall not turn within a street or intersection such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.155).

11.36.090 Projections on wheels or tracks prohibited. No person shall drive or propel any vehicle or object upon any street or highway in the city which has any wheel, tire or track made or equipped with spikes, cleats, lugs or other attachments or projections, except tire chains. Studded tires which fall within the exclusion from the definition of "metal tires" are not prohibited. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 673.12.165).

11.36.100 Dragging objects prohibited. No person shall drag or haul any timber, pipe or any other material or object along any street or highway in such a manner that a portion of such object shall rest upon or come in contact with the surface of the street or highway. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.170).

11.36.110 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles. No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any street or highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the hubcaps on its left side or more than eight inches beyond the line of the hubcaps on the right side. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.175).

11.36.120 Driving through funeral or other processions. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this title. This provision shall not apply at the intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.180(a)).

11.36.130 Passenger conduct and riding. A. No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion. B. No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designated or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.180(b), (c)).

11.36.140 Carrying animals on outside of vehicles. It is unlawful for any person to transport any living animal on the running board, fenders, hood or other outside part of any vehicle, unless suitable harness, cage, or enclosure be provided and so attached as to protect such animal from falling or being thrown therefrom. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.190).

11.36.150 Injurious materials on highway prohibited. A. No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such street or highway. B. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street or highway, any destructive, injurious or unsightly material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(*part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.195).

11.36.160 Use of coaster, rollerskates, sleds and skis. No person upon rollerskates, skis, or riding in or by means of any coaster, sleds, toy vehicles, 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 the duties applicable to pedestrians. (Ord. 332 Sec. 5(part), 1975: prior code Sec. 63.12.200).

11.36.170 Starting parked vehicle. A. No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. B. A person may not accelerate a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked on or along the highway, street or roadway, or which is entering a highway, street or roadway so rapidly as to unnecessarily cause the tires to squeal or spin on the highway, street or roadway or on the surface on which the vehicle is standing immediately before it enters the highway, street or roadway. (Ord. 557 Sec. 4, 1991).



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