HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0250-1974, . ORDINANCE 250-74
PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF A.S. TITLE 28 AND TIlE
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED TIIEREUNDER INTO CltAPTER ;9 OF KENAI
CODE, 1963, AS AMENDED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA:
Section 1. That the Code of the City of Kenai, 1963, as
amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
a. Chapter 19, Kenai Code, 1963, as amended,is hereby
repealed.
b. Chapter 19, Kenai Code, 1963, as amended, is hereby
re-inacted as follows:
ARTICLE I
State Traffic Regulations Adopted
Section 19-1. Adoption. There is hereby incorportated by
reference into ~hts code, except as otherwise provided by this
chapter, Title 28 - Motor Vehicles, of the Alaska Statutes (1974)
as well as all regulations pro~'ulgated thereunder to the effective
date of this ordinance, including but not limited to Title 13 of
the Alaska Administrative Code.
Section 19-2. Penalty. Notwithstanding any other provisions
under this chapter, no fine shall be levied in excess of $500.00,
nor shall any imprisonment be imposed in excess of 30 days for a
violation of this ordinance or any statute or regulation incor-
porated herein.
ARTICLE II
Traffic Administration--
Obediance to Traffic l~egulations
Section 19-$. Duty of police department and fire department.
.(a) It shall be the duty of the police department to enforce
the street traffic regulations of this city and the state vehicle
laws and regulations applicable to street traffic in this city, to
make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents, and
to cooperate with other officers of the city in the administration
of the traffic laws and regulations and in developing ways and means
to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out those duties specially
imposed upon'said department by this chapter and any other traffic
ordinances of this city.
(b) Officers of the police department or such officers thereof
as are assigned by the chief of police, are hereby authorized to
direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with
traffic laws, regulations, and ordinances; provided that, in the
event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to
safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct
£raffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of
the traffic laws, regulations, and ordinances·
(c) Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a
fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat
or in the immediate vicinity.
Section 19-4. Emergency and experimental regulations. (a) The
city ~-0-uncil, by motion or resolution, is hereby empowered to make
regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic
ordinances of this city and to make temporary or experimental regul-
ations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary
or experimental regulotion shall remain in effect for more than 90 days.
(b) The city council may have traffic-control devices tested
under actual conditions of traffic.
First reading /2( day of September, I974
Second Reading davy' day of October, 1974
Passage q of October, 1974
This ordinanffe will be effective on the ,,~ day of~~, , 1974
ATTEST:
Sharon Loosli, City Clerk
SA. ELSON, blAYOR