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 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 Medicine Lodge for the purpose of displaying all such traffic control devices and shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.

(Code 2012)

(a)   There shall be no center parking on any street, avenue or alley, within the city, except for commercial loading or unloading on Main Street in the business district.

(b)   There shall be no parking of any motor vehicle in, or in front of any driveway, either in the business or residential district.

(c)   No parking of any truck, automobile, tractor, machines or other motor vehicle shall be allowed for more than 14 hours, except those vehicles grounded over Sunday or holidays and except those vehicles designated by the state laws of Kansas.

(Code 1987, 10.12.020; Code 2012)

(a)   It is unlawful to park any bus, truck, tractor, tractor-trailer combination, recreational vehicle, or industrial equipment, regardless of weight, upon a residential street within the city, for any period of time exceeding two (2) hours; excepting as otherwise provided in this section. For the purpose of this section the word tractor shall include both road tractors and farm tractors. Recreational vehicle shall be defined as the term is defined in the zoning ordinance.

(b)   Parking of the same for a period longer than two hours in duration will be permitted when it is determined to be necessary for the loading and unloading of merchandise of goods or for good cause shown. A permit issued by the city clerk or an on-duty city police officer authorizing the same shall be posted upon the windshield of such vehicle at any time such vehicle is parked for more than two hours. Such permits shall be issued in the sole discretion of the city clerk or of the city, and upon the clerk’s or city police officer’s determination that such overparking is necessary and shall be valid only for the specific incident of parking stated upon such permit.

(c)   Upon written application to the city council a special use permit may be obtained authorizing the parking of over two hours upon a continuing basis. All such applications must show cause as to why a special use permit should be issued and in the event that such permit should be issued to the applicant the same shall be in the possession of the operator of such vehicle at all times if a vehicle is parked for a period exceeding two hours.

(Ord. 800; Code 1987, 10.12.040; Code 2012)

There are established truck routes in the city as follows:

(a)   Trucks or other commercial vehicles coming within the city limits from the northeast on Curry Lane, shall proceed south on Cedar Street or Stolp Avenue and thence west on Stolp Avenue to Main Street and thence south on Main Street to Fowler Avenue which is U.S. Highway 160 or continue west on Stolp Avenue to Iliff Street on Highways 281 and 512, Highway 512 being commonly known as the diagonal or River Road.

(b)   Trucks or other commercial vehicles coming within the city limits from the northwest on Highways 281 or 512 shall proceed south on Iliff Street to U.S. Highway 160 or continue east on Stolp Avenue to Main Street or continue east on Stolp Avenue to Cedar Street and north on Cedar Street to Curry Lane and thence east.

(c)   Trucks or other commercial vehicles coming within the city limits from the southwest on U.S. Highway 160 or other highways shall proceed east to Iliff Street and thence north on Iliff Street to Stolp Avenue or continue east to Main Street and thence north on Main Street to Stolp Avenue, and by either route west on Stolp to Highways 281 and 512 or east on Stolp Avenue to Cedar Street and north on Cedar Street to Curry Lane.

(d)   Trucks or other commercial vehicles coming within the city limits from the southeast on Highway 160 or other highways shall proceed west to Main Street and thence north Main Street to Stolp Avenue or continue west on U.S. Highway 160 or Iliff Street and thence north on Iliff Street to Stolp Avenue, and by either of the routes then west to Highways 281 or 512 or east to Cedar Street and north on Cedar Street to Curry Lane.

(Code 1987, 10.20.010; Code 2012)

All the routes shall be marked by suitable signs to advise the traveling public of the existence of the routes, and from and after such marking of the routes all trucks or other commercial vehicles shall use and follow the routes; provided, that when any such vehicle has cargo to deliver or receive any place within the city, and the same is not prohibited such vehicle may depart from the designated route at the street intersection nearest to point of destination and proceed to the place of unloading or loading cargo by the most direct route; provided, that the police chief or other police officer may direct the routing of all such vehicles so departing from designated routes.

(Code 1987, 10.20.020; Code 2012)

(a)   No trucks, trailers or vehicles of any type with a gross weight limit in excess of 24,000 pounds, including any load carried thereon, may be operated upon any of the streets or highways within the city limits.

(b)   The above and foregoing shall not apply to Fowler Street from the east city limits to the west city limits thereof, north Iliff Street from the south city limits to the north city limits, or to the truck routes designated herein.

(Code 1987, 10.24.010; Code 2012)

On the streets referred to in section 14-206, the adjacent premises to such restricted streets may be served by motor vehicles, trucks, trailers or any other such vehicle in excess of such weight; provided, that either the point of origin or the point of destination of the vehicle shall be premises adjacent to the street within the city limits. It is provided that the foregoing does not allow stop-overs as such and that anyone attempting to overcome the provisions of this article by considering such premises as a stop-over point only so as to make and the same either a point of origin or a point of destination as the case may be, will be subject to the penalties provided in this article as though no stop-over was made.

(Code 1987, 10.24.020; Code 2012)

(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, 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, or otherwise known as “jake braking”.

(b)   Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished for a first conviction thereof by a fine of not more than $100, for a second such conviction within one year thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200. Upon the third and subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.

(Ord. 771; Code 2012)

(a)   Downtown Business District shall mean that section of the city on Main Street North to First Street and on Main Street South to Lincoln Street.

(b)   Person shall mean any individual or natural person.

(c)   Bicycle shall mean a vehicle consisting of a tubular metal frame mounted on two or three large wire-spoked wheels, equipped with handle bars and a saddle like seat and propelled by foot pedals.

(d)   Scooter shall mean a vehicle consisting of two wheels, mounted one in the front and the other in the back, with a platform for standing and a T type handle bar.

(e)   Roller Skates shall mean shoe type or clamp on type skates with four wheels and/or shoe type or clamp on type skates with four or more in-line wheels.

(f)    Skateboard shall mean a short narrow board on roller-skate wheels for riding on while standing up.

(Ord. 782a; Code 2012; Ord. 940)

It is prohibited to:

(a)   Ride bicycles on the sidewalk in the downtown business district.

(b)   Operate a scooter on the sidewalks, or street in the downtown business district.

(c)   Operate roller skates on the sidewalks, or street in the downtown business district.

(d)   Operate or ride a skateboard on the sidewalks, or street in the down business district.

(Ord. 782a; Code 2012; Ord. 940)

Bicycle parking racks shall be located in the downtown business district of the city in such numbers and in such places as deemed appropriate by the city.

(Ord. 782a; Code 2012)

Any person who rides a bicycle, operates a scooter, roller skates or skate board on a sidewalk in the downtown business district of the city, as described above, shall be guilty of an offense against the city and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 at the discretion of the municipal judge.

(Ord. 782a; Code 2012)