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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,
ARIZONA, AMENDING THE APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE 12-2
TRAFFIC CONTROL,BY ADDING SECTION 12-2-13 SPEED IN ALLEYS,SECTION 12-2-14
VEHICLE DOOR AS A TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTION,SECTION 12-2-15 UNNECESSARY VEHICLE NOISE,
SECTION 12-2-16,VEHICLES ON PROPERTY AND SECTION 12-2-17 UNATTENDED MOTOR
VEHICLES:REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY:
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,
ARIZONA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
That Article 12-2 TRAFFIC CONTROL be amended by adding Section 12-2-13
Speed in Alleys,Section 12-2-14 Vehicle Door as a Traffic Obstruction
Section 12-2-15 Unnecessary Vehicle Noise,Section 12-2-16 Vehicles on
Property,and Section 12-2-47 Unattended Motor Vehicles,to read as follows:
Section 12-2-13 Speed in Alleys
A.It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
upon or through a public alley or any part thereof at a speed
greater than ten (1M) miles per hour.
•Section 12-2-14 Vehicle Door as Traffic Obstruction
A.No person shall open' the door of a motor vehicle on the side
adjacent to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably
safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side
of a motor vehicle adjacent to mov tg traffic for a period of time
longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
Section 12-2-15 Unnecessary Vehicle Noise
A.No person shall intentionally operate any vehicle at such a speed
on a curve, straight of way or turn, or accelerate or decelerate
such vehicle in such a manner as to create loud and unnecessary
noise through the squealing of tires upon the pavement, or to
cause damage to the roadway, or to cause the surface of the
roadway to be displaced in any manner including throwing dirt,
gravel, stone or other roadway surface or material upon the
surface into the air.
B.No person shall violate any of the provisions of Sub -section (A)
of this Section'while upon the surface of any parking lot or
parking space of any public place.
Section 12t2-16 Vehicles on Property
A.It shall be unlawful to operate or drive any motor
minibike, trail bike, dune buggy, motor scooter or
transportation propelled by an internal combustion
across any vacant lot or parcel of land other than
roadway unless such lot or parcel is owned by such
person has permission from the owner to so operate.
is not immediately available, such permission shall
by the owner and carried upon the person of such an
vehicle, motorcycle,
other form of
engine on or
a dedicated
person or such
If such owner
be in writing
operator.
B.It shall be unlawful to park or leave any motor vehicle, motorcycle,
minibike, trail bike, dune buggy, motor scooter, motor home,
mobile home, travel trailer, camper, boat or other form of recreational
vehicle or form of transportation upon the private property of
another without 'displaying in public view the written permission
of the property owner or the person entitled to immediate
possession thereof or his authorized agent.
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Section 12-2-17 Unattended Motor Vehicles
A.No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to
stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition
and removing the key or when standing upon any perceptible grade without
effectively setting the brake thereon and turning the front wheels to
the curb side of the roadway.
B.Whenever any police officer shall find a motor vehicle standing
unattended with the ignition key in the vehicle, in violation of
this section, such police officer is authorized to remove the key
from such vehicle and to deliver such key to the Police Department.
SECTION II REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference, are
hereby repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference is for any reason
held •to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
SECTION IV --PROVIDING PENALTIES
Any person found guilty of violating any provisions of this code shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon'conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period
of not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.Each day
that a violation shall continue shall be a separate offense punishable as
herein above described.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Apache
Junction, •ARizona, this 6th day of September 1983.
.W6hdell J.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kahleen,Connelly
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
pay= alexanner
City Attorney
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