As used in this title:

    1.    "Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle or vehicle combination used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit, or designed or used primarily for the transportation of property for gain or profit.

    "Vehicle combination" means any connected assemblage of a motor vehicle and one or more semitrailers, trailers or semitrailers converted to trailers by means of converter gear;

    2.     "Commission" means the State Tax Commission;

    3.     "Dealer" means a person regularly engaged in the business of having in his possession vehicles for sale or trade, or for use and operation for purpose pursuant to the business;

     4.    "Department" means the Department of Revenue and Taxation;

    5.     "Factory price" means ninety percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle, when new, including all improvements and modifications attached to the vehicle and all accessories and equipment used with the vehicle during the period for which registration is issued, but excludes federal excise taxes, the cost of transportation from the place of manufacture to the place of sale to the first user, mobile radio telephone equipment leased and nonstandard improvements and modifications necessary to permit operation by or transportation of persons with a mobility handicap as defined in WS 31-2-213(e);

    6.    "Fleet" means one or more commercial vehicles each of which actually travels a portion of its total miles in Wyoming as designated by the commission;

    7.    "Gross weight" means the total weight of a vehicle or vehicle combination including the weight of any load carried in or on the vehicle or vehicle combination;

    8.    "Highway, street, and alley" should all mean the entire width between property lines.  When referring to the traveled portion of a highway, street, or alley, use travel way instead of roadway;

    9.    "Identifying number" means the vehicle identification numbers and letters if any assigned by the manufacturer or by the department for the purpose of identifying a vehicle. The term shall include any numbers or letters assigned by the manufacturer for the purpose of identifying a part of a vehicle and any number placed on a part in accordance with this act or regulations of the commission for the purpose of identifying it;

    10.    "Implement of husbandry" means sheep wagons, portable livestock loading chutes and every vehicle designed and used exclusively for agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved upon the highways but includes a trailer only when being towed by a farm tractor;

    11.     "Interstate" means the transportation of persons or property between Wyoming and any other jurisdiction;

     12.    "Intrastate" means the transportation of persons or property between points within Wyoming;

    13.     "Jurisdiction" means the states, districts, territories or possessions of the United States, a foreign country and a state or province of a foreign country;

     14.    "Legal owner" means the person in whose name a valid certificate of title has been issued;

    15.     "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled except vehicles moved solely by human power. The term includes the following vehicles as hereafter defined:

     a.    "Antique" means any motor vehicle which is at least twenty-five years old and owned solely as a collectors item,

    b.     "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed to carry more than ten passengers and primarily used to transport persons for compensation,

    c.     "Moped" means a vehicle equipped with two or three wheels, foot pedals to permit muscular propulsion by human power, an automatic transmission and a motor with cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters producing no more than two brake horsepower, which motor is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of no more than thirty miles per hour on a level road surface,

    d.    "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place either permanently or temporarily, but excluding a motor vehicle carrying a camper,

    e.     "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but which may have attached thereto a sidecar for the purpose of transporting a single passenger. For the purpose of registration and titling "motorcycle" includes motorized bicycles, scooters and recreational vehicles primarily designed for off-road use and designed to be ridden astride upon a seat or saddle and to travel on four wheels, but excludes mopeds and off-road recreational vehicles as defined in subdivision k of this subsection,

    f.     "Passenger car" means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons or less and primarily used to transport persons, including ambulances and hearses but excluding motorcycles, motor homes and school buses,

     g.    "Pedestrian vehicle" means any self-propelled conveyance designed, manufactured and intended for the exclusive use of persons with a physical disability, but in no case shall a pedestrian vehicle:

    i.    Exceed forty-eight inches in width,

    ii.    Produce in excess of twelve brake horsepower,

    iii.    Be capable of developing a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per hour,

    h.    "School bus" means a motor vehicle that is owned by or leased to or registered to a public school district or operated with public tax dollars and is used to transport children to or from school or operated with public tax dollars in connection with school activities and is designed for and capable of carrying twelve or more passengers, but not including buses operated by common carriers in transportation of school children or buses owned by a community college or the University of Wyoming,

    i.     "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, or used or maintained for the transportation of property, including pickup trucks,

    j.     "Off-road recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle primarily designed for off-road use which is fifty inches or less in width, has an unladen weight of six hundred pounds or less and is designed to be ridden astride upon a seat or saddle and to travel on three or more low pressure tires. A "low pressure tire" is a pneumatic tire at least six inches in width, designed for use on wheels with a rim diameter of twelve inches or less and having a manufacturer's recommended operating pressure of ten pounds per square inch or less.

    16.     "Nonresident" means a person not a resident;

    17.     "Odometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation, other than any auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording mileage on trips;

    18.     "Owner" means: The legal owner, or a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle including a person entitled to use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person but excluding a lessee under a lease not intended as security;

    19.    "Physical disability" as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are those that have physical impairment, or a record of physical impairment that would create a substantial limitation of a major live activity.

    20.    "Rental vehicle" means a vehicle which is rented or offered for rental without a driver;

    21.     "Resident" means:

    a.    Any person, except a full-time student at the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college, who owns, leases or rents a place of residence within Wyoming and who, regardless of domicile, remains in the jurisdiction for a period of one hundred twenty days or more, or

    b.    Any person, other than a daily commuter from another jurisdiction which exempts vehicles of daily commuters from Wyoming from registration under a reciprocity agreement or a full-time student at the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college, who is gainfully employed in Wyoming, or

    c.    Any individual, partnership, company, firm, corporation or association which operates motor vehicles in intrastate haulage in Wyoming;

    22.    "This act" means Rawlins Municipal Code Title 10;

    23.     "Trailer" means a vehicle without propelling power designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, but excludes converter gear, dollies and connecting mechanisms. The term includes the following vehicles as hereafter defined:

    a.    "House trailer" means every trailer which is:

    i.    Designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily,

    ii.    Equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways, and

    iii.    Eight and one-half feet or less in width, or more than eight and one-half feet in width and used primarily as a mobile laboratory or mobile office.

    b.     "Semitrailer" means a trailer so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle, but excludes converter gear, dollies and connecting mechanisms;

    c.    "Utility trailer" means any trailer less than six thousand pounds unladen weight;

    24.    "Transportable home" means:

    a.    A modular home,

    b.    A pre-built home, or

    c.    A unit more than eight and one-half feet in width which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or place of business to which wheels may be attached for movement upon streets and highways except a unit used primarily as a mobile laboratory or mobile office;

    25.     "Unladen weight" means the actual weight of a vehicle including the cab, body and all accessories with which the vehicle is equipped for normal use on the highways excluding the weight of any load. The unladen weight of vehicles mounted with machinery or equipment not normally designed for the vehicle and not used for the transportation of property other than the machinery or equipment is three-fourths of the gross weight of the vehicle;

    26.     "Vehicle" means a device in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excluding devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon rails or tracks, implements of husbandry, machinery used in construction work not mainly used for the transportation of property over highways and pedestrian vehicles while operated by a person who by reason of a physical disability is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian;

    27.     "Vehicle identification number or VIN" means the numbers and letters, if any, designated by the department for the purpose of identifying the vehicle or the unique identifier assigned to each vehicle by the manufacturer pursuant to regulations. (Ord. 02-00 Ord.2-88§ 2)

    No vehicle shall drive over any newly made pavement where there is a barrier or sign warning persons not to drive over the pavement, or a sign stating that the street is closed. (Prior code § 16-4)

    A.    No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

    B.    No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. (Prior code § 16-5)

    It is unlawful for any person under the age of fifteen years of age to operate a motor vehicle, and any owner, dealer or manufacturer who permits a person under fifteen years of age to operate a motor vehicle shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code § 16-7)

    Urban Systems Committee Traffic issues and proposed changes are to be submitted to the Urban Systems Committee for review and recommendations.  If a proposed traffic change requires an engineering study under the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) criteria, then a traffic study should be recommended by the Urban Systems Committee to the City Council. (Ord 2-00) (Prior code § 16-20)

    It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this title. (Prior code § 16-33)

    No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. (Ord. 1-78 § 1: prior code § 16-34)

    Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the drive of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this title which by their very nature can have no application.(Ord. 2-00) (Prior code § 16-35)

    Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in Section 10.09.030 and the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident shall within ten days after the accident make the report not made by the driver. (Prior code § 16-14)

    A.    Any person charged with an offense for which payment of a fine may be made to the municipal clerk shall have the option of paying the fine within the time specified in the notice of arrest to the municipal clerk, upon entering a plea of guilty and upon waiving appearance in court, or may have the option of depositing required lawful bail and upon a plea of not guilty shall be entitled to a trial as authorized by law.

    B.    The payment of a fine to the municipal clerk shall be deemed an acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense, and the municipal clerk, upon accepting the prescribed fine, shall issue a receipt to the violator acknowledging payment thereof.  (Ord. 2-00)(Prior code § 16-53)

    A.    Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of this chapter punishable as a misdemeanor, and the person is not immediately taken before the municipal judge, the arresting officer shall prepare in triplicate written notice to appear in court containing the name and address of the person, the license number of his vehicle, if any, the offense charged, and the time and place when and where the person shall appear in court.

    B.    The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least three days after the arrest unless the person arrested demands an earlier hearing.

    C.    The place specified in the notice to appear must be before the municipal judge in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who has jurisdiction of such offense.

    D.    The arrested person, in order to secure release as provided in this section, must give his written promise so to appear in court by signing at least one copy of the written notice prepared by the arresting officer. The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to the person promising to appear. Thereupon the officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody. (Ord. 02-00 Prior code § 16-55)

    It is unlawful for any person to violate his written promise to appear given to an officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued. (Prior code § 16-56)

    A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel. (Prior code § 16-57)

    The chief administrative officer of the police department shall be responsible for the issuance of citation books, and shall maintain a record of every such book and each citation contained therein issued, to individual members of the police department and shall require and retain a receipt for every book so issued. (Prior code § 16-59)

    Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of this city or by state law, the officer finding the vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation, on a form provided by the chief of police for the driver to answer to the charge against him within five days during the hours and at a place specified in the citation. (Prior code § 16-62)

    If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to the motor vehicle within a period of five days the chief of police shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event the letter is disregarded for a period of five days a warrant of arrest will be issued. (Prior code § 16-63)

    A.    In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of the law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the parking the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.

    B.    The foregoing stated presumption shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed in Section 10.12.130 and Section 10.12.140 has been followed. (Prior code § 16-64)

    A.    Any vehicle found parked in any unauthorized place or in violation of this code or any other ordinance of the city and any vehicle to which have been attached or against which have been issued five or more tickets for illegal, improper or overtime parking, which tickets remain unpaid, may be towed to any garage in the city. The owner of the vehicle shall be required to pay all charges of towing and storage incurred thereby in addition to any penalties imposed for violation of this code or any other ordinances of the city.

    B.    When authorized by this code or the laws of this state, members of the police department may remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the police department, or otherwise maintained by this city.

    C.    Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, the officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to the owner of the fact of the removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of the notice shall be given to the proprietor of the garage.

    D.    Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as provided in this section, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then and in that event the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of the removal by mail to the state department whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of the notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. The notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for the removal, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored. (Prior code § 16-66)

    A.    No person, unless exempt under this chapter or the laws of the state, shall drive, steer or exercise any degree of physical control of any motor vehicle upon any street, alley or road in this city unless the person has a valid driver's license for the type or class of vehicle being driven.

    B.    No person, unless exempt under this chapter or the laws of the state, shall steer or exercise any degree of physical control of a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon any street, alley or road in this city unless the person has a valid driver's license for the type or class of vehicle being towed.

    C.    No person shall be in possession of more than one valid driver's license at a time.

    D.    No person shall operate a motor vehicle beyond or outside any conditions or restrictions which have been applied to a valid driver's license by the licensing authority. (Ord. 8-90: prior code § 16-96)

    No person, except those expressly exempted in this chapter, shall steer or, while at the passenger compartment of the vehicle, exercise any degree of physical control of a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon any street or alley within the city unless the person has a valid driver's license under the provisions of the State Driver's License Act for the type or class of vehicle being towed. (Prior code § 16-97)

    The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

    A.    Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business, unless the employee is required by the United States government or any agency thereof to have a state driver's license;

    B.    A nonresident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to him in his state or country of residence;

    C.    A nonresident on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who has a valid license issued by his state of residence and the nonresident's spouse or dependent son or daughter who has a valid license issued by the person's state of residence;

    D.    Any person on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued in a foreign country by the armed forces of the United States may operate a motor vehicle in this state for a period of not more than forty-five days from the date of his return to the United States. (Prior code § 16-98)

    No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven or towed upon any street or alley within the city by any person who is not licensed for the type and class of vehicles to be driven or is in violation of any of the provisions of the State Driver's License Act. (Prior code § 16-99)

    No person shall cause or knowingly permit any minor under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any street or alley within the city when the minor is not properly licensed under the provisions of the State Driver's License Act. (Prior code § 16-100)

    It is an unlawful use of a driver's license and a violation of this code, with penalty under Section 1.08.010, for any person to:

    A.    Display, or permit to be displayed, or have possession of any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license;

    B.    Lend a driver's license to any other person, or knowingly permit its use by another;

    C.    Display or represent as one's own any driver's license not issued to such person; or

    D.    Permit any unlawful use of a driver's license issued to such person. (Ord. 8B-90)

    No owner or operator of a motor vehicle required to be licensed shall operate and no owner shall permit the operation of the vehicle without having in full force and effect an automobile liability policy as provided by Wyoming Statutes § 31-9-403 or bond in amounts provided by Wyoming Statutes § 31-9-102(a)(x). Any person knowingly or wilfully violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not apply to self-insurers pursuant to Wyoming Statutes § 31-9-414. (Ord. 11A-85)(Ord. 09-2006, Amended, 09/05/2006)

    The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle. (Prior code § 16-146)

    No provision of this title for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, the section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place. (Prior code § 16-147)

    A.    Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this title, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence.

    B.    Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this title and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this title, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence. (Prior code § 16-148)

    A.    No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

    B.    No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

    C.    This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to a highway of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.

    D.    Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove the sign or cause it to be removed without notice. (Prior code § 16-149)

    No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. (Prior code § 16-150)

    Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words "Go," or "Stop," or exhibiting different colored lights successively one at a time, or with arrows, the following colors only shall be used and the terms and lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:

    A.    Green Alone or "Go."

    1.    Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. But vehicular traffic, including turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time the signal is exhibited.

    2.    Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.

    B.    Yellow Alone or "Caution" When Shown Following the Green or "Go" Signal.

    1.    Vehicular traffic facing the signal is thereby warned that the red or "Stop" signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter and the vehicular traffic shall not enter or be crossing the intersection when the red or "Stop" signal is exhibited.

    2.    Pedestrians facing the signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway, and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.

    C.    Red Alone or "Stop."

    1.    Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until green or "Go" is shown alone.

    2.    No pedestrian facing the signal shall enter the roadway.

    D.    Red with Green Arrow.

    1.    Vehicular traffic facing such signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

    2.    No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.

    E.    Signals at Places Other Than Intersections. In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made at the signal. (Prior code § 16-151)

    Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Wait" or "Don't Walk" are in place, the signals shall indicate as follows:

    A.    Walk. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.

    B.    Wait or Don't Walk. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the wait signal is showing. (Prior code § 16-152)

    A.    Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

    1.    Flashing Red (Stop Signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

    2.    Flashing Yellow (Caution Signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past the signal only with caution.

    B.    This section shall not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by the rules set forth in Section 10.63.020. (Prior code § 16-153)

    No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety. (Prior code § 16-187)

    The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

    A.    Right Turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

    B.    Left Turns on Two-Way Roadways. At any intersetion where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and by passing to the right of the centerline where it enters an intersection and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the centerline of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.

    C.    Left Turns on Other Than Two-Way Roadways. At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the vehicle and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be so made so as to leave the intersection as nearly as practicable in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered. (Prior code § 16-188)

    The city traffic engineer is authorized to place official traffic-control devices within or adjacent to intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law. (Prior code § 16-189)

    The city traffic engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event they shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when the turns are permitted. (Prior code § 16-190)

    Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. (Prior code § 16-191)

    The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street in a business district and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. (Prior code § 16-192)

    Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn, vehicular traffic stopped in the lane nearest the righthand side of the highway may after giving the signal required by law indicating a righthand turn, cautiously enter the intersection for the purpose of making a turn to the right, and shall turn so as not to interfere with other traffic nor endanger pedestrians within a crosswalk. (Ord. 8N-83: prior code § 16-193)

    No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet. (Prior code § 16-194)

    A.    No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in this chapter in the event any traffic may be affected by the movement.

    B.    A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

    C.    No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in this chapter to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give the signal. (Prior code § 16-195)

    A.    Any stop or turn signal when required in this chapter shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device, except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section.

    B.    Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and required signal shall be given by, a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds fourteen feet. The latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles. (Prior code § 16-196)

    All signals required in this chapter given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as follows:

    A.    Left Turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally.

    B.    Right Turn. Hand and arm extended upward.

    C.    Stop and Decrease Speed. Hand and arm extended downward. (Prior code § 16-197)

    The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within this city, except as this chapter, as authorized by state law, declares and determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared in this chapter when signs are in place giving notice thereof. (Prior code § 16-171)

    The city engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner. (Ord.02-00 Prior code 16-174)

    A.    No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for the safe operation or in compliance with law.

    B.    Whenever the city council determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, it may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (Prior code § 16-175)

    No person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the street in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. (Ord. 11F-77 § 1(a): prior code § 16-176(a))

    Except when a special hazard exists that requires slower speed for compliance with Section 10.24.060, the limits specified in this section, or established as authorized in this chapter, shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle on a street at a speed in excess of the maximum limits:

    A.     Twenty (20) miles per hour when passing a school building, or the grounds thereof, or a school crossing if appropriate signs giving notice of that limit are erected (effective July 1, 2002);

    B.    The speed designated by the Wyoming Department of Transportation upon any through highway, excepting in school zones, or unless otherwise posted;

    C.    All other streets within the city limits, thirty (30) miles per hour unless otherwise posted. (Ord. 02-00 Ord. 11F-77 § 1(b): prior code § 16-176(b); Ord. No. 03-02, Amended 03/05/02)

    For the purpose of this chapter, the following streets and/or highways in the city are declared a through highway and/or through street:

    A.    From the U.S. Highway 287 bypass on U.S. Highway 30-Interstate 80 bypass north to the Highway 287 junction;

    B.    From the U.S. Highway 287 bypass on U.S. Highway 30-Interstate 80 bypass west along Cedar Street to Third Street, then north on Third Street to Spruce Street, then west on Spruce Street to the U.S. Highway 30-Interstate 80;

    C.    From Third Street and Cedar Street north on Third Street and U.S. Highway 287. (Ord. 11F-77 § 1(d): prior code § 16-176(d))

    D.   State Highway 71 from the western city limits to it's intersection with Higley Boulevard.

    E.    Jackson Street from State Highway 71 to the southern end of the Sixth Street Overpass and

    F.    Sixth Street including the overpass from Hugus Street to Spruce Street. (Ord. 02-00)

    Whenever any ordinance of this city designates any one-way street or alley, the city Public Works Director shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless the signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. (Ord. 02-00 Prior code § 16-209)