Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-294

Fifth Street from t he South line of Linden Avenue to the City limits on the South. Upon approaching any of the above-named streets it shall he unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to bring said vehicle to a complete stop at the limit line which the Street Superintendent is hereby authorized to indicate, by sign or mark at the property line of the above-mentioned street, provided, however, that when the intersection is controlled by a police officer or by a traffic signal no vehicle shall be stopped as above provided when a signal to proceed has been given. Section XVIII. FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to follow any fire apparatus closer than one block, or to park any vehicle within a distance of three hundred feet in any direction from the place where any fire apparatus has stopped in answering a fire alarm or within three hundred feet in any direction from the place where any such fire is in progress. Section XIX. RIGHT OF WAY FOR FIRE AND POLICE VEHICLES AND AMBULANCES. STOPS ON APPROACH OF FIRE APPARATUS. (a ) The Officers and Firemen and all vehicles and apparatus of the Fire Department when going to or returning from a fire, and all ambulances, whether public or private, and all other vehicles when employed in carrying sick or injured persons to a hospital or other place for relief or treatment and the officers, patrolmen and vehicles of the Police Department, and vehicles carrying United States mails shall have the right of way over all other persons and vehicles on any street and through any procession. (b) Upon the approach of apparatus of the Fire Department responding to an alarm, the driver of any vehicle shall immediately draw up said vehicle as near as practicable to the right hand curb and bring his vehicle to a stop, and when the fire alarm is sounded the drivers of all vehicles within hearing of the alarm shall follow the directions given above and shall remain stationary until the alarm ceases, and then proceed only in the event that there is no fire apparatus approaching. SECTION XX. RIGHT OF WAY FOR FUNERAL PROCESSION. Subject to the provisions of Section XIX funeral processions shall have the right of way over all other traffic. Section XXI. MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any bicycle or motor-cycle to carry any other person upon the bar, handle or tank of any such vehicle. Section XXII. DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive, or cause to be ridden or driven, any horse, or other animal, or to ride, drive, or propel, or cause to be ridden, driven, or propelled, any wagon, bicycle, motorcycle, auto mobile, or other vehicle, except hand carriages for children, upon or along any public sidewalk, or permit any such animal or vehicle to stand thereon, or to permit any such animal or vehicle to stand upon any public street in such manner as to obstruct the free use of the roadway of such street, or to ride, drive, or propel any vehicle over and across any curb where no driveway is regularly established. Section XXIII. CLINGING TO MOVING VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person travelling upon any bicycle, motorcycle, or toy vehicle to cling to or attach himself or his vehicle, to any other moving vehicle or street car on any roadway in the City of Las Vegas. ARTICLE V. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING. Section XXIV. STANDING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES. Except to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a. police officer or traffic signal, it shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stand said vehicle in the following places: (l) In any intersection. (2) In any cross-walk. (3) At any place in the roadway where the two right wheels of the vehicle are more than one (l) foot distant from the regularly established curb line except on streets where provision has been made for angle parking as specified in Section XXVIII hereof. (4) At any place where the standing of a vehicle will obstruct the use of a driveway. (5) At any curb within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant. (6) Within twenty (20) feet of a point of the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of any safety zone. (7) At any place within fifteen (15) feet of an intersection in the Central Traffic District, or in any business district except at designated bus stops, and that the operator of no vehicle shall stop in the area designated as a bus stop longer than three minutes. The Street Superintendent is hereby authorized to paint and maintain a red line stenciled with white letters "No Standing" upon the top of all curb lengths indicated in Paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 of his section. SECTION XXV. STANDING FOR LOADING ONLY IN CERTAIN PLACES. (a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop said vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, providing that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) minutes in the following designated places: (1) At any curb where the grade of the street exceeds twelve per cent (12%); (2) In any alley; (3) In any "loading zone;" (4) At any curb within twenty-five feet of the entrance to any hospital; At any curb within fifty feet of the entrance to any police station; (6) At any curb within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant; (7) In any marked bus stop; (8) In front of theatres.