Farmersville Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Miscellaneous Driving Rules

No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or a parade; provided, that such vehicles are conspicuously so designated. The directing of all vehicles and traffic on any street over which such funeral procession or parade wishes to pass shall be subject to the orders of the police department.

(Ord. 57 § 8, 1965)

No person, shall attach himself with his hands, or hold onto with his hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.

(Ord. 329 § 9, 1988)

A. No person shall operate or drive a commercial vehicle in, on or across any private driveway approach or sidewalk area or the driveway itself without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, if a sign or markings are in place indicating that the use of such driveway is prohibited.

B. For the purpose of this chapter, a "commercial vehicle" means a vehicle having a rated capacity in excess of one-half ton.

(Ord. 57 § 8.2, 1965)

No person shall ride, drive, propel or cause to be propelled any vehicle, animal, bicycle, motor scooter, motorcycle or skate board across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purposes to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk. In the event it is necessary to temporarily drive across a sidewalk, the sidewalks are to be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick and written permission must be previously obtained from the city's traffic engineer. Such wooden planks shall not be permitted to remain upon the sidewalk area when not being used.

(Ord. 329 § 10, 1988)

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are lawfully established.

(Ord. 57 § 8.3, 1965)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, cone marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

(Ord. 57 § 8.4, 1965)

No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless it is of a type approved by the city traffic engineer, or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of the city.

(Ord. 57 § 8.5, 1965)

No operator of any vehicle or animal shall enter any intersection or marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle/animal they are operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.

(Ord. 329 § 11, 1988)

No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected:

A. Pursuant to any provisions of any ordinance of the city; or

B. By any public utility; or

C. By any department of the city; or

D. By any other person pursuant to law or contract with the city, nor shall any authorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign.

(Ord. 329 § 12, 1988)