Article II. Local Regulations

12-200. Bicycle, unlicensed motorized vehicle or skateboard riding and roller skating prohibited in downtown business district; exception; penalty

A. It shall be unlawful to operate the following on the City sidewalks, as defined in this ordinance:

1. Bicycles;

2. Skateboards;

3. Roller skates or similar devises;

4. Unlicensed motorized vehicles;

5. Vehicles similar to a bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, or unlicensed motorized vehicles.

B. The above prohibition does not apply to the following:

1. Children under 13 years of age when supervised by a parent or guardian so long as the child is operating a bicycle, skateboard or roller skates, or similar device.

2. Law enforcement officers on official business may operate any vehicle they deem appropriate.

C. For the purposes of the above prohibition, the downtown business district is defined as follows.

1. The west side of Cedar St. to the east side of Walnut St., the south side of 5th St. to the north side of the Marais Des Cygnes River.

D. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.00.

(Code 2015)

12-201. Unauthorized vehicle on flood protection project.

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate an unauthorized motor vehicle upon the levee system of the flood protection project within the City.

(Code 1982)

12-202. Speed of railroad trains.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any railroad train, engine or car upon, along or across any street, alley or ground within the corporate limits of the City at a speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour.

(Code 1982; K.S.A. 12-1633, 66-165; K.S.A. 66-273, 66-274)

12-203. Truck routes.

A. Trucks (except pick-up trucks, 1-ton payload and under) longer than twenty feet (20’) or heavier than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds (6 tons) are prohibited from traveling on streets and alleys within the corporate limits of the City of Ottawa not designated herein as Truck Routes. Designated Truck Routes are:

Truck Route	From	To
K-68 Highway	West city limits	East city limits
Main Street	North city limits	17th Street
15th Street	West city limits	East city limits
23rd Street	West city limits	East city limits
Davis Avenue	North city limits	Logan Street/K-68
Dundee Street	Main Street	Mulberry Street
Industrial Avenue	Davis Avenue	North Street
Mulberry Street	North Street	Dundee Street
North Street Princeton Street Princeton Terr	Mulberry Street 17^th Street 17^th Street	Davis Avenue South City Limits 19^th Street
Wilson Street Eisenhower Rd	West city limits 13^th Street	Main Street South City Limits

(Code 2015; Ord. 4012-19)

12-204. Pick-up, delivery and service access permitted.

This shall not apply to any truck when on the most accessible route to/from a pick-up or delivery, or to provide a service at a specific location. No truck shall remain in a location not designated as a truck route for pick-up, delivery or service access for a period longer than two (2) hours.

(Code 2015; Ord. 4012-19)

12-205. Truck parking not permitted in central business district.

Truck parking shall not be permitted in the Central Business District (CBD). This prohibition includes trailers/semi-trailers, garage service cars, tractors, farm implement/machinery, and vehicles for sale (new or used). This parking prohibition shall not apply to vehicles actively engaged in loading/unloading. Exceptions to this section may be granted by the Chief of Police or designate when justified (e.g. moving vans loading/unloading, etc.).

(Code 2015)

12-206. One-way streets and alleys.

A. For the purpose of establishing streets in which travel is permitted only in one direction, the following streets and the direction of travel permitted thereon are designated, when signs are erected, giving notice thereof.

			Direction
Truck Route	From	To	Permitted
Princeton Circle Dr.	230 feet South of 17th St.	400 feet North of 23rd St.	South
Princeton Street	400 feet North of 23rd St.	19th Street	North
Princeton Terrace	19th Street	230 feet South of 17th St.	North
Tremont Avenue	7th Street	8th Street	South
Walnut Street	5th Street	7th Street	South

B. For the purpose of establishing alleys in which traveling is permitted only in one direction; the following alleys and the direction of travel permitted are designated, when signs are erected giving notice thereof.

			Direction
Alley Between	From	To	Permitted
Cedar and Hickory Streets	4th Street	5th Street	North
Main and Hickory Streets	1st Street	5th Street	South
Walnut and Main Streets	1st Street	5th Street	North
Willow St. and Tremont Ave.	7th Street	8th Street	North
Walnut Street	5th Street	7th Street	South

(Code 2015)

12-207. Moving of building or structure; permit required.

For regulations dealing with moving of any structure or an oversize/weight structures, see Chapter 6, Article XII of this city code.

(Code 2015)

12-208. Windshield required.

It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle without a front windshield in the City.

(Code 2015)

12-209. School zones.

For the purpose of establishing a 20 mile per hour speed limit in the vicinity of schools, areas bounded by (and including) the following are designated as school zones during the times as posted therein:

School	Street	From	To
*OHS/OMS*
	11th Street	Ash Street	Pine Street
	13th Street	Pine	Ash Street
	Ash Street	10th Street	13th Street
*Eisenhower Grade School*
	Ash Street	13th Street	15th Street
	15th Street	Willow Street	Olive Street
*Eugene Field Grade School*
	Tremont Street	7th Street	8th Street
	Willow Street	7th Street	8th Street
	7th Street	Elm Street	Willow Street
	8th Street	Tremont Street	Willow Street
*Garfield Grade School*
	College Street	12th Street	13th Street
	Mulberry Street	12th Street	13th Street
	12th Street	College Street	Mulberry Street
	13th Street	College Street	Mulberry Street
*Lincoln Grade School*
	Milner Street	Grant St.	Enterprise St.
*Sacred Heart Grade School*
	5th Street	Hickory Street	Cedar Street
	Cedar Street	4th Street	5th Street
*Sunflower Grade School*
	Falcon Way	Eisenhower Road	Terminus
	Eisenhower Road	200’ S. of Falcon Way	200’ N. of 19th Street
	19th Street	1,000’ E. of Eisenhower Road	Eisenhower Road

(K.S.A. 8-1560(a)(3); Code 2015; Ord. 3959-17)

12-210. Stop sign locations, Obedience to and Required Traffic-Control Devices; Presumption of Legality.

(a) 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 ordinance, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this ordinance.

(b) No provision of this ordinance 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, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

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

(d) Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this ordinance, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(K.S.A. 8-1507; Code 2015)

12-211. Stop signs at private parking lot access to public right-of-way.

Where private driveways access private (business) parking lots from public rights-of-way, appropriate STOP signs shall be erected and maintained by private property owners.

(Code 2015)

12-212. U-turns.

There shall be no “U Turns” permitted on Main Street between Tecumseh and 5th Streets. Further, crossing a double yellow line to enter a parking space on the opposite side of Main Street between Tecumseh and 5th Streets is prohibited.

(Code 1982)

12-213. Penalty for violation of article.

A violation of any section of this article shall be a Class C misdemeanor unless otherwise specifically stated by the section. Upon a second conviction within one (1) year thereafter, such person in violation shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and upon a third or subsequent conviction within one (1) year of the first conviction, such person shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(Code 1982)