The Standard Traffic Ordinance as adopted is hereby modified by adding thereto the following:

The governing body may, by resolution, establish and fix the location of such traffic control devices as may be deemed necessary to guide and warn traffic under the provisions of this chapter, other traffic ordinances and the state laws.  The city shall place and maintain such traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as may be required by the authority of the governing body to make effective the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances for the regulation of traffic.  Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to this section shall be marked and labeled on a map of the City of Oswego for the purpose of displaying all such traffic control devices and shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.

(Code 1994)

(a)   No person shall drive or haul over any street within the city having an asphaltic or blacktop type surface, any engine, tractor, wagon, truck, machine or other vehicle having lugs on any of its wheels which will cut into or mar the pavement, except by using planks sufficient to prevent injury to the pavement, and no house or building shall be moved over any asphaltic or blacktop type pavement, without a permit, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drag any article or thing over such asphaltic or blacktop type pavement or to in any manner injure or destroy any pavement in the city; provided, that the use of nonskid chains on motor vehicles using air inflated tires except upon heavy trucks with a weight of over two tons, is not prohibited and provided further that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any streets which are part of either U.S. Highway 59 or Kansas Highway 96, or any other state or federal highway within in the city.

(b)   U.S. Highway 59 and Kansas Highway 96 are hereby designated as the routes upon which vehicles having a weight of over 10 tons shall pass through the city and vehicles having a weight of over 10 tons shall stay upon the marked routes of the foregoing names and designated U.S. and state highways within the city; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions and restrictions shall not apply to vehicles leaving the routes of the above named highways within the city for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo which shall include products in any elevator business within the city, nor shall it apply to persons going to or from a business, which normally repairs trucks, for the purpose of having necessary repairs made, nor shall it apply to persons going to and from their homes by the shortest direct route for eating, sleeping and repair, provided that their trailers or cargo areas must be empty and provided further that they park their trucks and trailers on private property and not upon the public streets and alleys of the city.

(c)   Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a code violation and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $30 and not more than $500, or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; and in addition thereto, shall be liable to the city for the amount of damages caused to any streets of the city by any such violation.

(Ord. 858, Secs. 2:4)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, halt or park any motor vehicle within the city in such a manner as to infringe upon the rights or impair the safety of any person or persons, or in any such manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.  Prohibited actions include, but are not limited to, the spinning of tires on any type of surface within the city through rapid acceleration or exhibition of speed.

(Ord. 905, Sec. 1)

(a)   No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from the vehicle.

(b)   Sound Amplification System means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.

(c)   Plainly Audible means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more.  Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight.  Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included.  The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway.

(d)   It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:

(1)   The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;

(2)   The vehicle as an emergency or public safety vehicle;

(3)   The vehicle was owned and operated by the city or a gas, electric, communications or refuse company;

(4)   The system was used for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons in compliance with ordinances of the city;

(5)   The vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the department of the city authorized to grant such approval.

(Ord. 950, Sec. 1)

(a)   It is in the best interest of the city to regulate the parking and standing of trucks, semi-trailers and tractors in residential areas in order to protect its streets, particularly the edges of asphalt paving, its culverts, to regulate traffic by large trucks in residential neighborhoods, and to regulate the noise created by such truck travel and by allowing such trucks to stand with the engine running in residential neighborhoods.

(b)   For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)   Truck, Semi-Trailer, or Tractor.  A truck, semi-trailer, or tractor shall be defined as a truck with a registered gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds, truck tractors, road tractors, farm tractors or semi-trailers regardless of weight, but not including school business, utility vehicles, authorized sanitary vehicles, professional moving vans and other vehicles performing authorized services within the city limits.

(2)   Park.  Park or parking means the standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.

(3)   Stand or Standing.  Stand or standing means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, with the engine running, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving and discharging passengers.

(4)   Residential District.  Residential district shall include all streets, alleys and public rights-of-way within the city.

(c)   It shall be unlawful to park a truck or allow it to stand for a period longer than two hours, within a residential area of the city, except when necessary for the loading or unloading of merchandise of goods or as otherwise authorized herein.

(d)   A truck tractor may be parked off street in a residential district or allowed to stand for a period not exceeding two hours, off street in a residential district if the principal owner of the residential property is the owner of the truck tractor and the owner thereof has met with and obtained an approval of the chief of police for the route which he or she will take in traveling from the main highways passing through the city to the residence and the method of ingress and egress from the city street to the private residential property.

(e)   Nothing herein shall authorize the parking or standing of trucks on privately owned parking lots, whether accessible to the public or not, without the permission of the owner thereof.

(f)   Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or company violating any of the terms and provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than five days or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided that each days violation shall be considered a separate offense.

(g)   Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or company violating any of the terms and provisions of this article, which violation shall result in damage to the streets, paving, culverts, or other property of the city shall be liable for civil damages for the repairs thereof together with any court costs or attorney fees incurred by the city.

(Ord. 1070, Secs. 2:7)

No person shall park or allow to stand any personal property including vehicles upon city property, streets, alleys, or parking spaces in the downtown area between Merchant Street and Illinois Streets on the east and west and Sixth Street and Third Street on the north and south for the purpose of advertising the property or vehicle for sale.

(Code 2003)

(a)   No person shall drive or operate any motorized scooters or bicycles or mopeds upon any road, street, or alley, or public property in the City of Oswego, Kansas unless such person is a minimum of ten years of age, wears a helmet and eye protection during operation, operates said moped or scooter only during daylight hours (between sunrise and sunset), follows the rules of the road (i.e., driving on the right side of the road, stopping at stop signs, signaling when turning, not driving on sidewalks) and does not ride said moped or scooter on Commercial Street between Third and Sixth Streets, or on or across any state highway.

(b)   Parents or guardians of minors under the age of sixteen who violate this section may be cited in Oswego Municipal Court for permitting the violation.

(c)   Any person violating any provision of subsections (a) or (b) shall upon conviction be fined $25 for the first offense. A second offense will result in a $50 fine and may result in impoundment of the motorized vehicle.

(d)   No person shall drive any motorized scooter or bicycles, mopeds on any public road, street or alley, or public property in the City of Oswego if that person’s driving privileges has been suspended, revoked, or restricted by any state.

(e)   Any person violating any provision of subsection (d) shall upon conviction be fined $200 for the first offense. A second offense will result in a $400 fine and a third will result in an $800 fine. Additional offenses may result in impoundment of the motorized vehicle.

(Ord. 1181; Ord. 1189; Code 2013)

When signs are in place giving notice thereof, parking shall be prohibited at all times in the following places:

(a)   On both sides of North Street or Woodcliffe Drive, between Oregon Drive and until the point where Woodcliffe Drive turns to the North.

(Ord. 1259; Code 2013)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any of the marked spaces for longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except for Sundays and State and federally sanctioned holidays, in front of the storefronts at the following locations, except in compliance with the directions of a police officer, other authorized person, or traffic-control device:

(a)   Lori’s Creative Cakes & More, 518 Commercial, 1 space

(b)   General Services Corporation, 524 Commercial, 1 space

(c)   Commercial Insurance, 505 Commercial, 1 space

(d)   Oswego Drug Store, 413 Commercial, 2 spaces

(Ord. 1277; Code 2013)