ORDINANCE NO 183.
An Ordinance relating to the use of the
public highways and all other places of the
City of Juneau open to the public for the
uae of vehicles, providing penalties for the
violation thereof, and repealing all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF JUNEAU:
Section 1. This Ordinance snail constitute
the traffic code of the City of Juneau and
may be cited as such. It comprises all gen
eral regulations relating to travel and traffic
and parking and standing upon the public
highways and all other places of said City
open to the public for the use of vehicles, and
the rights, duties and restraints of persons as
the same pertain thereto.
Sec. 2. This Ordinance is hereby declared
to be an exercise of the police power of the
City of Juneau for the public safety and its
provisions shall be liberally construed for the
accomplishment of that purpose.
Sec. 3. If any portions of this Ordinance
shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall
not thereby affect the validity of the remain
ing portions.
Sec. 4. The following terms whenever used
in this Ordinance, except as otherwise speci
fically indicated, shall be deemed to have and
shall be held to include each of the meanings
respectively set forth in this section, and any
such terms used in the singular number shall
be held to include the plural.
STREET: Every avenue, boulevard, highway,
roadway, lane, alley, strip, path, square, or
place used by or laid out for the use of
vehicles within the City of Juneau.
INTERSECTING STREET: shall mean any
street which joins another at any angle,
whether or not it crosses the other street.
CURB: The lateral boundary of that por
tion of a street designated or intended lor
the use of vehicles, whether marked by a
curbing constructed of stone, cement, con
crete, or other material, or not so marked.
VEHICLE: Every wagon, hack, coach, car
riage, omnibus, push cart, bicycle, tricycle,
motorcycle, automobile, or otiier conveyance,
except baby carriages and children’s play
wagons, in whatever manner or by whatever
force or power the same may be driven, rid
den, or propelled, which is, or may be used
for or adapted to pleasure riding or trans
portation of passengers, baggage, merchandise
or freight upon any street, and every driving
or riding animal, whether driven, ridden, led
or standing still, excepting that an animal or
animals attached to any Vehicle shall, with
auch vehicle constitute one vehicle.
DRIVER: Every rider or driver of an ani
mal, the rider of a bicycle, or tricycle, the
operator of a motor vehicle, the person 1 n
charge or in control of an animal, bicycle,
motor vehicle or push cart.
ANIMAL: Every horse, pony, donkey, mule,
burro, or other animal capable of being ridden
or driven, or capable of being guided by reins
or voice.
DRIVE: To ride, drive, propel or operate.
OWNER: Shall mean any person who has a
general or special property in the whole, or
any part of anything, or lawful possession
thereof, either actual or constructive.
“PARKED” shall mean a waiting vehicle
placed at an angle of between forty-five and
ninety degrees to the curb line of the street.
“PERSON" shall include natural persons of
either sex, associations, co-partnerships and
corporations, whether acting by themselves or
by a servant agent or employee.
PROPERTY LINE shall be construed to mean
an imaginary line extending from the corner
of a building or property adjoining any one
of the corners of a street intersection to the
similar corner of the building or property on
the opposite side of the street.
SAFETY ZONE shall mean a portion of the
street indicated by standards placed upon the
surface of the street or upon the curb.
STANDING shall mean a waiting vehicle
drawn up parallel to the curb.
TRAILER shall mean any vehicle which is
attached to another vehicle for the purpose of
being drawn or propelled by such other
vehicle
BUSINESS DISTRICTS shall Include the
streets named and the streets within the dis
trict bounded as follows: Front St. to Fourth
St., Main to Franklin St., including Second,
Third and Seward Sts.
SAFETY ZONES may be established from
time to time by ordinance of the City Coun
cil as traffic conditions require and shall be
indicated by the placing of traffic standards
upon the surface of the street or upon the
curb. It shall be unlawful for any person
other than the Chief of Police or his agent
thereunto authorized, to place, or disturb any
safety zone signs or marking.
DANGER ZONES. For the protection of
life and limb and for the regulation of traf
fic, the Chief of Police, with the approval of
the City Council, shall have authority to es
damaging of any such disc, standard, stan
ards. stanchions, semiphores or signs, indicat
ing such danger zones, and the removal or
damaging of any such dies, standard, stan
chion, semiphore or sign, or any part thereof,
by anyone without authority of the Chief of
Police, is hereby prohibited. Jt shall be un
lawful to fail to comply with any instruction
displayed upon any official sign placed upon
any street or any public place open to the
public for travel.
TRAFFIC SIGNS. For the regulation of
traffic, the Chief of Police, with the approval
of the City Council, shall have authority to
place discs, standards, stanchions, semiphores or
signs, at any points upon the public streets.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to remove
or damage any such disc, standard .stanchion,
semiphore or sign, or fail to comply with anv
instructions displayed upon any official sign
placed upon any street.
PARKING VEHICLES ON SEWARD ST. !t
shall be unlawful for any person to park a
vehicle, or stand a vehicle on the East side
of Seward Street, between Front and Third
Streets, at any time, except while actually
Sec. 6. PROHIBITING THE USE OF
STREETS BY MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES
WITHOUT LICENSES.
Every owner cf a motor vehicle which shall
be operated or driven upon the public streets
of the City of Juneau, shall for each motor
vehicle owned, cause to be. tiled with the City
Clerk of the City of Juneau, an application
for registration on a blank to be furnished by
the said City Clerk for that purpose. Such
application shall bo made by tin owner of the
motor vehicle or his duly authoriz'd agent
over the signature of such owner or agent.
The application must show: First, name and
address of the owner of the motor vehicle.
Second, trade name of the motor vehicle, thr*
model, year, type of body, factory number and
motor number thereto. Third, the power to
be used, whether electric, steam, gas or
other power. Fourth, the purpose for which
said vehicle is to b«* used, Fifth, the rpted
carrying capacity of such vehicle, which in
case of autos for hire, auto stages or auto
stage trailers, shall be the adult seating ca
pacity thereof and in case of motor trucks or
trailers, shall be the rated capacity thereof
as given by the manufacturer. Sixth, such
other information as shall be required by the
City Clerk. With such application the ap
plicant shall deposit the proper license fee as
given in Section 6 of this Ordinance. The
City Clerk shall upon receipt of the applica
tion for a motor vehicle license, accompanied
by the required fee, place the original ap
plication on file in his office and thereupon
issue to such applicant a license for such
motor vehicle, stating therein the number to
he displayed on such motor vehicle as here
inafter provided, and authorizing the use of
such vehicle upon the public streets for and
during the term mentioned in the application
therefor. The City Clerk shall furnish to
every person whose motor vehicle shall b •
registered as aforesaid two number plates,
the same to have displayed upon them the
license number assigned to such vehicle, to
gether with the words. “Juneau. Alaska.
The number plates assigned as herein pro
vided. shall be and remain with the motor
vehicle for the period of the license men
tioned in the application therefor, such num
ber plates shall be changed annually, and
shall be of a distinctly different color each
year, and there shall be a marked contrast
between the color of the number plate* and
that of the numerals or letters thereon. The
City Clerk may put such other mark nr
character on such plates or fix the color of
same as he ma> determine.
All motor vehicle licenses under this Ordi
nance shall expire May 3-lst of eaeh year and
shall he renewed annually In the same manner
and upon tlve payment of the same fee ns
provided for original registrations, such re
newal to take effect on the first day of June
of each year. The plates and certificates of
registration furnished by the City Clerk ag
heretofore provided shall be valid during the
year only in which they are furnished or
issued.
Sec. 6. The following fees shall be paid to
the City Clerk upon the registration of a
motor vehicle in accordance with the pro
visions of this Ordinance and shall accompany
the application herein above provided.
Motorcycle .... % 5.00
Automobiles ... 10.00
Motor Trucks, one ton or legs capacity.... 10.00
Motor Trucks, over one toil capacity . 16.00
GENERAL FEES.
Duplicate License Plates, each . 1.00
Transfer of Motor Vehicle Licenses, each 1.00
Duplicate Operator’s License, each .25
Anything herein to the contrary notwith
standing. if application for a motor vehicle
license is made during the period beginning
on the first day of September and ending on
tiie thirtieth day of November in any year,
three-fourths of the annual fee shall he paid;
if application is made during the period be
ginning on the first day of December and
ending on the twenty-eighth day of Febru
ary. one-half of such annual fee shall be
paid: if application is made during the per
iod beginning on the first day of March and
ending on the thirty-first day of May, one
fourth of such annual fee shall be paid.
Sec. 7. DISPLAY OF NUMBER PLATES.
Except as in this Ordinance otherwise pro
vided, no person shall operate or drive, or
cause to be operated or driven, a motor
vehicle on the public streets, unless such ve
hicle shall at all times have displayed the
number plate or plates furnished for it as
hereinbefore provided; in case of automobiles,
each such vehicle shall display one number
plate on the front and the other on the back
thereof; in case of motorcycles, but one num
ber plate shall be required to be displayed
and such number plate upon motorcycles shall
be at the rear thereof; In all cases such num
ber plates shall be securely fastened to the
motor vehicle so as to prevent said plates
from swinging, and at a minimum distance of
sixteen inches from the ground. No person
shall attach to. or display on such motor
vehicle any number plate other than as as
signed to it, or a fictitious, or altered number
plate or a number plate that shall have
been cancelled by the City Clerk, pro
vided. however, that nothing in this Or
dinance shall be construed to pervent the
display of any number plate or plates re
quired by law of the Territory of Alaska,
and provided, further, that no license plates
shall be fastened, one to the other, so as to
obscure any numbers or letters on any of said
plates. All letters, numbers, printing, writ
ing. and oth< r identification marks upon said
plates, shall he kept clear and distinct and
free from grease, dust, or other blurring mat
ter, so that they shall be plainly vlslbre at all
time during daylight and under artificial light
in the night time: provided, that in case any
such plate shall be lost, mutilated, or shall
have become illegible, the person to whom
such plate shall have been furnished shall Im
mediately apply to the City Clerk for a dup
licate thereof, acompanying the application
with the fee specified in Section G of this
Ordinance.
It shall he unlawful to change, alter or dis
figure such number plates or to us<* the same
after having been changed* altered or dis
figured, or after tlie same shall have become
illegible.
No person shall display any license or num
ber not authorized by this Ordinance to bo
used by him. or loan or permit to be used
by another, any license number issued to him.
Motor vehicles and trailers owned by the
Territory of Alaska or the Municipality of
Juneau and used exclusively by them, and all
motor vehicles owned by the United Staten
Government and used exclusively in its serv
ice shall be exempt from the payment of the
license fees herein provided, provided, how
ever. that such vehicles shall display a num
ber plate or plates assigned them by the
Territory, the Municipality of Juneau or the
United State* Government, and all such ve
hicles shall at all times be subject to all the
other provisions of this Ordinance.
Sec S ADDED PENALTIES FOR FAIL
URE TO PROCURE A LICENSE.
The license fee required under this Ordi
nance to be paid upon a motor vehicle shall
become d« linquent in the case of any such
vehicle forthwith upon the operation of the
vehicle upon the public streets without the
license fee required by this Ordinance first
having been paid to the City Clerk, accom
panied by the application for registration pro
vided herein. It is hereby provided, in addi
tion to any and all other penalties provided
by this Ordinance, that if at the expiration
of thirty days after the license fee becomes
delinquent, such fee has not been paid and
registration applied for, a penalty shall he
added to the amount of such fee in an
amount equal to 25',r of the fee required by
necuon oi ims urainanfp.
Sec*. 8>2. OPERATOR S LICENSE.
It shall be unlawful for any person to op
erate or drive a motor vehicle upon the pub
lic streets of the City of Juneau unless li
censed hy the City Clerk ns hereinafter pro
vided. Before operating a motor vehicle upon
the public streets, application for a license to
operate such vehicle shall be made by mail
or otherwise to the City Clerk upon a blank
to be prepared and furnished on reouest by
said City Clerk To each person shall be as
signed some distinguishing number or mark
and the City Clerk shall Issue to the licensee
a certificate In such form as the City Clerk
shall determine; it shall contain the dis
tinguishing number or mark assigned to th •
licensee, his name, age, place of residence,
business, address if any, and a brief descrip
tion of the licensee for the purpose of identi
fication. and such other Information as the
City Clerk shall deem necessary. Every per
son licensed to operate motor vehicles ns
aforesaid, shall Indorse his or her usual sig
nature in the space on the license certificate
provided for the purpose, immediately upon
the receipt of said certificate and the license
shall not he valid until the certificate is so
Indorsed. Licenses to operators shall be valid
until revoked, and the license certificate issued
to each operator, under the provisions of this
section, shall be carried hy the licensee at ill
times when operating or driving a motor
vehicle upon the public streets, and shall he
produced for inspection upon request of any
peace officer. Duplicate license certificates
shall be issued hy the City Clerk to opera
tors upon application therefor, whether in case
of loss or otherwise, upon payment of a fee
of twentv-flve cents to the City Clerk.
Upon the receipt of an application as pro
vided In this section, the City Clerk shall
thereupon flic the same, and register the ap
plicant in a book or. on index cards which
shall he kept in the same manner, subject to
public inspection, as the books or index cards,
for the registration of motor vehicles.
No person shall use a fictitious name in ap
plying for such operator’s license, nor shill
.Hiv operator licensed as herein provided vol
untarily permit any other person to posseai
or use his or her license certificate; nor
shall any person while operating or driving a
motor vehicle use or possess any license certi
ficate belonging to another person.
No person shall display or cause or permit
to be displayed, or have In his or her posses
sion. any cancelled, revoked, suspended, al
tered or fictitious registration number pla'e,
registration certificate, or operator’s license
certificate.
REVOCATION OF LICENSES.
Immediately upon receipt by the City Clerk
of information concerning the conviction of
any person for the violation of Section Forty
five of this Ordinance, or concerning the third
conviction within ope year of any person for
the violation of Section thirty-eight of this
Ordinance, the City Clerk shall forthwith re
voke 1 he operator’s license issued to such per
son hy the City Clerk and shall issue no op
erator’s license to any such person within
sixty da vs thereafter Upon the suspension or
revocation of any operator’s license, the City
Clerk shall demand the surrender of the li
cense certificate and any duplicates thereof
that may hnve been Issued, and It shall be
unlawful for any person who.se license has
be on suspended or revoked as herein pro
vided, to fail or neglect forthwith to sur
render to the City Clerk any such certificate
In his possession or under his control.
Upon receiving within one year verified writ
ten complaints mode by one or more persons
of iwn or more ifeparate instances of reckless,
negligent or ijwliwful operation of a vehicle
on any publiciM-treet by any person to whom
the City Clerlf has issued a valid unrevoked
operator’s lic«wise, the City Clerk may, in his
discretion, f[m a time and place for a hoar
ing to determine whether or not the operator’s
licence held by such person should be re
voked on the ground that such person is an
unfit person to be so licensed. The person so
complain'd of shall be served with a written
notice, at least five days prior to the date cf
said hearing, to appear and show cause, at
such hearing, why his license to operate a
motor vehicle upon the public streets ahouM
not be suspended or revoked. Such hearing
shall be held by the City Clerk, or by any
person or persons, not exceeding three, offi
cers or employees of the City of Juneau, whom
l»e may designate. If upon such hearing it Is
determined that there is good and sufficient
reason therefor, findings and an order shall
be made by the City Clerk or by the person
or persons holding such hearing on his be
half to the effect that such license should be
revoked. The City Clerk shall thereupon cans,
such person’s license as on operator to be
forthwith revoked in the findings hereinbefore
provided for show or declare that such opera
tor is a reckless or negligent driver or that he
Is incompetent or unfit to operate a motor
vehicle because of mental or physical in
firmities or disabilities.
If in any case the respondent shall fail
to appear at the time and place fixed for
any such hearing as is provided in this sec
tion. he shall be in default, and if in the
opinion of the City Clerk or of the person *»r
persons holding such hearing on his behalf,
there is sufficient reason therefor, the license
of the respondent may be ordered revoked or
suspended, whereupon th City Clerk shall upon
notice of such order, revoke or suspend, as
the case may be. such license for a period of
not to exceed thirty days.
Upon the expiration of the period of sus
pension of any license as hereinbefore In this
section provided for, the City Clerk shall re
turn to the licensee his license certificate, or
In his discretion may issue to him a new cer
tificate, and such license shall be valid for th *
remainder of the license year, subject to the
other provisions of this Ordinance.
Sec. 9. TRANSFER OF LICENSES.
No license shall be transferred from on**
person to another person, but may be trans
ferred from one vehicle to another vehic 1 *
when duly authorized by the City Clerk « n
application therefor, accompanied by the*
proper fee, and In case such vehicle to
which it is desired to have such license trans
ferred requires a greater fee than the vehicle
for which the original license vn is issued, the
applicant shall accompany such application
with the additional amount required to cover
the difference between the license fees for the
two ratings. A license may be transferred
from one classification to a different classifica
tion upon application to the City Clerk and
the payment of the difference between the li
cense fee originally paid and the fee provided
by this Ordinance for the class to whidi the.
transfer Is made, together with an additional
transfer fee of $1.00. provided, that no re
fund shall be made if the fee fixed by this
Ordinance for the class of vehicle to which
such transfer is made be less than the foe
originally paid, provided, however, the origin
al license, and the number plates must be re
turned at the time application for transfer is
S*r. 10. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.
Upon the transfer of ownership of any
motor vehicle registered under the provisions
of this Ordinance, the person In whose name
such vehicle is registered shall forthwith file
with the City Clerk a notice upon the form
furnished by the City Clerk, containing the
date of such transfer of ownership and the
name and address of the transferee, and upon
such transfer the title of the number plates
shall vest in the transferee Upon the trans
fer of owneivhip of any motor vehicle, the per
son in whose name such vehicle is registered
and the person to whom ownership of such
vehicle is to be transferred, shall forthwith
Join In a statement of said transfer endorsed
upon the reverse side of the application for
registration of said motor vehicle in th-*
space provided for said purpose, which state
ment shall be signed by the transferor and
legal owner in the manner and form of his
signature contained on the face of said appli
cation, and which statement shall likewise be
signed byr the transferee, who shall also set
forth below his signature, his post office ad
dress. Said statement shall Include an appli
cation by the transferee for registration of
of said vehicle in his name. Said application
so endorsed and bearing upon the reverse side
thereof, the signature of the transferor and
transferee, shall be filed with the City Clerk,
together with the proper fee of $1.00 required
by Section 6 of this Ordinance. The City
Clerk shall file said application so jointly en
dorsed by transferor and transferee and upon
receipt of the proper fees as above provided,
the City Clerk, if satisfied of the genuineness
and regularity of the said transfer, shall reg
ister said motor vehicle in the name of said
transferee.
Upon such registration the City Clerk shall
Issue to the applicant without further charg
than as provided in Section 6 of this Ordi
nance, a new registration certificate in the
manner and form as herein above provided for
original registration. Until said transferee has
received said certificate of registration and
has written his name upon the face thereof in
the blank space provided for such purpose,
delivery of said motor vehicle shall ho deem
ed not to have been made and the title there
to shall he deemed not to have passed and
said intended transfer shall be deemed to lx*
incomplete and not to be valid or effective for
any purpose; provided, that where such trans
fer is made to a dealer who intends to resell
or otherwise re-transfer said vehicle, the pro
visions of this Ordinance relative to the Joint
statement of the transferor and the transferee
•endorsed thereon, shall he complied with upon
such sale or transfer. In ease of transfer of
ownership of a motor vehicle registered und< i
the provisions of this Ordinance by operation
of law. as upon inheritance, devise or bequest,
order In bankruptcy or insolvency', execution
sale, re-possession upon default In perform
ance of the terms of a lease or executory sales
contract, or otherwise than by the voluntary
act of the registered owner, the notice of
transfer as well as the joint statement herein
above provided for shall he signed by the
executors, administrator, receiver. trustee,
sheriff, or other representative or successor in
inter* st of the registered owner, In lieu of
such owner, the transferee's application for
registration shall be accompanied by a state
ment of the special facts in the premises: pro
vided, that the City Ulcrk may In his discre
tion require from the transferee, before reg
istering such motor vehicle, such additional
Information respecting such involuntary loss
of ownership by the former registered owner
as may be satisfactory to the City Clerk.
Anything to the contrary herein above not
withstanding, upon the transfer of ownership of
any motor vehicle to a person not intending
either to operate the same or to cause or per
mit the same to be operated upon the public
streets and not intending to transfer such
motor vehicle to another person, a statement
by said transferee of such fact or intent shall
accompany the applieation for registration,
in which case no fee for registration need be
paid by the applicant, and the City Clerk, if
satisfied of the genuineness and regularity of
said transfer and if satisfied of the facts
stated In said applieation for registration, shall
register without any charge whatever, such
motor vehicle in the name of said transferee
and shall Issue to him a new registration cer
tificate In a distinctive form to be determined
by the City Clerk; provided, that until said
transferee has received said registration cer
tificate, delivery of said motor vehicle shall
be deemed not to have been made, and title
thereto shall be deemed not to have passed,
and said intended transfer shall he deemed to
he Incomplete and not to be valid or effective
for any purpose; and provided, further, that
nothing herein contained shall be so construed
as to permit such motor vehicle to be operated
upon a public street under such distinctive
registration certificate last herein above pro
vided for.
If the City Clerk shall determine at any
time, that for any reason a motor vehicle is
unsafe or is improperly equipped or is other
wise unfit to be operated, or that the appli
eant for registration thereof is not entitled as
owner thereof to such registration, the City
Clerk mav refuse to register such vehicle and
may for a like reason* revoke any registration
already acquired, subject to a right of appeal
to the City Council, to be prosecuted by filing
a notice with said Council within ten days
thereafter, who shall thereupon appoint a day
for bearing wild appeal, giving appellant
least three days prior notice in writing thereof.
Sec. 11 MOVING UNREGISTERED VE
llfCI.EH.
When it shall become necessary for a uiuuu
faeturer of, or dealer In, or I a consignee of,
motor vehicles to move any vehicle owned by
or consigned to him. not being registered
under any of the provisions of this Ordinance,
from any vessel or warehouse, to the sale*
rooms or other place of business of such
manufacturer or dealer, or to a warehouse or
other plare of storage, over the public streets,
he may operate such vehicle, either under its
owti power or otherwise, over such public
stf ets as ore necessary for said purpose,
without first registering said motor vehicle or
affixing thereto any number plates, provided,
how-ver, that In such event he shall first
obtain from the Chief of Police, a written per
mit authorizing such operation; and there is
hereby conferred upon the Chief of Police
authority to issue' such permits in proper cases
as hereinbefore provided.
St. 12. DEALER'S NOTICE OF SALE.
I pon the transfer of any motor vehicle by
a manufacturer or dealer, whether by sale,
Da or otherwise, such motor vehicle not
belt, ; registered under the provisions of Se -
tion 6 hereof, such manufacturer or dealer
shall, forthwith upon transfer, file with the
City Clerk, upon a blank to be furnished by
him. a notice or report containing the date
of such transfer, a description of such motor
vehicle, and the name and post office of the
purchaser, lessee, or other transferee.
J->c. 13. NOTICE OF DISMANTLING.
Ref ore any person, firm or corporation shall
wreck, dismantle or dissemble any motor
vehicle, or substantially alter the form thereof,
such person, Arm or corporation shall give
no’mv in writing upon forms to be furnished
by the City Clerk of the intention so to do to
th< Chief of Police.
S 14. NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF EN
DIN'E.
epon the transfer of any automobile engine
ot motor, except a new engine or motor trans
f* !i« i with the intent that the same be in
stalled in a new automobile, and whether su h
ft.‘luster be made by a manufacturer or dealer
• r otherwise, or whether by sale, lease or
utlu rwise, the transferor shall, within thr°o
days after such transfer Ale with the City
CUtk. upon a blank furnished by him. a no
t or report containing the date of such
transfer and a description, together with the
maker’s number of said engine or motor, the
name and the post office address of the pur
chaser. lessee, or other transferee.
See IB. TRANSPORTING HEAVY MACH
INERY, ETC., OVER THE STREETS.
No person shall transport any steam shov
el. heavy machinery, traction engine, or any
other bulky object, nor drive any vehicle the
width of which exceeds eight and one-half
(8*..) feet or the length of which, including
material projecting fr*»n the rear, exceeds
forty-Ave (45) feet, nor operate any four
wheel trailer, along, across, or through any
street without having first obtained a permit
therefor from the City Council. Such permit
may be obtained by making written applica
tion setting forth a description of the object
to be transported or the vehicle to bo driven,
the route to be transversed, the hour within
which it is desired to perform the work, the
means of locomotion to be employed, and upon
making a showing that the moving of such
object or the driving of such vehicle will not
unduly interfere with the rights of the public
or other persons in any street, or cause Injury
t > the street or other properly of the City,
and if there is danger of undue interference
with the rights of the public or other persons
in any street, or injury to the street or other
property of the City, upon the execution and
delivery to t lie City of Juneau of a good
Surety or (’ash Rond sufficient and conditioned
to save the City harmless from all injuries
which may be occasioned by reason of the
glinting of such permit, or of any act done
pursuant thereto; provided, the issuance of
such permit rib a II not be construed as a
waiver of the right of the City to recover for
any injury to the street or other property of
the City resulting from the transporting of
any of the hereinabove mentioned heavy ob
jects; provided, also, that no permits shall b>
required of a vehicle, which including material
projecting from the rear, exceeds forty-five
(45) feet in length when such vehicle, together
with its load, is of insufficient weight to in
jure the street.
Sec. 16. WEIGHT OF LOAD. ETC
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive.
lU'opel. draw, move, convey or transport, or
on use to be-driven, propelled, drawn, moved,
conveyed or transported, over, upon, along or
across any streets any vehicle or object which
wit li or without its load, shall be of such
weight, or which shall have any wheel or tire
so made, constructed, formed or shaped, or so
equipped with spikes, cleats, lugs or other
attachments or projections as to destroy or
permanently injure such street nr the surface
foundation or other property thereof; but this
section shall not be so construed as to pro
hibit the use of tire chains of reasonable pro
portions on motor vehicles when required for
afety because of snow, ire or other condi
tions tending to cause such motor vehicle to
slide or skid; and it shall be unlawful for
an.V person to drive, propel, draw, move, con
vey or transport, cr cause to be driven, pro
pelled, drawn, moved, conveyed or tr.-tns
ported, over, upon .along or across any street
any automobile, auto truck, trailer, or motor
propelled vehicle, which, with or without its
load, shall weigh more than ten thousand
(10,000) pounds, and it shall be unlawful to
operate a truck or trailer on any street with
a load greater than ten thousand (10,000)
pounds, or to operate or drive any motor
truck over or along any street with a load ex
ceeding its licensed capacity, or to operate or
drive any three or four wheeled logging truck
over or along any street loaded with logs
exceeding two thousand (2000) feet, or to
drive or operate any logging truck with a
trailer, over or along any street with a load
pf logs exceeding tvso thousand (2000) feet, is
calculated by Scribner’s log sca^e, and for the
purpose of this Ordinance the weight of the
load shall be calculated at five (5) pounds per
loot, log: scale.
Sec. 17. "HOUGH LOCK” FORBIDDEN.
No person shall drag or haul any timber or
any articles along or over any street in such
manner that a portion of the same shall real
upon or come in contact with the surface of
such street; nor shall any person on any
planked, paved or macadamized street, lock
the wheel of any vehicle by the method com
monly known as "rough lock": nor by any
method whereby anything other than the tire
of such wheel or a smooth shoe shall come
in contact with the surface of the street.
Sec. 18. POLICE TO REGULATE TRAFFIC.
Drivers of vehicles must at all times comply
with any direction given by any police officer
as to stopping, starting, approaching or de
parting from any place in any street in the
City of Juneau It shall be unlawful for any
person driving, using, or having the Control of
any vehicle, to fall, refuse or neglect to obey
the order of any police officer in regard to
the regulation, direction or diversion or to
moving or stopping any such vehicle In or
upon any street in the City of Juneau.
Sec. 19. CAREFUL DRIVING.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle upon any of the
streets, shall ride, drive or propel such vehicle
upon such streets In a careful manner and
with due regard to the safety and convenience
of pedestrians and all other vehicles upon such
streets.
SEC. 20. VEHICLES TURN TO RIGHT.
’Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle, upon meeting any
other vehicle at. any place upon any street,
shall turn to the right, and on all occasions
when it is practicable so to do, shall drive
on the right side of such street, and near the'
right hand curb thereof, excepting when the
right hand side of the street is obstructed by
teams, building or other material, or when th •
street is closed for repairs; in such case tie*
travel shall be as far away from the left hand
curb as possible so as tb allow other vehicles
to pass freely.
Rec. 21. TURNING TO RIGHT ON STREETS
HAVING RUT TWO WHEEL TRACKS.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
In charge of any vehicle upon any street hav
ing but two wheel tracks, or well beaten
pteiths for vehicles, is hereby required when
practicable to turn to the right and to sur
render the left track upon meeting any ve
hicle going in the opposite direction.
Sf*r. 22. PASS TO LEFT ON OVERTAKING
VEHICLES
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle upon any street
shall, in overtaking any other vehicle, pass to
the* left of such vehicle*, and the person in
cliargi of such vehicle* bedng so overtaken and
passed shnll give way to the extreme right
to allow such vehicle to pass with safety
Sec 23 SLOW MOVIN'? VRHU’LES KEEP
CLOSE TO CURB.
Evtry person riding, driving, propelling or in
charge any vehicle moving slowly upon any
street, shall keep such vehicle as close as
possible to the curb on the right, allowing
more swiftly moving vehicles free passage on
the left.
Sec. 24 TURNING, STOPPING OR CHANG
ING COURSE.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle upon any street,
shall, before turning, stopping or changing the
course of such vehicle, first sec? that there is
sufficient space so that such movement can be
made in safety and shall then give a plainly
visible or audible signal to the persons in
charge of vehicles behind the vehicle so turn
ing. stopping, changing its course, or turning
from a stand still of his intention tr> make
such movement, except when fallowed by
rapidly propelled vehicles.' in which event no
turn shall be made untij such vehicles have
passed on tin? left.
Sec. 25. SIGNALS.
Such signals shall be given in the follow
ing manner:
When turning to the left, by outstretched
arm extending horizontally to the left.
When turning to the right, by outstretched
arm extended to the left and up.
When stepping or suddenly decreasing
speed, by outstre tched arm extended to th 3
left and down.
Before backing, warning. shall be given by
a short blast followed by n long blast of the
signal device and while backing unceasing
vigilance must be exercised so ns not to in
jure those behind.
Sec. 26. TURNING CORNERS.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle in or upon any
street, shall in turning to the right into An
other street turn the corner as near the right
hand curb as possible. Every person riding,
driving, propelling or in charge of any vehicle
turning to the right from one street into an
other. shnll have the right of wny over ve
hicles traveling in the direction in winch such
vehicle is turning; and every person riding,
driving, propelling or in charge of any vehicle
traveling in the direction in which such vehicle
is turning, shall allow such right of way to
such vehicle so turning.
Sec. 27. TURNING FROM ONE STREET
INTO ANOTHER.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle in or upon any street,
shall, in turning to the left into another street,
pass to the right of and beyond the center of
the street intersection before turning. Every
person riding, driving, propelling or in charge
of any vehicle turning to the left from one
street into another street, shall allow the
right of way to vehicles traveling in th-*
direction in which such vehicle Is turning;
and every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of any vehicle traveling in the di
rection in which such vehicle is turning shill
have the right of way over such vehicle au
turning.
Sec. 28. TURNING AND HEADING IN DI
RECTION OP TRAFFIC.
Every person riding, driving, propelling or
in charge of tiny vehicles crossing from one
side of any heavily traveled street, as here
inafter defined, to the other side thereof, shall
make such crossing by turning to the left so
as to head in the direction in which the traf
fic is moving on the side of the street towards
which crossing is made.
Sec. 29. STOPPING WITH LEFT SIDE TO
U Ktf.
It .shall be unlawful for any person riding,
driving, propelling or In charge of any vehicle
to stop the same or cause the same to b
stopped with the left side of such vehicle
towards or along, or next to the curb, except
In the residential districts.
Sec. 8ft. STOP WITHIN FOOT OF CURB.
No person riding, driving, propelling or in
charge of any vehicle, shall stop such vehicle
upon any street except within one foot of the
curb: provided, however, that this section
shall not apply In case of emergency or when
such stop is made for the purpose of allow
ing another vehicle or pedestrian to cross Its
path.
Sec. 31. BACK TO CURB ONLY WHEN
LOADING OR UNLOADING.
No person riding, driving, propelling or In
charge of any vehicle upon any street, shall
allow such vehicle to remain backed up to the
curb except when such vehicle is being
actually loaded or unloaded except as herein
after provided.
It shall be unlawful for any person In charge
of any vehicle standing along or near Un
curb in any street within the business dis
trict. to fail, refuse, « neglect to' move such
vehicle away from such curb when requested
to do so by any police officer .
S»c. 32. RIGHT OF WAY.
A driver already upon the street shall have
the right of way over a driver entering at u
point other than the street intersection, and
it shall b*' the duty of such driver to allow
tin* right of way to the driver already upon
the Street: provided, that the foregoing shall
not apply to apparatus of the lire and police
departments.
ditIGHT OF WAY — STREET INTERSEC
TION.
Drivers, when approaching street interset -
tionr. •shall look out for and give right of wav
to vehicles on their right, simultaneously ap
proaching a given point.
Sec. 33. RIGHT OF WAY FOR FIRE AP
PARATUS.
Fire department apparatus of all kinds, when
going to, or on duty at, or returning from a
lire, and all ambulances, whether of a public
or a private character, and all other vehicles
when employed in carrying sick or injure-1
persons to hospitals or other places for relief
and treatment, and the officers and police
men and vehicles of the Police Department
when such apparatus is responding to a call
to a lire, shall have the right of way over all
vehicles or persons on any street and through
any procession, and when the Fire Department
or Police Department Is responding to an
alarm all vehicles shall come to a stand still
along the right curb In the direction being
traveled by such vehicles until the vehicles of
the Fire Department or Police Department,
shall have passed, and no vehicle shall stop
on any cross street excepting close to tho
curb and far enough away from the inter
secting street to allow the above mentioned
vehicles to turn safely.
It shall be unlawful for any person riding,
driving, propelling or in charge of any vehicle
in or upon any street or for any person stand
ing or walking in any such street, to fail,
refuse or neglect to allow the right of way to
any officer or fireman or apparatus of the
Fire Department w-hen the same is going to
nr on duty at or returning from a fire, or to
any amhuiance. whether of a public or private
character, or to any other vehicle when such
vehicle is employed in carrying a sick or in
jured person to a hospital or any other place
for relief or treatment, or to any officer or
policeman or vehicle of the Police* Department,
when su<h apparatus Is responding to a call
to a Are.
See. 34. STOP NEAR CURB ON APPROACH
OF FIRE APPARATUS, BTC.
Upon the approach of any apparatus of tho
Fire Department Of Police Department or any
ambulances, when such apparatus Is respond
ing to a call to a Are, every person riding,
driving, propelling or in charge of any vehicle
in or upon any street' shall Immediately sto^
siich vehicle- as near as possible to the right
hand curb of such street, and It shall be un
lawful for nay person to cause *r permit such
vehicle t<» b<* moved until surl» apparatus oi
ambulances shall have passed stub vehicle.
.Sec. 35 STOPPING NEAR FIRE II YD
RANTS.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hitch
or to leave standing, or to cause or permit fe
be bitched or left standing, any animal or te
leave standing or to cause or to permit to b*
left standing any vehicle, or to stop or t
cause to be stopp»*d, any animal or vehicle in
or upon any public street within fifteen (15'
feet of any fire hydrant, unless sued) anlma!
I> in charge of some person capable of driv
ing the same, or unless sueh vehicle is lr
charge of some person capable of driving or
operating the? same.
Sec-. .86. REPAIRING VEHICLES ON
STREET.
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm oi
corporation to construct or cause to he con
structed or re»pnlr or cause to be repaired, an)
vehicle or any part of any vehicle, upon an)
public street, except temporary repairs, In eas.
of accident*.
Sec 37. DRIVING VEHICLES BACKWARD
Jt shall be unlawful for any person to ride
drive or propel or to cause to be ridden, driv
en or propelled, lift upon or along: any street
any vehicle in a backward direction, if. by so
doing:, the free and uninterrupted passage of
another vehicle Is impeded.
Sec. 38. RATE OF SPEED
It shall be the duty of every person operat
ing a motor vehicle on the public streets of
Juneau to drive the same in a careful and
prudent manner. It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate or move any motor vehicle
at a rate of speed faster than fifteen (16)
miles an hour, or, over or across any street
intersection within the corporate limits of Ju
neau within one hundred (100) yards of any
school house, on school days between eight
o’clock in the morning and five o’clock in the
evening, at a rate of speed faster than ten
(10) miles an hour, or in any case at a rate
of speed that will endanger the property of
another or the life or limb of any person, pro
vided. however, that nothing contained in this
section relating to speed shall, when res
ponding to emergency calls, apply to the ve
hicles of the Fire and Police Departments.
Sec. 39. THROWING NAILS. TACKS, ETC.
ON THE STREET.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
throw, deposit or place, in or upon any public
street any nails, tacks, crockery, scrap iron,
tin wire, bottles, glass, thorns or thorny clip
pings, or thorny branches of trees, or bushes
or any' other articles or thing likely to punc
ture or injure the tires of any vehicle.
See. 40. GO N’t l, HELL OR HORN ON AU
TOMOBILES.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
or propel any bicycle, tricycle, velocipede,
motor bicycle, automobile or any other rid
ing machine or horseless vehicle, upon the
streets without having attached to such bi
cycle, tricycle, velocipede, motor micycle or
automobile a gong, bell or horn in good work
ing order and of proper size and character
sufficient to give warning of the approach of
such vehicle to pedestrians and to riders and
drivers of other vehicles. Said gong, bell or
horn shall be of such size only as may be
necessary to give such warning nnd shall not
be sounded except when necessary to give
such w Mining.
Sec. 41 USB OF SIRENS PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating
vehicles, described in Section 4 of this Ordi
nance to use thereon, while traveling through
the streets, any instrument for the purpose of
giving warning which shall produce a sound
of unusually loud, annoying or distressing
character, or such that will tend to frighten
pedestrians or animals, it being the intention
of this section to prohibit the use of so-called
‘’sirens” or other similar instrument for the
purpose of producing unusually loud, distress
ing or annoying sounds, provided, however,
that tiie foregoing shall not apply to signal
devices on vehicles of the Fire Department.
Sec 42. WARNING WHEN THERE IS
DANGER OF COLLISION.
It shall be unlawful for the rider of a blcyclo
or driver of a motor vehicle to fail to sound
liis signal device as a warning when there is
danger of a collision or accident, by reason of
the approach of such bicycle or motor vehicle;
provided, that it shall be unlawful for any
person operating or in charge of any such
bicycle or motor vehicle, other thfln vehicles
of the Fire and Police Department, ambul
ances, vehicles of physicians and surgeons
when such vehicles are responding to emer
gency calls, to sound such a signal device ex
hh ii witrninK ni danger.
Sec. 43. STREETS OF MORE TRAN FIVE
PER CENT GRADE.
It shall be unlawful for any person operat
ing vehicle, described In Section 4 of this
Ordinance to leave such vehicles standing on
grades exceeding five (6) per cent with only
the brakes set, except when the front or rear
wheels of such vehicle shall have been thrown
In towards the curb In such a manner as to
prevent such vehicle from running down the
grade if the brakes should be released; pro
vided, however, on streets outside the busi
ness district where the grade exceeds five (6)
per cent it shall be lawful for any person
operating vehicles described in Section 4 of
this ordinance to leave same standing against
the curb, and tiL right angles to same, with
front or rear wheels against the curb, pro*
viding the length of the vehicle does not ob
struct or Interfere with other traffic on such
a street; and provided further, that it shall
he lawful on planked streets to place wooden
cleats on the surface of the streets at a dis
tance not to exceed sixteen (16) inches from
<he curb, said cleats, not to exceed two (2)
inches in height, nor four (4) inches In width,
nor twelve (12) inches In length.
Sec. 44 “SCORCHING” OR “COASTING."
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
or drive any bicycle, tricycle, bicycle-tandem
or other vehicle or machine of similar char
acter upon or along any public street unless
the feet of the person riding err driving the
same shall be kept upon the pedals thereof at
all times while such vehicle is In motion. The
practice of “scorching” or “coasting" Is here
by prohibited.
Sec. 46. INTOXICATED PERSONS DRIVING.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while
In an Intoxicated condition, or who is an habit
ual user of narcotic drugs, to ride or drive
any animals, or to ride, drive or propel any
vehicle or to have charge or control of ativ
animal or vehicle on any public street In the
City of Juneau. Any person violating the pro
visions of this section shall be punished by
a fine of Twenty-five Dollars ($26.00) or by
imprisonment in the City Jail for not less
thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and Im
prisonment In the discretion of the Muni
cipal Magistrate.
Sec 46 EMISSION OF SMOKE. ETC.
FROM VEHICLES.
It shall be unlawful for any person oper
ating a self-propelled vehicle upon the streets,
to permit the motors of the same to oper&t*
In such a manner as to visibly emit an un
duly great amount of steam, smoke, or pro
ducts of combustion from exhaust pipes or
other pipes nr openings.
Her. 47 "MUFFLERS" ON AUTOMOBILES.
It shall be unlawful for any person to Hde,
drive or propel, or to cause or permit to be
ridden, driven or propelled, any motor vehicle,
in, upon or along any public street or other
public place, or to operate or cause or permit
to be operated the motor In any such ve
hicle, In any public street or other public
place, if such motor, vehicle, or the motor in
such vehicle, is not provided with a good afid
sufficient muffler properly attached thereto, or
if the exhaust from the motor In such vehicle
Is ejected otherwise than through such muf
fler. or If such exhaust Is ejected towards the
surface of the street or ground.
For the purpose of this section the term
“Motor vehicles" shall include automobiles,
motorcycles and all other vehicles operated by
power other than animal power.
Sec. 48. LOUD NOISES FROM “MUF
It <«h&ll b<- unlawful for any person operat
ing a self-propelling vehicle upon the streets,
to permit the pipes, "mufflers." or other de
vice*. to -emit the sounds of exhaust in a
loud and annoying manner; Jt being the In
tention of thin section to compel the operation
of such propelled vehicle in as noiseless a
manner ns possible.
Sec. 49 MACHINERY IN MOTION ON
AUTOMOBILES AT A STAND STILL.
It Khull be unlawful for any person to leave
unattended upon any public street, alley or
other public place any automobile or other
motor vehicle while any part of its machin
ery Is running or Ik in motion.
Sec 60. CATCHING ON MOVING VE
HICLES
It shall be unlawful for any person to, in
any manner, catch on. hold, or otherwise at
tach himself, or any vehicle or object to any
moving vehicle unless given permlaslon *o to
do by the operator of said moving vehicle.
Sec. 61 TRAVELING IN THE WAKE OP
OTHER VEHICLES.
It j-hall be unluwful for any person riding,
on the streets upon a bicycle or any similar
vehicle, or any other vehicle, to travel so
closely in the wake of any vehicle In such s
manner us to imperil life or limb, or to travel
so closely in the wake of any "said moving
vehicle as not to give the following vehicle
ample room in which to stop or turn out In
case the preceding vehicle comes to a sud
den stop.
Sec. 52. DRIVING AUTOMOBILES, ETC.
ON THE 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 pro
p.lhM. any wagon, bicycle, motorcycle, auto
mobile. or other vehicle, except baby car*
(Continued ou Pago Sevan.)