HomeMy WebLinkAbout065_Lightweight Motor Vehicles_Amends Ord 35ORDINANCE NUMBER 65
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING, REGULATING, RESTRICTING AND CONTROLLING THE USE, OPERATION
AND DRIVING OF MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR AND MOTOR PROPELLED VEHICLES;
ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS; REQUIRING PROPER EQUIPMENT; PROHIBITING OPERATORS UNDER THE
AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS TO PERMIT OR CARRY ADDITIONAL RIDERS; PROVIDING AUTHORITY OF POLICE
TO IMPOUND DEFECTIVE OR IMPROPERLY USED VEHICLES AS BEING A PUBLIC NUISANC AND HAZARD;
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; MAKING THE OPERATION, CONSTRUCTION, SPEED, USE AND
CONTROL REQUIRED A PART OF AND SUBJECT TO EXISTING TRAFFIC CODE OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA; REPEALING AND/OR AMENDING PARTS OF EXISTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY
OF PROVISIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA:
Section 1. AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 35, Section 4.
That Section Fourt (4) of Ordinance Thirt-five (35) of the Town of Owasso,
Oklahoma, be amended to read and provide as follows:
"Section 4. OPERATION OF SCOOTERS SUBJECT TO TRAFFIC RULES. Except as otherwise
herein provided, all rules, laws and ordinances governing the operation of and pertaining
to the operation, maintenance, traffic regulations, controls, licenses, and driving of
motor vehicles, and traffic code of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, now existing or hereafter
amended, shall apply with full force and affect to the operation, speed, use, maintenance,
construction and control of scooters or lighweight vehicles, being drivin or in use within
the town limits of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma,".
Section 2. DRIVER UNDER AGE OF SIXTEEN (16) YEARS NOT PERMITTED TO CARRY PASSANGERS.
No person underthe age of sixteen (16) years of age, while operating a scooter,
motorbike or motorcycle, shall permit or allow any other person to ride with him or her
as a passanger, or shall drive or operate such vehicle with any other person in, on or
upon such vehicle or any side car attached thereto.
Section 3. POLICE TO IMPOUND VEHICLE, WHEN, Any motor scooter, lightweight motor or
motor propelled vehicle, motorbike or motorcycle being operated or used in violation of
Section Two (2) of this ordinance, is hereby declared to be dangerous to other persons
or property and to be a public nuisance affecting the safety, peace and welfare of the
general public, and it shall be th duty of any police officer of the Town of Owasso,
Oklahoma, to impound such vehicle and to hold the same in the custody of the Town Marshall
to be delivered to a parent, guardian or other person having legal custody or control of
the dirve of same, upon written request of such parent, gardian or other person.
Section 4. SERVERABILITY. Should any part, section, paragraph or any section, or any part,
phrase, sentence, or term, contained in this ordinance be declared, by a Court of competent
jurisdiction, to be unlawful or unenforceable, then the rest, remainder and remaining part,
parts, sections, parts of sections, paragraphs, phrases, sentences, or terms contained in
this ordinance, not so adjudicated, shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. PENALTY. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision or section
of this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the sum of Twenty Dollars
($20.00) including costs.
Section 5. Parts of Ordinance Number 35 Repealed. Section Five (5) of Ordinance Number
Thirty-five (35), passed July 2nd, 1962, is hereby repealed, and the rest and residue of
said ordinance and amendments thereto shall remain in full force and effect.
EMERGENCY: WHEREAS, it being immediately necessary for the preservation of the peace,
health and safety of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, and the inhabitants thereof, that the
provisions of this ordinance be put into immediate force and effect, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason of the existance of nuisances creating a hazard to health and
safety, and by reason thereof, this ordinance shall effect and be in full force from
and after its passage, as provided by law.
Emergency clause voted upon separately and passed by unanimous vote of the Board of
Trustees this 4th day of October, 1965.
PASSED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, this 4th day of October, 1965.
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, this
4th day of October, 1965.
President of the Board of Trustees of
The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma.
ATTEST:
Town Clerk.
APPROVED:
Attorney for the Town of Owasso
Board Member.
THE COLLINSVILLE NEWS
Collinsville, Oklahoma
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
ss
COUNTY OF TULSA
Of
lawful age, being duly sworn and author-
ized, is the
of The Collinsville News, a weekly news-
Paper printed in the English language, in
the City of Collinsville, Tulsa County, Ok-
lahoma, having a paid general subscription
circulation in said County, with entrance
into the United States mails as second class
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mail matter in 'I'uIsa Count y, and published
and printed in said County where delivered
to the United States rpall, that said news-
paper has been continuously and uninter-
ruptedly published in said County during a
period of one-hundred four (104) con-
secutive weeks immediately prior to the
first publication of the attached notice,
advertisement or publication; and that said
newspaper comes within the requirements
of Chapter 4 of Title 25, Oklahoma Sta-
tutes 1951, as amended, and complies with
all other requirements of the laws of Ok-
lahoma with reference to legal publications.
That said notice, a true copy of which is
attached hereto, was published in the regu-
lar edition of said newspaper during the
period and time of publication and riot in
a supplement, on the following dates:
Tie Collinsville News
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of
My commission expires:
Ncta-ry Public
EMERGENCY: WHEREAS,
it being immediatly necessary
for the preservation of the
peace health and safety of the
Town of Owasso, Oklahoma,
and the inhabitants thereof, that
the provisions of this ordinance
be put into imediate force
and effect, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, by
reason of the existance, of
nisances creating a hazard to
health and safety, and by reason
thereof, htis ordinanice shall
take effect and be in full force
from and after its passage, as
provided by law.
Emergency clause voted upon
separately and passed by unanmous
vote of the Board of Trustees
this 4th day of
October, 1965.
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
of the Board of Trustees
of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma,
this 4th day of October
1965.
JOHN R. GROTH
President of the Board
of Trustees of the Town
of Owasso, Oklahoma
ATTEST:
Robbie Fickle,
Town Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED:
M. S. Sawter,
Attorney for the
Town of Owasso