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HomeMy WebLinkAbout851_MV Drivers Approch Stationay Emergency Vehicle_Move LanesTulsa County Clerk- EARL.ENE WILSON Doc# 2006045535 Pages 2 Receipt # 858316 04/24/06 12:32:25 Fee 15.00 CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA ORDINANCE NO. 851 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PART 15, TRAFFIC & VEHICLES, CHAPTER 5, DRIVING, OVERTAKING, PASSING, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SAME BY REQUIRING MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS APPROACHING AN AUTHORIZED STATIONARY EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO MOVE TO A LANE NOT ADJACENT TO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE, UNLESS TO DO SO WOULD BE UNSAFE OR IMPOSSIBLE, IN WHICH CASE THE DRIVER SHALL PROCEED WITH DUE CAUTION. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS PART 15, CHAPTER 5, OF THE CITY OF OWASSO CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 15- 557, APPROACHING A STATIONARY EMERGENCY VEHICLE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITE' OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO-WIT: SECTION ONE (1)o Part Fifteen, Traffic & Vehicles, Chapter Five, Driving, Overtaking, Passing, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, shall be amended by providing and codifying as follows: A. The driver of a motor vehicle, upon approaching a stationary emergency vehicle that is displaying a flashing combination of red and blue lights, or any combination of red and blue lights, shall: (1) If traveling on a highway that consists of two or more lanes that carry traffic in the same direction of travel as that of the driver, the driver shall proceed with due caution and shall, if possible and with due regard to the road, weather and traffic conditions, change lanes into a lane that is not adjacent to the stationary authorized emergency vehicle; or if the driver is not able to change lanes or if to do so would be unsafe, the driver shall proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed for the existing road, weather and traffic conditions; and (2) If traveling on a highway other than a highway described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the driver shall proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed for the existing road, weather and traffic conditions. B. This section does not relieve the operator of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle from the consequences of reckless disregard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (State Law Reference: Driver of a Motor Vehicle Approaching a Stationary Emergency Vehicle, 47 O. S. §11 -314.) C. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. D. If any part or parts of this ordinance are deemed unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective, the remaining portion shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect. E. The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of final passage as provided by state law. F. The City of Owasso Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding a new ordinance to be codified in Part 15, Chapter 5, as section 15 -557. PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma on 18t" April; 2006. ATTEST: Sherry Bishop, City erk this day of , 2006. Julie Lombardi, City Attorney Affidavit Publication' } Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa SECTION FIVE (5): DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE County, Oklahoma, April 25, DATE 2006. OWASSO REPORTER CITY OF E. The provisions of this ordi- OWASSO, OKLAHOMA nance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss. ORDINANCE No. 651 final tate aw.sage as provided by AN ORDINANCE RELAT- 1, of lawful age, being duly sworn, am a legal ING TO PART 15, TRAF- FIC & VEHICLES, CHAP- SECTION SIX (6): CODIFICATION t, representative of the Owasso reporter, a TER 5, DRIVING, OVER - TAKING, PASSING, OF F. The City of Owasso Code of weekly newspaper polblPSgll in the Clty of THE CODE OF ORDI- NANCES OF THE CITY Ordinances is hereby amended Owasso, 'f1.19Sa County, Oklahoma, a news a- OF OWASSO, OKLA- HOMA, by adding a new ordinance to be codified in Part 15, Chapter g per qualified to publish legal notices, advertise- AMENDING SAME BY REQUIRING 5, as section 15 -557. ments and publications as provided in Section MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS APPROACH- PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of 106 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 ING AN AUTHORIZED STATIONARY EMER- Owasso, Oklahoma on 18th and 1953 as amended, and thereafter, GENCY VEHICLE TO day of April, 2006. and complies MOVE TO A LANE NOT /s /CraigThoendel Mayor with all other reqf1uirements the laws Okla- ADJACENT THE homa with reference to legal publications. EMERGENCY V VE EHICLE, UNLESS TO DO SO ATTEST: /s/ Sherry Bishop City Clerk That said notice, a trice Copy of which is at- WOULD BE UNSAFE OR IMPOSSIBLE, IN WHICH (S E A L) Cached hereto, was published in the regular edi- CASE THE DRIVER SHALL PROCEED WITH Lion of Said newspaper during the DUE CAUTION. APPROVED as to form: /s/ Julie Trout Lombardi period and trine of publications and 1301 in a lenient THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS City Attorney Su pp , on the following dates: PART 15, CHAPTER 5, OF THE CITY OF OWASSO CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 15 -557, APPROACHING A STATIONARY EMERGENCY APRIL, 25TH, 2006 VEHICLE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO-WIT: Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26TH SECTION ONE (1): Part Fif- teen, Traffic & Vehicles, Chap- ter Five, Driving, Overtaking, day Of APRIL, 2006 Passing, of the Code of Ordi- nances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, shall be amended by providing and codifying as follows: 3 N otary Public SECTION 15 -557 APPROACHING A STATION- Icy Commission expires: ARY EMERGENCY VEHICLE SECTION TWO (2): A. The driver of a motor vehi- cle, upon approaching a sta- tionary emergency vehicle that is displaying a flashing combi- nation of red and blue lights, or any combination of red and blue lights, shall: (1) If traveling on a highway that consists of two or more lanes that carry traffic in the same direction of travel as that PUBLISHERS'S FEE $ 174.00 of the driver, the driver shall proceed with due caution and shall, if possible and with due regard to the road, weather and traffic conditions, change lanes into a lane that is not adjacent to the stationary authorized emergency vehicle; or if the driver is not able to change lanes or if to do so would be unsafe, the driver shall proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed for the existing road, weather and traffic condi- tions; and (2 If traveling on a highway oth- er than a highway described in paragraph (1) of this subsec- tion, the driver shall proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a safe speed for the existing road, weather and traffic condi- tions. B. This section does not relieve the operator of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle from the consequences of reck- less disregard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (State Law Reference: Driver of a Motor Vehicle Approaching a Stationary Emergency Vehi- cle, 47 O. S. §11 -314.) SECTION THREE (3): REPEALER C. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. SECTION FOUR (4): SEVERABILITY D. If any part or parts of this ordinance are deemed uncon- stitutional, invalid or ineffective, the remaining portion shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.