Ordinance 2734 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • • Section 5. it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle which shall not at all times be equipped with a muffler upon the exhaust thereof in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and it shall be unlawful for any person operating any motor vehicle to. use a cut-cut , by-pass or similar muffler elimination appliance. Section 6. Every owner or operator of any motor vehicle used upon any public highway of Everett shall equip such vehicle with a mirror or other device to enable the operator thereof to have at all times clear and unobstructed view to the rear of such vehicle sufficient to enable him at all times to observe conditions existing to the rear of such vehicle within a, distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet. Section 7. it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle upon the public highways of Everett with any sign, poster, card , sticker or other non-transparent material upon the windshield or rear or side windows of such motor vehicle other than a certificate or sticker required by law or rule or regulation of proper and lawful authority, in which case the same shall be placed in the lower right-hand corner of the windshield only. Section 8: (1) Every person operating or driving a vehicle of any character upon the public highways of Everett shall operate the same in a careful and prudent manner and at a. rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions existing at the point of operation, taking into account the amount and character of the traffic, weight of vehicle , grade and width of highway, condition of surface and freedom of obstruction to view ahead and consistent with any and all conditions existing at the point of operation so as not to unduly or unreasonably endanger the life , limb, property or other rights of any person entitled to the use of such public highways. (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and except in those instances where a lower maximum lawful speed is provided by this ordinance or otherwise , it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to operate the same at a speed in excess of the following: (a) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour within the corporate limits of the i.ty of Everett. (b) Twenty 20) miles per hour in traversing any intersection of public highways where the operator 's view is obstructed : Provided , except as otherwise provided in this section, this provision shall not apply to operators upon arterial highways. An operator 's view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 100 feet of his approach to an intersection he does not have a clear and un- interrupted view of such intersection, and •of all public high- ways entering such intersection for a distance of 100 feet along the center line of each thereof; -5-