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 Ellis 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 1990)

Angle parking at the angle indicated on the curbs, sidewalk or pavement, or by signs, is hereby permitted on the following streets:

(a)   East Eighth Street, from Washington Street to Madison Street;

(b)   East Ninth Street, from Madison Street to Washington Street;

(c)   Jefferson Street, from West Ninth Street to West Eighth Street.

(d)   Madison Street, from Ninth Street to Eighth Street;

(e)   Washington Street, from Seventh Street to Twelfth Street, on both sides thereof, except in such portions thereof in which angle parking is not so indicated;

(f)   West Ninth Street, from Dorrance Street to Washington Street.

(Code 1968, 13-102)

In accordance with the provisions of section 67 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop or yield as the sign directs at every intersection before entering any of the following streets or parts of streets which are designated through streets:

(a)   Dorrance Street, from Ninth Street to Tenth Street is hereby designated as a through street;

(b)   Monroe Street, from East Tenth Street to Eighteenth Street is hereby designated as a through street;

(c)   Tenth Street, from Spruce Street to Baughman Street is hereby designated as a through street;

(d)   Washington Street, from Third Street to Thirteenth Street is hereby designated as a through street, with the exception of the intersection of Tenth Street and Washington Street, which intersection shall be controlled by traffic light;

(Code 1968, 13-103; Code 1990)

No person shall drive any vehicle on the portions of any of the following streets as designated immediately below:

(a)   Monroe Street, from Twelfth Street to Nineteenth Street;

(b)   Thirteenth Street, from Monroe Street to Dorrance Street;

(c)   Washington Street, from Fifth Street to Sixth Street;

(d)   Washington Street, from Twelfth Street to Thirteenth Street; or through any designated school crosswalk between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., on the days when school is in session or when school grounds are being used for organized playground activities, at a rate greater than 20 miles per hour, or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the traffic and use of the road and the condition of the road, nor at a rate of speed such as to endanger the life, property or limb of any person.

(Code 1968, 13-104)

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle in such a manner as to unnecessarily spin the tires of such vehicle within the city.

(Code 1968, 13-105)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any truck (except pickup trucks), tractor, trailer, mobile home, motor home, or bus having a registered gross vehicle weight of 16,000 pounds or more and having an overall length of more than 225 inches or an overall width of more than 84 inches or an overall width of more than 84 inches, or a truck tractor with or without trailer, on any highway or street within the city limits of the city for a period of time longer than two hours. However, all trucks may be parked in such places as may be available for that purpose and where such vehicles shall not be a hazard to traffic or create a nuisance as shall be designated by the chief of police of the city.

(Ord. 1030, Sec. 1)

(a)   No person shall use, operate or ride any motorized scooter on the sidewalks or other public areas of the City of Ellis, Kansas.

(b)   A Scooter shall be defined as any two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by an electric or gasoline powered motor, and is not a moped or motorcycle as defined by law.

(c)   Any person in violation of this section, who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, the scooter shall be released by the City if the violator appears at the police department, provides self-identification and pays a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) impoundment fee.

(d)   Any person under eighteen (18) years of age must appear at the police department with a parent or legal guardian to obtain release of the scooter upon payment of a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) impoundment fee. If no such parent or guardian lives within the City of Ellis, the scooter may be released if its owner provides a letter from a parent or guardian requesting the scooter be released upon payment of the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) impoundment fee.

(Ord. 1198, Sec. 1:2; Code 2005)

(a)   No person shall drive or operate a commercial truck or any other truck with a registered gross weight in excess of 36,000 pounds, whether loaded or unloaded, inside the geographic corporate city limits of the City of Ellis, Kansas, except as follows:

(1)   All commercial or other trucks entering, operating within or passing through the City of Ellis, Kansas, shall use only the following streets:

(A)  Washington Street from the Northern City Limits South to Tenth Street

(B)  10th Street, in its entirety

(C)  Monroe and 10th Street South to the City Limits

(D)  9th Street, in its entirety

(E)   6th Street, in its entirety

(F)   2nd Street, from Washington to Madison

(G)  3rd Street, from Washington to Madison

(H)  Madison Street, from 2nd to 3rd Street

(2)   Commercial trucks shall include all vehicles with the registered gross weight of excess of 36,000 pounds, whether loaded or unloaded and shall include all vehicles commonly referred to as semi-tractors, truck tractors, with or without trailers. Freight trucks having a destination in the city limits may make deliveries on non-designated streets. In addition, trucks carrying construction related materials may have access to properly permitted construction sites inside the City of Ellis, Kansas.

(b)   Violation of this section shall be deemed a municipal civil infraction, subject to a fine of not more than $100.00, costs and other civil remedy as provided by law.

(Ord. 1325, Ord. 1328, Ord. 1342; Code 2022)

No person shall operate or halt any vehicle in such manner as to indicate a careless or needless disregard for the rights or safety of others in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.

(Code 2006, 14-102; Code 2022)