61-12-101. Powers of local authorities to regulate traffic.
61-12-101. Powers of local authorities to regulate traffic. The provisions of chapters 8 and 9 do not prevent local authorities with respect to sidewalks, streets, and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
(1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
(2) regulating the traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices;
(3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(4) designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles on those highways be moved in one specific direction;
(5) regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
(6) designating any highway as a through highway, as defined in 61-8-341, and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing a through highway and designating any intersection, as defined in 61-8-102, as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to stop intersections;
(7) restricting the use of highways as authorized in 61-10-128(2);
(8) regulating the operation of bicycles, as defined in 61-8-102, and requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles, including requiring a registration fee;
(9) regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
(10) altering the speed limits as authorized in Title 7, chapter 14, and Title 61, chapter 8;
(11) regulating the operating of a vehicle by a person who is a habitual user of or under the influence of any narcotic drug or who is under the influence of any other drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle within the incorporated limits of any city or town;
(12) regulating or prohibiting a person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor from operating or being in actual physical control of a vehicle within the incorporated limits of a city or town;
(13) regulating or prohibiting the operation of a vehicle by a person in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property within the incorporated limits of a city or town;
(14) enacting as ordinances any provisions of chapter 8 or 9 and any other law regulating traffic, pedestrians, vehicles, and operators of vehicles that are not in conflict with state law or federal regulations and enforcing the ordinances; and
(15) regulating the operation of motorized nonstandard vehicles, as defined in 61-1-101, on sidewalks, streets, and highways.
History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 201, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 240, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2131; amd. Secs. 9, 11, Ch. 468, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 232, Ch. 542, L. 2005.