HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - n/a - 10/01/1959 - Motor Vehicles `� . AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
IN THE CITY OF McHENR Y, ILLINOIS
� WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the public
safety and welfare that control be exercised over the use of motor
vehicles on the public ways in the City of McHenry;
� NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of McHenry
Illinois that Chapter 1:�?, t-�rticle jIT�
i of the Municipal Code of the City of McHenry be and hereby is amended
� to include the following:
475a) No person shall operate or drive any motor
1 vehicle on any street, highway or other public way
- fi within the City of McHenry, unless such person
� has a valid license or permit as an operator or
chauffeur or a restricted driving permit issued by
the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois,
except for a .non-resident of the State of Illinois, �
who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who i
I� has in his immediate possession a valid operator's ;
or chauffeur's license or permit, issued to him in �
'� his home state or county.
;1 475b} For the purposes of this ordinance,"motor �
I, vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is pro- ;
i pelled otherwise than by muscular ��owrer, includ- j
la ing but not limited to motor cycles, motor-driven i
� cycles, pole trailers, reconstructed vehicles,
road tractors, school buses, semi-trailers, 8
ispecial mobile equipment, specially constructed �
vehicles, trackless trailer coaches, trailers, j
� i trucks, truck tractors, as well as motor cycles, �
power cycles, bicycles with motor attached, or
�I power scooters with a motor which produces not '
� to exceed 5 brake horsepower. �
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475C ; It shall be unlawful for more than one I
person to ride, drive or be a passenger upon a �
i; motor cycle, bicycle with motor attached, power �
Iicycles, or power scooters with a motor which ;
�� produces not to exceed 5 brake horsepower. ;
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I 475d) Any person, firm or corporation violating i
� the terms of this ordinance shall be fined not less !
li than twenty-five ($25. 00) .Jollars nor more than �'
�� two hundred ($200. 00) dollars for each offense. �
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This ordinance shall be in full force and
;' effect from and after its passage, approval and
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publication according to law.
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;� Passed and approved this day of October, A. D. 1958.
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