All fire apparatus and equipment is hereby given and granted exclusive right-of-way over and through all platted and existing streets, alleys and thoroughfares in the City while enroute to fires or in response to any alarm of fire, and no person or persons shall in any manner obstruct of hinder said apparatus and equipment as aforestated. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any automobile, truck or any other vehicle over and fire hose laid in any street, avenue, bridge or vacant lot. Provided, that this section does not apply to any apparatus or vehicle belonging to the fire department. No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed upon or about any fire hydrant any rubbish, building materials, fence or other obstruction of any character which may in any manner obstruct, hinder or delay a fire department in the performance of its duties in case of fire. Nor shall any person or persons hitch or cause to be hitched to any fire hydrant, any animal or animals, no fastened to same any guy rope or brace, nor stand any truck, automobile, or other vehicle within 15 feet of any such hydrant. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make or sound or cause to be made or sounded by any means, any false alarm of fire without reasonable cause. No person or persons shall use any fire apparatus or equipment for any private purpose, nor shall any person willfully and without proper authority remove, take away, keep or conceal any tool, appliance or other article used in any way by the fire department. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section or refusing or neglecting to comply with any of the requirements thereof, shall upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a Class C offense.

(Ord. 21; Code 2022)

(a)   No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle within the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within such vehicle so that the sound emitted therefrom is plainly audible at a distance of 50 or more feet from such vehicle.

(b)   Sound amplification system means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker or other electronic device use for the amplification of sound.

(c)   Plainly audible means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within the vehicle, which clearly can be heard at a distance of 50 feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included. The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley roadside, park or common area, parking lot or driveway.

(d)   It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this Section that any of the following apply:

(1)   The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;

(2)   The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;

(3)   The vehicle was owned and operated by a public utility company or a communications company;

(4)   The system was used for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons which events or activities have the pre-approval of the Chief of Police or the Mayor of the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas;

(5)   The vehicle was used in authorized public activities, such as parades, fireworks, sports events musical productions and other activities which have the pre-approval of the Chief of Police or the Mayor of the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas.

(e)   A violation of this Section shall be a Class C offense. Each day any violation hereof is found to exist or continue to exist shall be a separate offense and punishable as such hereunder.

(Ord. 168; Code 2022)

Pursuant to and by authority of K.S.A. 8-2002 the parking of motorized vehicles within or adjacent to the rights-of-way of Renner Road, (a/k/a Hillcrest Road and 85th Street), Quivira Lane, and Holliday Drive at any time is prohibited. Signs prohibiting such parking shall be erected in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices prepared by the U. S. Department of Transportation. Any person in violation of this Section shall be fined not less than $10.00 not more than $100.00.

(Ord. 110; Code 2022)

Maximum speed limits are established on the following streets:

(a)   20 miles per hour on that portion of Renner Road (also known as Hillcrest Road and 85th Street) from a point 1,000 feet South of its intersection with Holliday Drive to a point 500 feet South of the line between Wyandotte and Johnson Counties.

(a)   25 miles per hour on that portion of Argentine - Holliday Drive described as beginning at the Eastern entrance to the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas, thence West 2270 feet.

(b)   30 miles per hour on the road on the dam across Tooley Creek, south of Holliday Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 32, Township 12, Range 24, Wyandotte County.

(b)   35 miles per hour on all other public streets and roads within the City.

(Ord. 98; Ord. 99; Ord. 108; Code 2022)