§ 6-24. Parking, speed and operation of vehicles.

(a)

Parking and standing regulations.

(1)

The airport director, under the authority and supervision of the airport authority, is empowered to regulate the parking and standing of motor vehicles at the airport and is empowered to do all things necessary and in compliance with the state sign manual which is adopted by reference in section 6-20 to apply to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport and Mohave County Airport Authority, Inc. The airport director shall designate and post areas of parking, areas where parking is prohibited, the time and method of such parking, the segregation of categories of parking and any other matter reasonably necessary to promulgate and implement the rules contained in this chapter.

(2)

It shall be a violation to fail to comply with the signs, markings and other parking designations posted on an airport by the authority of the airport director. Parking on an airport is prohibited as follows:

a.

Wherever "No Parking" sign(s) or symbol(s) are posted.

b.

Off roads on shoulders, curbs or grassy areas.

c.

In the traveled portion of any road, lane, ramp or accessway.

d.

In any area designated for regulation ground transportation parking only, unless the vehicle so parked has a permit for such area.

e.

In a crosswalk or within 20 feet of such crosswalk.

f.

In a manner other than as directed and other than within lines designating parking spaces.

g.

Any farther than 18 inches from the curb, where curb parking is permitted.

h.

In a restricted area unless specifically authorized by the airport director.

i.

In spaces reserved for the physically disabled, except for a vehicle operated by a physically handicapped person, bearing appropriate license plate, insignia or placard lawfully issued by an authorized public authority designating the vehicle as a physically handicapped vehicle.

(3)

Standing of a vehicle on an airport is prohibited where signs so indicate.

(4)

The provisions of this section shall apply to the driver of any vehicle, including, but not limited to, those owned by, or used in the service of the United States Government, the state, the county, or the City of Bullhead, or any other political subdivision, and it shall be unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, except as necessary to perform emergency police or fire duties.

(5)

It is unlawful for a vehicle to be parked or standing in violation of any provision of this chapter.

(6)

Violation of any provision of this chapter which regulates the time, place or method of parking and standing on an airport is a civil infraction, punishable by civil fine only.

(7)

A police officer or an airport operations officer may issue a citation for any violation of any provision of this chapter, except as prescribed in subsection (b)(5) of this section. Any such citation shall be in the same form and subject to the same procedure provided for civil traffic violations in general in the county.

(8)

Whenever a vehicle is parking in violation of this chapter regulating the place or method of parking, the owner or owners of the vehicle, and the person who parked or placed the vehicle where the violation occurred, shall be jointly and individually liable for the violation and for the civil fee prescribed as punishment therefore. Proof that the particular motor vehicle described in the complaint was parking in violation of the chapter at an airport, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle, will constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred. This shall also apply to those persons in whose names such vehicles are jointly registered; said persons shall be jointly and severally prima facie responsible for such violation and subject to the penalties therefore.

(b)

Regulations for speed and operation of vehicles.

(1)

The Uniform Act is hereby adopted as the code regulating motor vehicle traffic other than parking and standing on the premises of an airport.

(2)

The airport director under the supervision of the authority is empowered to post signs and other traffic control devices, which shall generally conform to the state sign manual on the roads and premises of both airports regulating traffic direction and speed on public and restricted areas, and where traffic shall stop or yield to other traffic.

(3)

A vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated on a road sign posted for one-way traffic.

(4)

Except as provided in subsection (b)(4)a of this section or where a special hazard requires a lesser speed, any speed in excess of the speeds posted by the authority of the airport director shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is too great and therefore unreasonable and unlawful. The maximum lawful speed is 25 miles per hour in any public area of an airport, except those areas posted at a lesser rate of speed. The maximum rate in posted areas shall be that posted subject to subsection (b)(4)a and b of this section:

a.

The maximum lawful speed as provided in this section, and as posted by the airport director, shall be reduced to that which is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing, such as when:

1.

Approaching and crossing an intersection;

2.

Approaching and going around a curve;

3.

Special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic by reasons of weather or road conditions.

b.

No person shall drive a motor vehicle on an airport at a speed that is greater than that which is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions.

(5)

All complaints for violations of this subsection (b) shall be issued by a certified police officer and shall be prosecuted and adjudicated in the justice court of the county in accordance with the rules of procedure in traffic cases adopted by the supreme court of the state and applicable state law.

( Ord. No. 2013-01 , § 5, 1-2-2013)