§ 10-3-17. Dedicated transitways.

(a)

The city council, by resolution, may designate lanes designed and constructed for such purposes as full time transitways for the exclusive use of designated buses and other transit vehicles. No vehicles other than designated buses and other transit vehicles shall, for any purpose, enter or travel in a designated transitway, except at the express direction of law enforcement or by emergency vehicles pursuant to a protocol to be established by the city.

(b)

Transitways shall be at all times reserved for use in the manner set forth in section (a) above.

(c)

Signs designating transitways shall be plainly posted along the entire route and at every possible ingress/egress point.

(d)

Any person operating a vehicle in a transitway in violation of this section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction that is not a moving violation. Upon conviction, such infractions shall be punishable as follows:

(1)

for a first offense, by a fine of $200;

(2)

for a second offense within a period of five years from the first offense, by a fine of $500;

(3)

for a third offense within a period of five years of the first offense, by a fine of $750; and

(4)

for a fourth or subsequent offense within a period of five years of the first offense, by a fine of $1,000. (Ord. No. 4888, 6/14/14, Sec. 1)