(a)   Micro utility trucks may be operated upon the public highways, streets, roads and alleys within the corporate limits of the City of Girard.

(b)   Micro utility truck means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an overall length, including the bumper, of not more than 144 inches, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 1,500 pounds, can exceed 40 miles per hour as originally manufactured, and is manufactured with a metal cab.

(c)   No micro utility truck shall be operated on any public highway, street, road or alley unless such vehicle shall comply with the equipment requirements under the provisions of article 17, chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. Nothing in this Section shall allow the operation of micro utility trucks on state or federal highways or interstates, if otherwise prohibited by law.

(d)   Every person operating a micro utility truck on the public highways, streets, roads and alleys of the city shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a driver of a motor vehicle imposed by law, including Section 200 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, then in effect, which requires liability insurance and which is expressly made applicable herein to micro utility trucks.

(e)   A violation of this section shall be deemed an ordinance traffic infraction. Upon an entry of a plea of guilty or no contest or upon being convicted of such violation, the penalty imposed shall be in accordance with Section 201 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance, then in effect or as otherwise provided by the code of the City of Girard.

(Ord. 1220; Code 2018)

(a)   All micro utility trucks are entitled to full use of a lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any micro utility truck of the full use of a lane.

(b)   The operator of a micro utility truck shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(c)   No person shall operate a micro utility truck between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(Ord. 1220; Code 2018)

No person shall operate a micro utility truck on any public highway, street, road or alley within the corporate limits of the city unless such person has a valid driver’s license. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 1220; Code 2018)