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Chapter 34
TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES*
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* Cross References: Manufactured homes and trailers, Ch. 22; skiing and pleasure
boating at Lake Grace, § 24-28; mooring of houseboats, § 24-61.
State Law References: Authority to provide devices to control the flow of traffic,
Ga. Const. art. 9, sec. 2, par. 3(a)(4); Uniform Rules of the Road, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-1
et seq.; power of local authorities generally, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-371; adoption
of uniform rules of the road by local authorities, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-372;
prosecution of traffic offenses, O.C.G.A. § 40-13-1 et seq.
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Sec. 34-1. Uniform rules of the road adopted.
Sec. 34-2. Weight restriction on Old Doctortown Road.
Sec. 34-1. Uniform rules of the road adopted.
(a) Pursuant to O.C.G.A. chapter 6 of title 40, §§ 40-6-372 through 40-6-376, O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-1 through 40-6-395 of that chapter known as the Uniform Rules of the Road and the definitions contained in O.C.G.A. § 40-1-1 are hereby adopted as and for the traffic regulations of this county, with like effect as if recited herein.
(b) Unless another penalty is expressly provided by law, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-12.
Sec. 34-2. Weight restriction on Old Doctortown Road.
(a) The road described below known as Old Doctortown Road is hereby closed to vehicles having more than two axles and, together with cargo, exceeding a net weight of 10,000 pounds, with the exception of such vehicles making deliveries on Old Doctortown Road:
Old Doctortown Road: That segment of road shown as County Road #18 beginning at State Routes 23 and 38 and continuing northeasterly for a distance of 1.9 miles to the New Doctortown Road.
(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished
as provided in section 1-12.
(Res. of 8-2-82)
