§291C-163  Powers of counties.  (a) This chapter shall not be deemed to prevent counties with respect to streetsand highways under their jurisdiction from:

(1)  Regulating or prohibiting stopping, standing, orparking except as pro­vided in section 291C-111;

(2)  Regulating traffic by means of police officers orofficial traffic-control devices;

(3)  Regulating or prohibiting processions orassemblages on the highways;

(4)  Designating particular highways or roadways foruse by traffic moving in one direction;

(5)  Establishing speed limits for vehicles in publicparks;

(6)  Designating any highway as a through highway ordesignating any intersection as a stop or yield intersection;

(7)  Restricting the use of highways;

(8)  Regulating the operation and equipment of andrequiring the registration and inspection of bicycles, including therequirement of a registration fee;

(9)  Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehiclesor specified types of vehicles;

(10)  Altering or establishing speed limits;

(11)  Requiring written accident reports;

(12)  Designating no-passing zones;

(13)  Prohibiting or regulating the use ofcontrolled-access roadways by any class or kind of traffic;

(14)  Prohibiting or regulating the use of heavilytraveled streets by any class or kind of traffic found to be incompatible withthe normal and safe move­ment of traffic;

(15)  Establishing minimum speed limits;

(16)  Designating hazardous railroad grade crossing;

(17)  Designating and regulating traffic on playstreets;

(18)  Prohibiting pedestrians from crossing a roadwayin a business district or any designated highway except in a crosswalk;

(19)  Restricting pedestrian crossing at unmarkedcrosswalks;

(20)  Regulating persons propelling push carts;

(21)  Regulating persons upon skates, coasters, sleds,and other toy vehicles;

(22)  Adopting and enforcing such temporary orexperimental regulations as may be necessary to cover emergencies or specialconditions;

(23)  Adopting maximum and minimum speed limits onstreets and highways within their respective jurisdictions;

(24)  Adopting requirements on stopping, standing, andparking on streets and highways within their respective jurisdictions except asprovided in section 291C-111;

(25)  Prohibiting or regulating electric personal assistivemobility devices on sidewalks and bicycle paths; and

(26)  Adopting such other traffic regulations as arespecifically authorized by this chapter.

(b)  No local authority shall erect or maintainany official traffic-control device at any location so as to require thetraffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing anyintersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained fromthe director of transportation. [L 1971, c 150, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 238, §2;am L 1998, c 234, §§4, 29; am L 1999, c 263, §5; am L 2000, c 240, §21; am L2001, c 55, §14; am L 2002, c 58, §2; am L 2009, c 78, §2]

 

Cross References

 

  County regulation of commercial bicycle tours, see §46-16.3.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Subsection (a)(1) and (24) does not authorize counties toenact provisions inconsistent with §291C-95.  Att. Gen. Op. 75-4.