(a)      No person shall operate or halt any vehicle in such a manner as to indicate a careless or heedless disregard for the rights or safety of others, or in such a manner as to endanger any person or property. Any driver who does so shall be considered to be in violation of this section. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to a vehicle driven by a person upon real property owned by the driver, if only property owned by the driver is endangered.

(b)     No driver while driving shall engage in any activity which interferes with the safe control of his vehicle.

(c)      No person shall engage in any activity or commit any act which interferes with a driver’s safe operation of a vehicle.

(Code 2001)

(a)      No person, within the corporate limits of the City of Goddard, Kansas, in an open space or within a structure, whether on public or private property, shall operate, repair, rebuild, modify or stationary test of any motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a sound plainly audible across any property boundary line between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(b)     Definitions

(1)          For the purpose of this section, “plainly audible” means any sound produced by the operation, repair, rebuilding, modifying or stationary testing of any motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, or motorboat which clearly can be heard across any property boundary line. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses.

(2)          For the purpose of this section, “motor vehicle” and “motorized bicycle” shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in the definitions section of the edition of the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities” adopted and in effect within the corporate limits of the City of Goddard, Kansas at the time of the alleged violation of this section.

(Ord. 691; Code 2012)