§ 150-296. Cruising on public streets.

(a)

Definitions.

(1)

Cruise or cruising means to operate a motor vehicle, or to permit the operation of a motor vehicle under one's care, custody, or control, so as to pass the same traffic points within a no cruising zone more than twice within any two-hour period.

Street	Extent
Beryl Street, SW	In its entirety
Booker Street, SW	In its entirety
Boulevard, SE	from Reinhardt Street, SE to John Wesley Dobbs Avenue, NE
Coleman Street, SW	In its entirety
Donald L. Hollowell Parkway	Fulton Industrial Boulevard to the James Jackson Parkway/Hamilton E. Holmes Drive Intersection
Edgewood Avenue, SE	from Fort Street, NE to Krog Street, NE
Ira Street, SW	In its entirety
Juniper Street	Between 3rd and 5th Streets
McDaniel Street, SW	In its entirety
Peachtree Road	West Wesley Road to Lakeview Avenue
Welch Street, SW	In its entirety
Whiteford Avenue	North from Woodbine to Hosea Williams Drive, west from Arkwright, east to Hosea Williams Drive, and west from Arkwright to Moreland Avenue

 

(2)

No cruising zone means the area bounded by and includes the following streets or portions of streets and any other area as designated by city council:

Street	Extent
Downtown
Peachtree Street	Baker Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Peachtree Center	Decatur Street to Ralph McGill Boulevard
Central Avenue	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Decatur Street
Marietta Street	Peachtree Street to Techwood Drive
International Boulevard	Courtland Street to Marietta Street
Auburn Avenue	Courtland Street to Spring Street
Cypress Street	5th Street to Peachtree Place
Cypress Street	Peachtree Street to West Peachtree Street
Dutch Valley Road	In its entirety
Dutch Valley Place	In its entirety
Westminister Way	In its entirety
Somerset Terrace	From Ponce de Leon Avenue to North Avenue
Bonaventure Avenue	From Ponce de Leon Avenue to North Avenue
North Avenue	From Somerset Terrace to Bonaventure Avenue
Seventh Street	West Peachtree Street to Peachtree Street
Grant Park
Boulevard	Memorial Drive to Atlanta Avenue
Atlanta Avenue	Boulevard to Cherokee Avenue
Cherokee Avenue	Atlanta Avenue to Memorial Drive
Maddox Park
Bankhead Highway	Ashby Street to Westlake Avenue
Marietta Boulevard	Bankhead Highway to Marietta Boulevard
Buckhead
Peachtree Street	East Wesley to Lenox Road
Pharr Road	Piedmont Avenue to Peachtree Street
East Paces Ferry Road	Peachtree Street to Piedmont Avenue
Roswell Road	Peachtree Street to Piedmont Avenue
Buckhead Avenue	Peachtree Street to East Paces Ferry Road
Bolling Way	East Paces Ferry Road to Pharr Road
Piedmont Road	Pharr Road to Lenox Road (Loop)
Lenox Road	Peachtree Street to East Paces Ferry Road
Collier Park
Fairburn Road
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	Fairburn Road to Bolton
Piedmont Park
10th Street	Monroe and Piedmont Avenue
Piedmont Avenue	10th to Monroe
Park Drive
Monroe
Washington Park
Simpson Road	Ashby Street to Westlake Drive
Ashby Street	MLK to Bankhead
Mosley Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive	Westlake Drive and Chappel Street
Chappel Road	MLK to Simpson Road
Westlake Drive	MLK to Simpson Road
John A. White Park
Cascade Road
Campbellton Road	East and west from Mt. Gilead Rd. and Stanton Road
Lee Street	North and south from I-20 to Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd.
Ashby Street	North and south from I-20 to Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd.
Greenbriar Pkwy.	North and south from Continental Colony Pkwy. to Campbellton Road
Wilson Mill Park
Baker Ferry
Wilson Mill Road	Wilson Mill Road to Boulder Park
Midtown
5th Street
6th Street
Charles Allen Drive
Vedado Way
Lakeview Avenue
St. Charles Avenue
St. Charles Way
Ponce De Leon Court
Greenwood Avenue
Monroe Circle
Ponce De Leon Avenue
Durant Place
4th Street
Argonne Avenue
Myrtle Street
Penn Avenue
Piedmont Avenue
Kennesaw Avenue
Miscellaneous
All interior streets in the area bounded by Northside Drive from McDaniel Street to Mitchell Street;
Mitchell Street	From Northside Drive to Spring Street;
Spring Street	From Mitchell Street to Peters Street;
Peters Street	From Spring Street to McDaniel Street; and McDaniel Street from Peters Street to Northside Drive.

 

Said "No cruising zone" shall also include all of the above-referenced segments of the thoroughfares indicated, with the exception of Northside Drive which is excluded from the zone. (A map of said area is attached to this ordinance.)

(3)

Traffic control point means any point established by the chief of police within a no cruising zone for the purpose of monitoring cruising.

a.

A person commits an offense if, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day of the week, he or she cruises in an area marked in accordance with this section as a no cruising zone. A citation will be issued under this section any time after the two passages of the vehicle by the traffic control point.

b.

The department of public works shall mark a no cruising zone by conspicuously posting appropriate signs at each entrance to the zone.

(b)

Exclusions. This section shall not apply to:

(1)

An official public safety or emergency vehicle;

(2)

A licensed public transportation vehicle;

(3)

A vehicle being used for business purposes; or

(4)

Any special event as declared by city council.

(c)

Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit:

(1)

The sum of $50.00 upon the first conviction under this section within a one-year period.

(2)

The sum of $100.00 upon the second conviction under this section within a one-year period.

(3)

The sum of $500.00 upon the third and each subsequent conviction under this section within a one-year period.

(Ord. No. 1996-78, §§ 1—3, 11-12-96; Ord. No. 1997-20, § 1, 4-29-97; Ord. No. 1997-63, 10-27-97; Ord. No. 1997-66, 11-24-97; Ord. No. 1998-50, § 1, 7-13-98; Ord. No. 1999-58, § 1, 7-15-99; Ord. No. 2000-42, § 1, 7-13-00; Ord. No. 2000-50, § 1, 9-14-00; Ord. No. 2001-63, § 1, 9-13-01; Ord. No. 2002-50, § 1, 6-20-02; Ord. No. 2006-46, § 1, 7-25-06; Ord. No. 2007-66(07-O-2215), § 1, 11-13-07; Ord. No. 2012-20(12-O-0485), § 1, 5-30-12; Ord. No. 2014-04(14-O-1068), § 1, 2-26-14 ; Ord. No. 2015-47(15-O-1441), § 1, 10-14-15 )

Note— The map referenced in subsection (a)(2) of this section is not set out herein, but available as an attachment to Ord. No. 2007-66.

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