§ 150-296. Cruising on public streets.  


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  • (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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