9-31-1      General authority to regulate use of motor vehicles, bicycles, trailers, and road machinery.
9-31-2      Designation of routes of travel for commercial vehicles.
9-31-3      Speed regulation.
9-31-4      Assistance in enforcement of drunk-driving laws.
9-31-5      Establishment and use of parking meters--Use of proceeds.

9-31-1. General authority to regulate use of motor vehicles, bicycles, trailers, and road machinery.

Except as otherwise provided, every municipality may regulate the use of motor vehicles, bicycles, house cars, house trailers, trailer coaches, traction engines, tractors, and road rollers.

Source: SL 1917, ch 311; RC 1919, § 6169 (54); SL 1929, ch 197; SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (32); SL 1974, ch 76, § 1; SL 1982, ch 226, § 1.

9-31-2. Designation of routes of travel for commercial vehicles.

Every municipality shall have the power by ordinance or resolution to designate routes of travel on the public streets and highways within and through the municipality for commercial motor carriers, trucks, and buses and to require such motor vehicles to follow such designated routes of travel within and through the municipality with provision for permission for such motor vehicles to deviate from such designated routes to the extent required to reach a necessary destination within the municipality not on such designated routes.

Source: SL 1949, ch 201; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.0201-1 (6).

9-31-3. Speed regulation.

Every municipality shall have power to regulate the speed of animals, vehicles, motor vehicles, cars, and locomotives.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 21; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 21; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53, subdiv 21; RC 1919, § 6169 (53); SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (41).

9-31-4. Assistance in enforcement of drunk-driving laws.

The law enforcement officers of every municipality shall assist state law enforcement officers in the apprehension and prosecution of persons suspected of violating the provisions of chapter 32-23.

Source: SL 1941, ch 192; SL 1955, ch 196; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.0201 (106); SL 1974, ch 76, § 2.

9-31-5. Establishment and use of parking meters--Use of proceeds.

Every municipality shall have the power to acquire, operate, maintain, and regulate parking meters on the public streets and places and on parking lots and areas controlled by the municipality, to fix and collect regulatory parking fees for the parking of vehicles in parking meter spaces thereon, and to use the proceeds therefrom for traffic regulation, acquiring and maintaining traffic control equipment or facilities, or acquiring, equipping, and maintaining of parking lots and areas or for the construction, maintenance, and upkeep of municipal streets and alleys.

Source: SL 1947, ch 225; SL 1949, ch 196; SL 1951, ch 244, § 1; SL 1953, ch 252, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.0201-1 (10); SL 1961, ch 243.