Sec. 82-101Traffic, speed, truck, parking and other zones, signs and traffic-control devices; schedule
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Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers the everyday rules of the road in Ashburn. It adopts Georgia's Uniform Rules of the Road, sets speed zones, keeps big commercial trucks off residential streets except to make deliveries, and controls junk cars stored outside. It also lets residents drive golf carts ("motorized carts") on most city streets, and it sets up school-zone speed cameras along with how those tickets and appeals work.
(a) The city manager or designee thereof, upon approval by of the mayor and city council, is authorized to designate and maintain with appropriate traffic-control signs, markings and devices, after engineering and traffic investigations:
(1) Speed zones.
(2) Truck routes and streets to be designated specifically to prohibit various classes of trucks.
(3) One-way streets and other directional control devices.
(4) Freight loading zones and regulations.
(5) Parking and no-parking zones and regulations thereon.
(6) Stop, yield and other right-of-way signs.
(7) Stop, signals and other traffic signals.
(b) The city manager or a designee thereof is authorized to issue written orders designating by appropriate traffic-control signs, markings and devises after engineering and traffic investigations:
(1) Pedestrian crosswalks.
(2) Other safety zones for pedestrians.
(3) Traffic lanes.
(4) Any other sign, marking or zone necessary for orderly and safe conditions on the streets of the city.
(c) The city manager shall maintain or cause to be recorded a current schedule of all traffic rules, regulations and orders under this section, which record shall be available for inspection by the public. For items listed in subsection (a) above, this schedule, and any amendments thereto, shall become effective only upon approval thereof by of the mayor and council and such schedule is hereby incorporated herein and copies thereof shall be available for public inspection in the office of the city manager.
(d) All traffic-control signs, signals, devices and markings shall conform to specifications in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devises," adopted by the state transportation board. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control devises so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this Code shall be official traffic-control devises of the city.
(e) Any violation of any traffic zone, marking, sign or other traffic-control device established hereunder shall be a violation of this Code.
History: (Ord. No. 21-2, § 1, 3-4-2021)
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
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Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH82TRVE_ARTVSTSI_S82-101TRSPTRPAOTZOSITRNTDESC
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