I.-Under the conditions set out in II, an administrative fine of up to €500 may be imposed for any failure to comply with a mayor’s order that presents a risk to personal safety and is of a repetitive or continuous nature: 1° With regard to the pruning and upkeep of trees and hedges overlooking the public highway or public domain; > 3° Consisting, by means of movable property, in occupying…
In the event that, after formal notice has been served but to no avail, the mayor carries out compulsory pruning work intended to put an end to the advance of private plantations on the right-of-way of roads on which he exercises the traffic police pursuant to article L. 2213-1 in order to guarantee the safety and convenience of passage, the costs relating to the operations are charged to the negligent…
The municipal police of municipalities bordering the sea are exercised on the sea shore up to the water limit.
In the event of serious or imminent danger, such as the natural accidents provided for in 5° of article L. 2212-2, the mayor shall prescribe the implementation of safety measures required by the circumstances. He must inform the representative of the State in the department as a matter of urgency and inform him of the measures he has prescribed.
The duties of municipal police officers and the organisation of municipal police services are governed by the provisions of Title I of Book V of the Internal Security Code.
Communes and groups of communes which have set up a revenue authority to collect the proceeds of fines pursuant to articles L. 511-1 and L. 512-2 of the Internal Security Code and article L. 130-4 of the Highway Code, and the proceeds of the deposits provided for in article L. 121-4 du code de la route, pay, in the name and on behalf of the State, the allowance for handling…
The mayor is responsible for traffic policing on trunk roads, departmental roads and all public or private roads open to public traffic within built-up areas, subject to the powers devolved to the State representative in the department for trunk roads. Outside built-up areas, the mayor also exercises traffic policing over roads in the communal public road domain and the inter-communal public road domain, subject to the powers devolved to the…
Without prejudice to article L. 2213-1, the mayor may, by reasoned decree, set for all or part of the roads in the built-up area open to public traffic a maximum authorised speed lower than that laid down in the Highway Code, having regard to a need for road safety and traffic, mobility or environmental protection. The mayor may also, by reasoned decree, lay down rules derogating from those provided for…
The mayor may, by reasoned order, having regard to the requirements of traffic and environmental protection: 1° Prohibit at certain times access to certain roads in the built-up area or certain sections of road, or reserve such access, at certain times or permanently, for various categories of users or vehicles; 2° Regulate the stopping and parking of vehicles or certain categories of them, as well as access to neighbouring buildings;…
The mayor may, by reasoned order: 1° Institute, on a permanent or temporary basis, for vehicles assigned to a public service and for the exclusive needs of this service and, as part of their missions, for vehicles transporting cash, jewellery or precious metals, reserved parking spaces on the public roads of the built-up area ; 2° Reserve spaces on these same roads to facilitate the movement and parking of public…
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