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Code of Maryville
Title 15 Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 1 Miscellaneous
Title 15 Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 1 Miscellaneous
Maryville
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous
15-128 : Safety belts in passenger vehicles.
- It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle within the corporate limits of the city unless child passengers in the vehicle are restrained according to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 55-9-602(a), including all subsections thereof, then and there in effect. In addition to or in lieu of the penalty imposed for violation of this section, persons guilty of their first offense of violating this section may be required to attend a court approved offenders' class designed to educate offenders on the hazards of not properly transporting children in motor vehicles. A fee may be charged for such class sufficient to defray all costs of providing such class.
- No person shall operate a passenger motor vehicle in the city limits of the City of Maryville unless such person and all passengers nine (9) years of age and older are restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion.
- No person nine (9) years of age or older shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle in the City of Maryville unless such person is restrained by a safety belt at all times the vehicle is in forward motion.
- As used in this section, "passenger motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of eight thousand, five hundred (8,500) pounds or less that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers and does not apply to motor vehicle which are not required by federal law to be equipped with safety belts.
- Violation of this section shall be punishable pursuant to the general penalty clause of the City of Maryville and as otherwise set forth herein in subsection (1) regarding subsection (1) above.
- This section shall not apply to:
- A passenger or operator with a physically disabling condition whose physical disability would prevent appropriate restraint in such safety seat or seat belt; provided, that such condition is duly certified in writing by a physician who shall state the nature of the handicap as well as the reason such restraint is inappropriate;
- A passenger motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service while performing the duties of a rural letter carrier;
- Utility workers, water, gas and electric meter readers in the course of their employment;
- Newspaper delivery motor carrier service while performing the duties of a newspaper delivery motor carrier service; provided, that this exemption shall apply only from the time of the actual first delivery to the customer until the last actual delivery to the customer; or
- Sales persons or mechanics employed by an automobile dealer who, in the course of their employment, test drive a motor vehicle, if such dealership customarily test drives fifty (50) or more motor vehicles a day, and if such test drives occur within one (1) mile of the location of the dealership. (1999 Code, § 15-128)
Date Last Updated: 12/22/2025
Codification Date: 06/01/2024
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Andy White
Vice-Mayor - Fred Metz
Council Member - Sarah Herron
Council Member - Tommy Hunt
Council Member - Drew Miles
City Manager - Greg McClain
Assistant City Manager - Kevin Stoltenberg
City Recorder/Financial Services Director - Sherri Phillips
City Attorney - Melanie Davis