Columbia Authority to establish play streets; vehicles restricted ordinance (§ 14-474)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article VI. Traffic Control Signs, Signals, Devices and Markings
In short: Where the city traffic engineer has posted signs declaring a street a play street, only drivers who have business there or live within the closed area may drive on it, and they must use the greatest care.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) The city traffic engineer shall have authority to declare any street or part thereof a play street and to place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway indicating and helping to protect the same.
(b) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-474
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.