§ 31-5-110 — Limitations upon powers of local authorities; exceptions as to municipal authorities

(a) Except as otherwise provided, local authorities shall
not require any person to pay any fee or license for the use or
exclude any person from the free use of the public highways or
in any other way regulate the operation of motor vehicles or
their speed upon or use of the public highways. Local
authorities may, within their legal corporate limits:
(i) Regulate the operation of vehicles offered for
hire, or forming a part of processions, assemblages or parades
on public highways or public grounds;
(ii) Close for a reasonable time a specified highway
for speed contests or races, with proper safety restrictions and
regulations;
(iii) Exclude motor vehicles from any cemetery or
burial ground; and
(iv) Exclude motor vehicles used solely for
commercial purposes from any park or part of a park system.