[Ord. No. 252, §1]
Those streets and parts of streets described by ordinances of
the city are declared to be through streets for the purposes of this
article.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
Whenever any ordinance of the city designates and describes
a through street, it shall be the duty of the board of aldermen to
place and maintain a stop sign, or on the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation at any intersection a yield sign, on each
and every street intersecting such through street unless traffic at
any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control
signals; provided, that at the intersection of two such through streets
or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street
not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of
either of such streets as may be determined by the board of aldermen
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
[Ord. No. 875, §1]
The board of aldermen are hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event they shall cause to be erected a stop sign or a light signal at every such place where a stop is required, or whether vehicles yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed at section 13-55, in which event they shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
[Ord. No. 253, §1; Ord. No. 300, §2; Ord. No. 327, §1; Ord. No. 334, §1; Ord. No. 351, §1; Ord. No. 370, §2; Ord. No. 395, §1; Ord. No. 445, §1; Ord. No. 475, §1; Ord. No. 511, §1; Ord. No. 554, §1; Ord. No. 579, §1; Ord. No. 591, §1; Ord. No. 615, §§1,3; Ord.
No. 743, §1; Ord. No. 748, §1; Ord. No. 770, §1; Ord. No. 814, §1; Ord. No. 843, §1; Ord. No. 876, §1; Ord. No. 877, §1; Ord. No. 940, §1.; Ord. No. 951 §1, 4-3-1990; Ord.
No. 967 §1, 8-7-1990; Ord. No. 980 §1, 12-18-1990; Ord. No. 1026 §1, 5-19-1992; Ord. No. 1039 §§4-5, 11-17-1992.; Ord. No. 1052 §1, 6-1-1993; Ord. No. 1053 §1, 6-1-1993; Ord.
No. 1101 §1, 5-17-1994; Ord. No. 1140 §§1 —
2, 11-15-1994; Ord. No. 1200 §1, 12-5-1995; Ord. No. 1398 §1, 3-2-1999; Ord. No. 1425 §2, 10-5-1999; Ord.
No. 1426 §1, 10-19-1999; Ord. No. 1442 §2, 2-15-2000; Ord.
No. 1455 §2, 6-6-2000; Ord. No. 1467 §1, 7-18-2000; Ord.
No. 1479 §1, 9-19-2000; Ord. No. 1493 §1, 11-7-2000; Ord.
No. 1529 §1, 6-5-2001; Ord. No. 1571 §1, 11-20-2001; Ord. No. 1578 §1, 12-18-2001; Ord. No. 1597 §1, 3-5-2002; Ord.
No. 1607 §1, 4-16-2002; Ord. No. 1626 §1, 8-20-2002; Ord.
No. 1654 §1, 10-15-2002; Ord. No. 1661 §1, 12-3-2002; Ord.
No. 1695 §1, 6-3-2003; Ord. No. 1704 §1, 7-1-2003; Ord.
No. 1750 §1, 3-16-2004; Ord. No. 1775 §1, 8-17-2004; Ord.
No. 1791 §1, 9-21-2004; Ord. No. 1870 §1, 11-1-2005; Ord.
No. 1886 §1, 1-3-2006; Ord. No. 1934 §1, 8-15-2006; Ord.
No. 1942 §3, 9-19-2006; Ord. No. 1958 §1, 2-6-2007; Ord.
No. 1976 §1, 6-5-2007; Ord. No. 1981 §1, 6-19-2007; Ord.
No. 1990 §1, 8-21-2007; Ord. No. 1994 §1, 9-11-2007; Ord.
No. 2015 §1, 11-20-2007; Ord. No. 2035 §1, 3-5-2008; Ord.
No. 2036 §1, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 2060 §4, 9-2-2008]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 13-50, the City is hereby authorized to identify intersections and other locations at which the drivers of all vehicles shall stop, which shall be designated by signage as authorized and erected or directed to be erected by the City.
[Ord. No. 445, §1; Ord. No. 615, §2; Ord. No. 747, §1; Ord. No. 878, §1; Ord. No. 1039 §6, 11-17-1992; Ord. No. 2060 §5, 9-2-2008]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 13-50, the City is hereby authorized to identify yield intersections at which the drivers of all vehicles shall yield the right-of-way, which shall be designated by signage as authorized and erected or directed to be erected by the City.
[Ord. No. 738 §1]
The board of aldermen is hereby authorized to determine the
location of crosswalks and shall place and maintain appropriate signs
and striping, indicating the same to denote that motorists must stop
when there is a pedestrian in the crosswalk. The driver of a vehicle
approaching a crosswalk shall stop before entering the crosswalk on
the near side of the intersection if there is a pedestrian in the
crosswalk.
[Ord. No. 252 §1]
(a)
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for
safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at
a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest
the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching
traffic on the intersecting roadway.
(b)
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control
signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection
indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no
crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none,
then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver
has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
entering the intersection.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by subsection (b) of section 13-53, and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on such highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall, in obedience
to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions
and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection; provided, that if such a driver is involved in a collision
with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past a yield sign
without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence
of his failure to yield right-of-way.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district
emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle
immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the
right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision,
and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all
vehicles approaching on such roadway.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection
or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any
traffic control signal indication to proceed.
[Ord. No. 252, §1]
(a)
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the
driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty feet, but not less
than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall
not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements
shall apply when:
(1)
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives
warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train.
(2)
A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train.
(3)
An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(b)
No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing
gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
