[R.O. 2009 § 335.010; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
Those streets and parts of streets including but not limited to as set forth and described in Schedule V hereof are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections
335.010 to
335.090.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.020; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes
a through street, it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer
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, however, that at the intersection of two (2) 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 said streets as may be determined by the City
Traffic Engineer upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.030; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one (1) or more entrances to any such intersection in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required, or whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in Subsection
(A) of Section
335.040 in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.040; Ord. No. 4265, 9-22-2022; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
A. 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 or traffic control signal 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.
B. 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.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.050; Ord. No. 4265, 9-22-2022; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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 or traffic control signal shall stop as required by Subsection
(A) of Section
335.040 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 said highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.060; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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 however, 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/her failure to yield right-of-way.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.070; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
The driver of a vehicle 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 said roadway.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.080; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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/she is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding
any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
[R.O. 2009 § 335.090; Ord. No. 4392, 12-14-2023]
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 (50) feet but not less
than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and
shall not proceed until he/she 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; or
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.
C. No person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing when
there is not sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing.
D. No person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing unless
such vehicle has sufficient undercarriage clearance necessary to prevent
the undercarriage of the vehicle from contacting the railroad crossing.
E. Every commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 302.700, RSMo.,
shall, upon approaching a railroad grade crossing, be driven at a
rate of speed which will permit said commercial motor vehicle to be
stopped before reaching the nearest rail of such crossing and shall
not be driven upon or over such crossing until due caution has been
taken to ascertain that the course is clear. This Section does not
apply to vehicles which are required to stop at railroad crossings
pursuant to Section 304.030, RSMo.