A.
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official
traffic-control device applicable thereto, placed or held in accordance
with this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer,
subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle in this traffic code.
B.
It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway and travel across
private property to avoid an official traffic-control device.
C.
No provision of this traffic code, for which official traffic-control
devices are required, shall be enforced against an alleged violator
if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device
is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an
ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not
state that official traffic-control devices are required, the section
shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
D.
Whenever any official traffic-control device is placed or held in
position approximately conforming to the requirements of this traffic
code, the device shall be presumed to have been so placed or held
by the official act or direction of lawful authority, and comply with
the requirements of this traffic code, unless the contrary shall be
established by competent evidence.
E.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which
no signal light facing the vehicle is illuminated shall stop before
entering the intersection, in accordance with rules applicable in
making a stop at a stop sign.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-305)
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Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting
different colored lights or color lighted arrows, successively one
at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red, and yellow
shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word
legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles
and pedestrians as follows:
A.
Green indication.
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight
through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits
either such turn. Vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right
or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians
lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time
such signal is exhibited.
(2)
Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in
combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement indicated by the arrow, or such other movement
as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.
B.
Steady yellow indication.
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow
signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being
terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately
thereafter.
(2)
Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in § 70-32, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown, and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
C.
Steady red indication.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection C(3) and (5) of this section, vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown.
(2)
Except as provided in Subsection C(3) and (5) of this section, vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another signal, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain standing until an indication permitting the movement indicated by such red arrow is shown.
(3)
Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn and the Village authorities by ordinance or state authorities by rule or regulation prohibit any such turn, vehicular traffic facing any steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as required by Subsection C(1) or C(2) of this section. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction or roadways. The driver shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
(4)
Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in § 70-32, pedestrians facing a steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
(5)
After stopping as required by Subsection C(1) or (2) of this subsection, the driver of a motorcycle or bicycle, facing a steady red signal which fails to change to a green signal within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 seconds because of a signal malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle or bicycle due to the vehicle's size or weight, shall have the right to proceed, after yielding the right-of-way to oncoming traffic facing a green signal, subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign as required by 625 ILCS 5/11-1204.
D.
In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained
at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section
shall be applicable except as to provisions which by their nature
can have no application. Any stop required shall be at a traffic sign
or a marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made;
or, in the absence of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made
at the signal.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-306)
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Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words
"Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the illuminated symbols of a walking
person or an upraised palm are in place, these signals shall indicate
as follows:
A.
"Walk" or walking person symbol. Pedestrians facing this signal may
proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal, and shall
be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.
B.
"Don't Walk" or upraised palm signal. No pedestrian shall start
to cross the roadway in the direction of this signal, but any pedestrian
who has partly completed his crossing on the "Walk" signal or upraised
palm symbol shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the
"Don't Walk" signal or upraised palm symbol is illuminated, steady,
or flashing.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-307)
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Whenever lane-control signals are used in conjunction with official
signs, they shall have the following meanings:
A.
Downward-pointing green arrow. A driver facing this indication is
permitted to drive in the lane over which the arrow signal is located.
Otherwise, he or she shall obey all other traffic controls present
and follow normal safe driving practices.
B.
Red X symbol. A driver facing this indication shall not drive in
the lane over which the signal is located, and this indication shall
modify accordingly the meaning of all other traffic controls present.
Otherwise, he or she shall obey all other traffic controls and follow
normal safe driving practices.
C.
Yellow X (steady). A driver facing this indication should prepare
to vacate the lane over which the signal is located, in a safe manner
to avoid, if possible, occupying that lane when a steady red X is
displayed.
D.
Flashing yellow arrow. A driver facing this indication may use the
lane only for the purpose of approaching and making a left turn.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-308)
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Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used
in conjunction with a traffic-control device, it shall require obedience
by vehicular traffic as follows:
A.
Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid
intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection, or if none, then at a point nearest
the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching
traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection,
and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable
after making a stop at a stop sign.
B.
Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated
with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through
the intersection or past the signal only with caution.
C.
This section does not apply at railroad grade crossings.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-309)
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A.
No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any
highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports
to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles an official traffic-control
device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the
movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the
movement of traffic or the effectiveness of an official traffic-control
device or any railroad sign or signal.
B.
No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority
permit, upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon
any commercial advertising.
C.
Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is hereby declared
to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over
the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same, or cause it to
be removed without notice.
D.
No person shall sell or offer for sale any traffic-control device
to be used on any street or highway in this Village which does not
conform to the requirements of this chapter.
E.
This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private
property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information,
and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
F.
This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection of Illinois
Adopt-A-Highway signs by the Village as provided in the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway
Act, ILCS Ch. 605, Act 120, § 1 et seq.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-310)
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A.
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact
alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control
device, or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield,
or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
B.
Every person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall
be punished by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalties
which may be imposed.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-311)
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A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully injure or damage
any public highway or street, or any bridge or culvert, or to willfully
damage, injure, or remove any sign, signpost, or structure upon or
used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street
for the protection thereof, or for the protection or regulation of
traffic thereon, by any willfully unusual, improper, or unreasonable
use thereof, or by willfully careless driving or use of any vehicle
thereon, or by willful mutilation, defacing, destruction, or removal
thereof.
B.
Every person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall
be punished by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalty
which may be imposed.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-312)
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[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
The Village Street Department, with reference to traffic-control
signs, signals, or markers owned by the Village, is authorized to
indicate the ownership of the signs, signals, or markers in letters
not less than 3/8 inch or more than 3/4 inch in height, by use of
a metal stamp, etching, or other permanent means. Except for employees
of the Village Street Department, police officers, contractors and
their employees engaged in a highway construction contract or work
on the highway approved by the Village, it is unlawful for any person
to possess a sign, signal, or marker so identified. (ILCS Ch. 625,
Act 5, § 11-313)
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet,
no person operating a motor vehicle within the zone shall sound the
horn or other warning device except in an emergency.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right
turn or left turn or U-turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall
disobey the directions of the sign. When authorized marks, buttons,
or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating
the course to be traveled by vehicles, no driver of a vehicle shall
disobey the directions of the indications.
A.
Preferential right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by
stop signs or yield signs as authorized in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-302.
B.
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control
signal, every driver of a vehicle and every motorman of a streetcar
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 intersection
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
C.
If required for safety to stop, the driver of a vehicle approaching
a yield sign 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.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1204)
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[Amended 11-13-2007 by Ord. No. 07-29; 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
The locations of authorized traffic-control signs in the Village are set forth in Chapter 77 of this Code.
[Added 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 07-16]
The Chief of Police is directed to place a "Slow, Children Playing"
sign in the area of Lions Park.
