Those streets and parts of streets described by ordinances of the City are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections
335.010 to
335.090.
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.
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. 2008 §270.252; Ord. No. 600, 5-22-1962]
Every vehicle, except Police, Fire Department, underwriter's
salvage corps, emergency repair vehicles of private or public utilities
and ambulances which are equipped with a siren or with flashing or
revolving light, gong or loud bell continuously sounded, shall be
brought to a full and complete stop before entering or crossing any
road, street or location in the City of Olivette which is now or may
hereafter be marked with school stop signs as provided for herein
between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 and 4:30 P.M. at
all times when school is in session and at such other times as shall
be designated by the City Traffic Engineer in order to protect children
and other persons entering or departing from school buildings. The
streets or portions thereof designated as school stops shall be as
described in Schedule II, Table II-B hereof.
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
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.
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.
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 said roadway.
[Ord. No. 2359 §1(270.262), 1-8-2008]
No driver shall enter the crosswalk of a traffic-obstructed
intersection or such intersection, unless there is sufficient space
beyond the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle being
operated without obstructing the cross-passage of other vehicles or
pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication
to proceed.
[R.O. 2008 §270.240; Ord. No. 1325, 8-12-1980]
The operator of a vehicle shall not turn into private property
to avoid an electric signal.