[R.O. 2011 § 310.010; R.O. 2009
§ 70.25; CC 1981 § 18-360; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
The City Traffic Engineer shall place
and maintain traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as
required under this Title and any other traffic ordinance of the City
to make effective the applicable provisions of this Title and any
ordinance of the City and may place and maintain such additional traffic
control devices as he/she may deem necessary to regulate traffic under
this Traffic Code and any other applicable ordinance of the City or
under State law or to guide or warn traffic.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.020; R.O. 2009
§ 70.26; CC 1981 § 18-361; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
All traffic control signs, signals
and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved
by the State Highway Commission or resolution adopted by the City
Council. All signs or signals required hereunder for a particular
purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location
throughout the City. All traffic control devices so erected and not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Title shall be official traffic
control devices.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.030; R.O. 2009
§ 70.27; CC 1981 § 18-362]
The driver of any vehicle shall obey
the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable
thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this Title, unless
otherwise directed by a traffic or Police Officer, subject to the
exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in
this Title.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.040; R.O. 2009
§ 70.28; CC 1981 § 18-363; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
No provision of this Title 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 ordinary observant person. Whenever a particular
Section does not state that official traffic control devices are required,
such Section shall be effective even though no devices are erected
or in place.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.050; R.O. 2009
§ 70.29; CC 1981 § 18-364; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. Whenever official traffic control devices
are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements
of this Title, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed
by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary
shall be established by competent evidence.
B. Any official traffic control device placed
pursuant to the provisions of this Title and purporting to conform
to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed
to comply with the requirements of this Title, unless the contrary
shall be established by competent evidence.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.060; R.O. 2009
§ 70.30; CC 1981 § 18-365; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic
control signals exhibiting different colored lights or colored lighted
arrows successively one (1) at a time or in combination, only the
colors green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian
signals carrying a work legend and said lights shall indicate and
apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
1.
Green Indication.
a.
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. But 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;
b.
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 such 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;
c.
Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section
310.070, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
2.
Steady Yellow Indication.
a.
Vehicular traffic facing a steady
yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is
being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately
thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection;
b.
Pedestrians facing a steady yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section
310.070, 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.
3.
Steady Red Indication.
a.
Vehicular traffic facing a steady
red signal alone shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection
and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown.
b.
The driver of a vehicle which is
stopped as close as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on
the near side of the intersection or, if none, then at the entrance
to the intersection in obedience to a red signal may cautiously enter
the intersection to make a right turn but shall yield the right-of-way
to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal
at the intersection, except that the State Highway Commission, with
reference to an intersection involving a State highway and local authorities
with reference to an intersection involving other highways under their
jurisdiction, may prohibit any such right turn against a red signal
at any intersection where safety conditions so require, the prohibition
shall be effective when a sign is erected at such intersection giving
notice thereof.
c.
Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section
310.070, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
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 those provisions which, by their nature, can have no application.
Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement
indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any
such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.070; R.O. 2009
§ 70.31; CC 1981 § 18-367; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. Whenever special pedestrian control signals
exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" are in place, such signals
shall indicate as follows:
1.
Walk. Pedestrians facing such 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.
2.
Wait, Don't Walk Or Appropriate Symbols.
No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of
such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his/her
crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety
zone while the wait signal is showing.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.080; R.O. 2009
§ 70.32; CC 1981 § 18-368; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. Whenever an illuminated flashing red or
yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal, it shall require
obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
1.
Flashing Red (Stop Signal). When
a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers
of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an
intersection or at a limit line when marked or, if none, then before
entering the intersection and the right to proceed shall be subject
to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
2.
Flashing Yellow (Caution Signal).
When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes,
drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or pass such
signal only with caution.
3.
This Section shall not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by the rules as set forth in Section
335.090 of this Code of Ordinances.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.090; R.O. 2009
§ 70.33; CC 1981 § 18-369; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
When lane direction control signals
are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular
traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown,
but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal
is shown.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.100; R.O. 2009
§ 70.34; CC 1981 § 18-370; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. No person shall place, maintain or display
upon or in view of any highway an 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 effectiveness of any official traffic control
devices or any railroad sign or signal and no person shall place and
maintain, nor shall the City Council permit on any street, alley or
highway in the City, any traffic control sign, signal or marking bearing
thereon any commercial advertising. This Section shall not be deemed
to prohibit the erection on private property adjacent thereto of signs
giving useful information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for
official signs; provided that such signs do not hide from view the
effectiveness of any official traffic control signs, signals, markings
or devices or railroad signs and signals.
B. Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking,
device or other obstruction to expeditious traffic movement is declared
a public nuisance.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.110; R.O. 2009
§ 70.35; CC 1981 § 18-371; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
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 inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.120; R.O. 2009
§ 70.36; CC 1981 § 18-372; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized:
1.
To designate and maintain, by appropriate
devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks
at intersections where, in his/her opinion, there is particular danger
to pedestrians crossing the roadway and at such other places as he/she
may deem necessary;
2.
To establish safety zones of such
kind and character and at such places as he/she may deem necessary
for the protection of pedestrians.
[R.O. 2011 § 310.130; R.O. 2009
§ 70.37; CC 1981 § 18-373; Ord.
No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where
a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
B. Where such traffic lanes have been marked,
it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse
to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except
when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful
turning movement.