[R.O. 2017 § 315.010]
The Traffic Controller shall place
and maintain traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as
required under the traffic ordinances of the City to make effective
the provisions of said ordinances and may place and maintain such
additional traffic control devices as he/she may deem necessary to
regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of the City or under
State law or to guide or warn traffic.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-05, adopted 2-19-2008,
created the position of "Traffic Controller" to replace the previous
position of "City Traffic Engineer." As a result, the title of "City
Traffic Engineer" has been changed herein to read "Traffic Controller."
[R.O. 2017 § 315.020]
All traffic control signs, signals
and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved
by the State Highways and Transportation Commission or resolution
adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City. 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. 2017 § 315.030]
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. 2017 § 315.040]
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 ordinarily 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. 2017 § 315.050]
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. 2017 § 315.060]
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 word 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.
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.
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 except as provided in Subsection (A)(3)(b) below.
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 Highways and Transportation
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, said prohibition shall be effective when a sign is erected
at such intersection giving notice thereof.
4.
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. 2017 § 315.070]
A.
Whenever special pedestrian control signals
exhibiting the words WALK or DON'T WALK or appropriate symbols 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 or DON'T WALK: 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. 2017 § 315.080]
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 past such
signal only with caution.
[R.O. 2017 § 315.090]
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. 2017 § 315.100]
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 which attempts to direct the
movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the
effectiveness of any official traffic control device.
[R.O. 2017 § 315.110]
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 inscription, shield or
insignia thereon or any other part thereof.
A.
Authority
To Establish Play Streets. The Traffic Controller shall have authority
to declare any street or part thereof a play street and to place appropriate
signs or devices in the roadway indicating and helping to protect
the same.[1]
[R.O. 2017 § 315.120]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-05, adopted 2-19-2008,
created the position of "Traffic Controller" to replace the previous
position of "City Traffic Engineer." As a result, the title of "City
Traffic Engineer" has been changed herein to read "Traffic Controller."
B.
Regulations
Authorizing The Closing Of Residential Streets For Block Parties.
[R.O. 2017 § 520.010; Ord. No. 12-10 §§ 1 — 3, 8-7-2012]
1.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized
to close residential streets, not over one (1) block in length, for
a period not to exceed six (6) hours, for neighborhood block or benefit
parties, where the residents of the block to be closed are the main
participants in the block party. The Chief of Police may close residential
streets for a block or benefit party as herein described only between
the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. on Mondays through Fridays and
only between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. on Saturdays and
Sundays.
2.
Requests for the closing of a street
or streets for a neighborhood block or benefit party shall be made
in writing to the Chief of Police at least fifteen (15) days before
the date of the proposed closure. Such requests shall state the reason
for the closure, a specific description of the block proposed to be
closed, the time and date of the requested closure, and any other
information which may be required or requested by the Chief of Police.
If the Chief of Police finds that the public health, safety and welfare
will not be impaired by granting the request, and that provisions
have been made for the ingress and egress of emergency vehicles, and
that any other conditions which may have been imposed by the Chief
have been met, he/she may grant a permit authorizing the closure of
the street or streets. The Chief of Police may condition the granting
of the permit upon the applicant meeting additional conditions prior
to the block or benefit party which the Chief believes are necessary
to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
3.
Any applicant who has been denied
a permit by the Chief of Police may request that the application be
submitted to the Board of Aldermen for review. Such requests shall
be in writing and shall be delivered to the City Clerk at least forty-eight
(48) hours in advance of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board
of Aldermen. For purposes of determining if a request has been received
at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of a regularly scheduled
meeting, intervening weekends and holidays shall be excluded.
[R.O. 2017 § 315.130]
Whenever authorized signs are erected
indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person
shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except
drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within
such closed area, and then any said driver shall exercise the greatest
care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.
[R.O. 2017 § 315.140]
A.
The Traffic Controller is hereby 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-05, adopted 2-19-2008,
created the position of "Traffic Controller" to replace the previous
position of "City Traffic Engineer." As a result, the title of "City
Traffic Engineer" has been changed herein to read "Traffic Controller."
[R.O. 2017 § 315.150]
A.
The Traffic Controller is hereby 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-05, adopted 2-19-2008,
created the position of "Traffic Controller" to replace the previous
position of "City Traffic Engineer." As a result, the title of "City
Traffic Engineer" has been changed herein to read "Traffic Controller."
