[R.O. 1996 § 315.010; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
The City Traffic Engineer 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 they may deem necessary to regulate
traffic under the traffic ordinances of the City or under State law
or to guide or warn traffic.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.020; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
All traffic control signs, signals
and devices shall conform to both latest edition of the Manual of
Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the most recent manual and specifications
approved by the State Highways and Transportation Commission or resolution
adopted by the City Council 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. 1996 § 315.030; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 315.040; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 315.050; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 315.060; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
A.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic
control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored 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 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.
It shall not be a violation of the Code or this Section to enter the
intersection during a steady yellow signal.
[Ord. No. 4574 § 6, 10-5-2015]
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, than 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. 1996 § 315.070; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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 their crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk
or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.080; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 315.090; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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. 1996 § 315.100; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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 device or any railroad sign or signal.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.110; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.120; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
The City Traffic Engineer or the
Chief of Police shall have authority to temporarily limit or restrict
by closing same any street or part thereof for special events and
to place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway indicating and
helping to protect the same.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.130; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
No street shall be designated as
a "play street" or partially closed for the purpose of individual
recreational activities or "play" unless authorized as a part of a
special event permit.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.140; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
A.
The City Traffic Engineer 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 their opinion there is particular danger
to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as they
may deem necessary;
2.
To establish safety zones of such
kind and character and at such places as they may deem necessary for
the protection of pedestrians.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.150; CC 1968 § 20-1; Ord. No. 323 § 1, 7-5-1966]
A.
The City Traffic Engineer 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.160; Ord. No. 3090 § 1, 10-19-1998; Ord. No. 3245 §§ 1
— 2, 11-6-2000]
A.
All new (permanent or temporary) or subsequently
modified traffic signals within the City limits shall be equipped
with preemption equipment approved by the Public Works Department.
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
B.
The preemption equipment shall always be
state-of-the-art at the time of installation and shall be compatible
with then existing emergency vehicle preemption equipment. This equipment
shall be installed per manufacturer's recommendations, in sufficient
quantity to provide emergency vehicle preemption of the traffic signal
from all directions and so that each direction of traffic will move
independently, allowing for protected left turn movements.
C.
Use of this preemption equipment shall
be limited to emergency vehicles of the City of Blue Springs and the
Central Jackson County Fire Protection District. Emergency vehicles
from other public safety entities may be approved by the Central Jackson
County Fire Protection District to use said preemption equipment.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any private citizen
to use the preemption equipment and traffic control equipment associated
with the control of traffic signals. Any person found guilty of this
offense shall be punished in accordance with the general penalty provisions
of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs, and any transmitter
or transmitters used in committing said offense shall be confiscated
and become the property of the City of Blue Springs.
E.
Preemption equipment approved by the Public
Works Department shall be installed on all newly constructed security
gates that enclose properties. The term "property" or "properties"
as used herein, shall include all residential communities with five
(5) or more houses, golf courses, or other areas previously accessed
by key or electronically-coded systems that are being modified in
any respect.
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
fail to comply with the requirements of this Section and its Subsections.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to perform any maintenance,
repair work, replacement work, or any modification on any traffic
signal within the City limits equipped with preemption equipment without
immediately fixing, replacing or reinstalling said equipment and verifying
said equipment is functioning properly.
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
[R.O. 1996 § 315.170; Ord. No. 3805 § 1, 7-19-2004]
A.
Targeted Traffic Enforcement Zones.
1.
A targeted traffic enforcement zone
may be established by the Chief of Police for the City of Blue Springs,
Missouri, if and when it is determined by the Blue Springs Police
Department, after evaluation of the area involved, that there is a
need for enhanced law enforcement activity in the targeted traffic
enforcement zone in order to reduce or control traffic violations
in said targeted traffic enforcement zone. At the time such zone is
established, the Chief of Police shall file with the City Clerk and
the Municipal Court a statement of the specific reason(s) that such
a zone is needed.
[Ord. No. 4574 § 7, 10-5-2015]
2.
A targeted traffic enforcement zone
shall be delineated by signage which will advise a motorist that they
are entering such a zone.
3.
Fines for moving traffic violations
within any targeted traffic enforcement zone shall be doubled by the
Municipal Court, but shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by
State law.
[Ord. No. 4574 § 7, 10-5-2015]
4.
A targeted traffic enforcement zone
shall be evaluated within sixty (60) days of its initial establishment.
Said zone may be extended for one (1) or more additional sixty (60)
day periods so long as an evaluation performed in each of the additional
sixty (60) day periods establishes both a continued need for enhanced
enforcement and the existence of measurable improvement as to violations.
If not extended hereunder, said zone shall terminate automatically.
B.
Accident Reduction Zones.
1.
Accident reduction zones may be established
by the Chief of Police for the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, if
and when it is determined by the Blue Springs Police Department, after
evaluation of accidents in the area, that there is a need for enhanced
law enforcement activity in the accident reduction zone to reduce
or control traffic accidents in said zone.
2.
Accident reduction zones shall be
delineated by signage which will advise a motorist that they are entering
such a zone.
3.
Fines for moving traffic violations
within any accident reduction zone shall be doubled by the Municipal
Court.
4.
An accident reduction zone shall
be evaluated within sixty (60) days of its initial establishment.
Said zone may be extended for one (1) or more additional sixty (60)
day periods so long as an evaluation performed in each of the additional
sixty (60) day periods establishes both a continued need for enhanced
enforcement and the existence of improvement as to accident occurrences.
If not extended hereunder, said zone shall terminate automatically.
C.
Construction Zones.
1.
Construction zones may be established
by the Chief of Police for the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, if
and when it is determined by the Blue Springs Police Department, after
evaluation of the construction to be accomplished in the area, that
there is a need for enhanced law enforcement activity in the construction
zone to reduce or control traffic accidents or increase worker safety
in said zone.
2.
Construction zones shall be delineated
by signage which will advise a motorist that they are entering such
a zone and that fines will be doubled within the zone.
3.
Fines for moving traffic violations
within any construction zone delineated by such signage shall be doubled
by the Municipal Court.
4.
A construction zone shall be evaluated
within sixty (60) days of its initial establishment if construction
is not yet complete. Said zone may be extended for one (1) or more
additional sixty (60) day periods so long as an evaluation performed
in each of the additional sixty (60) day periods establishes both
a continued need for enhanced enforcement and the existence of improvement
as to accident occurrences. If not extended hereunder, said zone shall
terminate automatically.
D.
Any summons, information, charge or traffic
ticket involving a moving traffic violation which is alleged to have
occurred in a targeted traffic enforcement zone, a construction zone
with signage delineating the doubling of fines, or an accident reduction
zone shall include the factual statement that the violation occurred
within the applicable zone. Failure to include such a factual statement
shall not affect the underlying charge but will eliminate the doubling
of the fine.
