[R.O. 1996 § 315.010; Code 1985, § 76.175; CC 1990 § 14-376; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
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 such 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. All signs shall be placed in accordance with the most current version of MUTCD[1] standards. Any obstruction to the visibility of a sign or other traffic control device will be removed immediately.
[1]
Editor's Note: "MUTCD" refers to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.020; Code 1985, § 76.180; CC 1990 § 14-377; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
All traffic control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Highways and Transportation Commission, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration or resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen. 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; Code 1985, § 76.185; CC 1990 § 14-378]
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; Code 1985, § 76.190; CC 1990 § 14-379]
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; Code 1985, § 76.195; CC 1990 § 14-380]
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; Code 1985, § 76.200; CC 1990 § 14-381]
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 such 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 315.070, 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 315.070, 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 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 the City with reference to an intersection involving other highways under its jurisdiction, may prohibit any such right turn against a red signal at any intersection where safety conditions so require. Such 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 315.070, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
4. 
If 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; Code 1985, § 76.205; CC 1990 § 14-382]
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. 1996 § 315.080; Code 1985, § 76.210; CC 1990 § 14-383]
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.
B. 
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 335.050 of this Title.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.090; Code 1985, § 76.215; CC 1990 § 14-384]
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; Code 1985, § 76.220; CC 1990 § 14-385]
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 § 315.120; Code 1985, § 76.230; CC 1990 § 14-387]
The City Traffic Engineer 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.130; Code 1985, § 76.235; CC 1990 § 14-388]
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 such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.140; Code 1985, § 76.240; CC 1990 § 14-389; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to:
1. 
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. The City Traffic Engineer shall follow the most current version of MUTCD[1] guidelines on crosswalk markings;
[1]
Editor's Note: "MUTCD" refers to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
2. 
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. 1996 § 315.150; Code 1985, § 76.250; CC 1990 § 14-390]
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. 2004, 12-8-2008]
A. 
Construction zones may be established by the City Traffic Engineer, or designee, for the City of Grain Valley, Missouri, if and when it is determined by the Public Works 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.
B. 
Construction zones shall be delineated by signage which will advise a motorist that they are entering such a zone.
C. 
Fines for moving traffic violation within any construction zone delineated as such shall be doubled by the Municipal Court.
D. 
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-day periods so long as an evaluation performed in each of the additional sixty-day periods establishes both a continued need for enhanced enforcement and the existence of improvement as to accident occurrence. If not extended hereunder, said zone shall terminate automatically.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.170; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
The City Traffic Engineer, or designee, is responsible for coordinating and directing traffic flow operations during a traffic signal power outage.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.180; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
Advisory speed limit signs shall be placed as deemed necessary by the City Traffic Engineer and in accordance to the most current version of MUTCD.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.190; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
All pavement markings must be approved by the City Traffic Engineer, or designee, and shall follow standards set forth in the most current version of MUTCD.
[R.O. 1996 § 315.200; Ord. No. 2004, 12-8-2008]
The highway agency or authority with jurisdiction and the regulatory agency with statutory authority, if applicable, jointly determine the need and selection of devices at a highway-rail grade crossing. MUTCD standards shall guide the placement of such signs and markings.