[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.
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 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.
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.
[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 § 315.110; Code 1985,
§ 76.225; CC 1990 § 14-386]
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; 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.
