Those streets and parts of streets described by ordinances of the City are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections
330.010 to
330.090.
Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes
a through street, it shall be the duty of the City to place and maintain
a stop sign, or on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
at any intersection a yield sign, on each and every street intersecting
such through street unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled
at all times by traffic control signals; provided however, that at
the intersection of two (2) such through streets or at the intersection
of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated,
stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of said streets
as may be determined by the City upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic study.
The City is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one (1) or more entrances to any such intersection in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required, or whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in Subsection
(A) of Section
330.040 in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
Except when directed to proceed by a Police Officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by Subsection
(B) of Section
330.040 and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on said highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience
to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions
and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection; provided however, that if such a driver is involved
in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past
a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima
facie evidence of his/her failure to yield right-of-way.
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district
emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle
immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway or driveway and shall yield the
right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision
and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all
vehicles approaching on said roadway.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection
or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he/she is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding
any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
[Ord. No. 222 §1, 8-10-1994]
The placement of a yield sign at the intersection of Market
and North Depot Streets to help control traffic is hereby authorized.
Said yield sign shall be placed on Market Street and all traffic on
Market Street will yield to traffic on North Depot Street.