Cross Reference: See also Schedule II, Stop
And Yield Signs, included at the end of Title III.
Whenever any ordinance of the City designates
and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the City Traffic
Engineer 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 Traffic Engineer upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic study.
The City Traffic Engineer 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 335.040 in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
A.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if
required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no
crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the
point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view
of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
B.
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 before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event
there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but
if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where
the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway
before entering the intersection.
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 335.040 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.
