[CC 1990 App. C § 300.255; Ord. No. 3109, 6-17-2020]
Those streets and parts of streets listed in Traffic Schedule IV, Table IV-A, are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections
335.010 to
335.090 of this Code.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.260; Ord. No. 3109, 6-17-2020]
Vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way on through
streets. Vehicular traffic from intersecting streets shall stop when
entering a through street and encountering a stop sign. Vehicular
traffic from an intersecting street shall yield when entering a through
street and encountering a yield sign or no sign. The City Engineer
shall have the authority to place and maintain stop or yield signs
at all through street intersections. Such stop and yield signs shall
be placed based upon engineering judgement, with traffic studies conducted
as necessary and as directed by the City Engineer. Stop and yield
signs at streets intersecting through streets do not require a separate
ordinance, and may not be contained within Schedule V or Schedule
VI.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.265; Ord. No. 3109, 6-17-2020]
Except as detailed in Section
335.020, all stop and yield signs require an ordinance of the City Council. Intersections with stop control are delineated within Schedule V. Intersections with yield control are delineated within Schedule VI. If the City Engineer determines that a particular hazard exists at an intersection without stop or yield control, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to install a stop or a yield sign. When this occurs, the City Engineer shall, as soon as practical, submit a report and draft an ordinance to the City Council for its consideration at a subsequent Council meeting. Any such signs installed, as directed by the City Engineer, shall be considered lawfully installed signs and must be obeyed by motorists.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.270; Ord. No. 3109, 6-17-2020]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.275]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.280]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.285]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.290]
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.
[CC 1990 App. C § 300.295]
A. Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this Section, the
driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less
than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and
shall not proceed until he/she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements
shall apply when:
1.
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives
warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train.
2.
A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train.
3.
An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
B. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing
gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
[CC 1990 § 18-42; Ord. No. 86 § 1, 6-1-1988]
Every motor vehicle transporting passengers for hire, every
school bus and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives or
poisonous or compressed inflammable gases and every motor vehicle
used for the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in
bulk, whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad
grade crossing, be brought to a full stop within fifty (50) feet,
but not less than ten (10) feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad
grade crossing and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken
to ascertain that the course is clear; provided that such full stop
shall not be required at a streetcar crossing within a business or
residence district, nor at a railroad grade crossing protected by
a watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a traffic control stop
and go signal (not railroad flashing signal) giving positive indication
to approaching vehicles to proceed.