Those streets and parts of streets described by ordinances of
the City are declared to be through streets for the purposes of this
Chapter.
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.
[R.O. 2008 § 335.040; R.O. 2007 § 335.040; Ord. No. 3138 §§ 4 – 5, 8-4-1994; Ord. No. 6795 § 1, 7-8-2021]
A. Installation of stop signs, whether individual
or multi-way, shall be governed by the criteria set forth in Sections
26.06 and 26.07 of the most recent edition of the "Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)" published by the United States Department
of Transportation. If the criteria set forth in the applicable section(s)
of the MUTCD is met and the signs are found to be necessary, the City
Traffic Engineer, or his/her designated representative, shall authorize
the installation of said stop sign(s) as funding is available.
B. Installation of yield signs shall be governed
by the criteria set forth in Section 26.09 of the most recent edition
of the MUTCD published by the United States Department of Transportation.
If the criteria set forth in the applicable section(s) of the MUTCD
is met and the signs are found to be necessary, the City Traffic Engineer,
or his/her designated representative, shall authorize the installation
of said yield sign(s) as funding is available.
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.