The mayor or such other duly authorized person as may be designated
by the city council shall place and maintain traffic-control signs,
signals and devices when and as required under this article or other
traffic ordinances of the city to make effective the provisions of
this chapter or other ordinances, and may place and maintain such
additional traffic-control devices as he or she may deem necessary
to regulate traffic under this chapter or other traffic ordinances
of the city, or under state law, or to guide or warn or control traffic.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.201)
All traffic-control devices including signs, signals and markings
(pavement and/or curb) installed or used for the purpose of directing
and controlling traffic within the city shall conform with the manual
and specifications adopted by the state transportation commission
as provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 544.001. All
signs, signals and markings erected or used by the city must conform
to the manual and specifications adopted under V.T.C.A., Transportation
Code, section 544.001. All existing traffic-control devices and those
erected in the future by the city being consistent with the manual
and specifications, state law and this section shall be official traffic-control
devices.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
All traffic-control signs, signals, devices and markings heretofore
placed or erected, and now in use for the purpose of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic are hereby affirmed, ratified and declared to be
the official traffic-control devices of the city. Provided, however,
such traffic-control devices are not inconsistent with the provisions
of state law or this article.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.203)
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any
official traffic-control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance
with this section or other traffic ordinances of the city, unless
otherwise directed by a police officer.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.204)
(a)
Flashing red (stop signal).
When a red lens is illuminated
by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before
entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line
when marked and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules
applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(b)
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 signals only with
caution.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.205)
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of
any highway any 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, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any
public authority permit upon any highway, any traffic signal or any
sign bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This shall not be
deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to
highways of signs giving useful directional information of a type
that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.206)
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 part thereof.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.207)
The mayor or such other duly authorized representative is hereby
authorized to do the following:
(1)
To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines
upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where
in his or her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing
the roadway, and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary.
(2)
To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such
places as he or she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(3)
To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he
or she may deem advisable, consistent with this chapter and other
traffic ordinances of the city.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.208)
The mayor or such other duly authorized representative, is hereby
authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular
hazards exist, and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one
(1) or more entrances to any such stop intersection, and shall erect
a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.209)
Every stop sign erected pursuant to this chapter shall bear
the word “stop,” in letters not less than eight inches
(8") in height, and such signs shall at nighttime be rendered luminous
by steady or flashing internal illumination, or by a fixed floodlight
projected on the face of the sign by efficient reflecting elements
on the face of the sign. Every stop sign shall be located as near
as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side
of the intersection or if none at the nearest line of the roadway.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.210)
When stop signs are erected as provided for herein at or near
the entrance of any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall
stop such vehicle at such sign or the clearly marked stop line before
entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police
officer or traffic-control signal.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.211)
The driver of a vehicle 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,
yielding 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 such roadway which are so close as
to constitute a hazard.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.212)
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 or she is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding
any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.213)
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad
grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this article,
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 or she can do so safely. The foregoing
requirements shall apply when:
(1)
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device is giving
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)
A railroad train approaching within approximately one thousand five
hundred (1,500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible
from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed
or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard.
(4)
An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
(1992 Code, sec. 10.214)
