(a) The
traffic engineer, as authorized by the city council, may install and
maintain yield right-of-way signs at intersections. The driver of
a vehicle approaching a yield right-of-way sign shall, in obedience
to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions,
or shall stop if necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to any
pedestrian crossing the roadway on which he is driving and to any
vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely
as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(b) If a
driver is involved in a collision at an intersection or interferes
with the movement of other vehicles after driving past a "Yield right-of-way"
sign, such collision or interference shall be deemed prima facie evidence
of such driver's failure to yield the right-of-way.
(c) Schedule
C, indicating the location of "Yield Right-of-Way" signs in the city
is set out in Article VI of this chapter.
(d) Written
notice of the proposed installation or removal of a "Yield right-of-way"
sign shall be mailed to all property owners within three hundred (300)
feet of the location of the "Yield right-of-way" sign at least ten
(10) days prior to the date of city council consideration of such
action; except that such signs can be installed where no such control
exists upon the recommendation of the police chief and the public
works director, and with the approval of the city council.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-48; Ordinance 1588 adopted 5/23/2005; Ordinance 1713 adopted 6/4/2007)
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-61)
It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or through an agent, servant or employee, to use or permit to be used for through truck traffic any of the streets designated in section
18-155, Schedule J. Signs bearing the words "No Through Truck Traffic" or "Through Truck Traffic Prohibited" shall be displayed at each intersection of such street or streets with any street upon which through truck traffic is permitted. For purposes of this section, "truck" means a "truck tractor" and semi-trailer," or either of them, as defined in the Texas Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 543.001 et seq.).
(1965 Code, sec. 20-67; Ordinance 1320 adopted 12/13/1993)
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle onto, across,
or over unpaved public right-of-way in the city except when such unpaved
public right-of-way is an extension of a driveway.
(1965 Code, sec. 20-68)