[Amended 4-14-1989 by Ord. No. 489-3]
The Commissioners, by resolution, may designate
a preferential right-of-way at an intersection or other place and
cause to be erected a stop sign or yield sign at such intersection
or other place and may designate particularly dangerous street grade
crossings of railroads and cause to be erected a stop sign at such
crossing.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sec. 18-112.1, Stop
intersections designated, added 10-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1083-1, which
immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-14-1989 by Ord.
No. 489-3.
No motor vehicle shall be operated except in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter which are applicable
thereto.
Except when directed to proceed by a police
officer or traffic control device, 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
that there is no crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, the
driver 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. Any driver of a vehicle who has come to a full stop
as required herein shall not enter into, upon or across such highway
or street until such movement can be made in safety.
No driver of any vehicle on a street whose traffic
is regulated by a yield sign shall fail to yield the right-of-way
to any vehicle approaching on or from another street or merging roadway
or to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway. Any such driver
who has yielded as required herein shall not enter onto, upon or across
such street or merging roadway until such movement can be made in
safety.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
and except as modified at through streets, the following right-of-way
rules shall be applicable:
A.
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection
shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection
from a different street.
B.
When two vehicles enter an intersection from different
streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle
on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 0708-02]
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 the driver is
operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians
notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
A.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway, including a four-lane highway, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus when there is in operation on the school bus a visual signal as specified in § 92-181, and the driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or he is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
B.
The driver of a motor vehicle upon a controlled access
highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is
stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway
and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the highway.
C.
Any person who violates this section for the first
offense shall be fined not less than $115 nor more than $230 and shall
pay the cost of prosecution. For each subsequent violation of this
section he shall be fined not less than $115 nor more than $500 and
shall pay the cost of prosecution.
[Added 4-21-2003 by Ord. No. 0503-3]
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or building where there is no official traffic control device
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, the driver shall
yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross
a street from a private road or from a crossover on a divided street
shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the street.
A.
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a
railroad grade crossing, drawbridge or automatic signal system controlling
the flow of traffic under any of the circumstances stated in this
section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet, but
not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and
shall not proceed until he 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 flagman gives
or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad
train.
(3)
A railroad train approaching within approximately
1,500 feet of the street 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.
(5)
A clearly visible stop sign has been erected.
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.
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, school children or explosive substances or flammable liquids, before crossing any railroad grade or track, shall stop such vehicle as provided in § 92-152 and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. After stopping as required and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any such vehicle shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
No person shall operate or move any crawl-type
tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller or any equipment or structure
having a normal operating speed of 10 or fewer miles per hour or a
vertical body or load clearance of less than 1/2 inch per foot of
the distance between two adjacent axles or in any event of less than
nine inches measured above the level surface of a roadway upon or
across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing unless:
