§ 72.47 VEHICLES TO STOP AT STOP SIGNS.

   When stop signs are erected as herein authorized at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle 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. If there is no stop line, the driver shall stop at a point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-24(b)) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 72.48 EMERGING FROM ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, OR BUILDING.

   The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, yielding the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision. Upon entering the roadway, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-33) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 72.49 STOP REQUIRED WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED.

   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 is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-25) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 72.50 YIELD INTERSECTIONS.

   Those streets and parts of streets described in Traffic Schedule XXIII are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this section. When yield right-of-way signs are placed, erected, or installed on streets, roads, or highways intersecting a through street at the entrance thereto, or at the entrance of any intersection, every driver of a motor vehicle shall, in obedience to the sign, slow down and yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in movement on the main-traveled or through street which is approaching so as to arrive at the intersection at approximately the same time as the vehicle entering the through street. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-24.1) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

QUIET ZONES; PLAY STREETS

§ 72.55 SIGNS INDICATING QUIET ZONES.

   Whenever authorized signs are placed or installed indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating any vehicle within the zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of the vehicle, except in an emergency. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-19) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 72.56 ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAY STREETS.

   The City Council may declare any street or part thereof a play street and shall place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, barricades are placed, and the street is closed to all traffic; no person shall drive a vehicle on the street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within the closed area, and then any driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving on the street or portion thereof. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.

(‘58 Code, § 16-20) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99