CHAPTER 65
STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
 
65.01 Authority and Compliance
65.04 Stop When Traffic Is Obstructed
65.02 School Districts
65.05 Pedestrians' Right-of-Way
65.03 Stop Before Crossing Sidewalk
 
65.01 AUTHORITY AND COMPLIANCE.
The City has designated, as allowed in Section 321.236(6) of the Code of Iowa, certain through streets and stop intersections requiring that all vehicles stop or yield the right-of-way before entering or crossing such intersections or requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections. Every driver of a vehicle shall stop as directed at locations where an official stop sign is posted.
65.02 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Where trained school crossing guards are placed at pedestrian crosswalks within school districts on school days at the beginning and end of the school day and if necessary during lunch hour, when indicated, the driver of a vehicle shall bring such vehicle to a full stop at a point at least ten feet from the approach side of the crosswalk in proximity thereto and, thereafter, proceed slowly and in a careful and prudent manner until the driver has passed such school districts.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1[70])
(Ord. 2113 - Jun. 22 Supp.)
65.03 STOP BEFORE CROSSING SIDEWALK.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from a private roadway, alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk area and thereafter shall proceed into the sidewalk area only when able to do so without danger to pedestrian traffic and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicular traffic on the street into which the vehicle is entering.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.353)
65.04 STOP WHEN TRAFFIC IS OBSTRUCTED.
Notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed, 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.
65.05 PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Where traffic control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.327)
(Ord. 2182 - Sep. 24 Supp.)
(Ch. 65 - Ord. 1840 - Apr. 15 Supp.)