TITLE 6
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

CHAPTER 1
GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS

SECTION:

6-1-1: Illinois Vehicle Code Adopted By Reference

6-1-2: Speed Limits

6-1-3: Front Street Controlled

6-1-4: U-Turns

6-1-5: Bicycle Equipment

6-1-6: Neighborhood Fuel Powered And Electric Vehicles

6-1-1: ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE:

   A.   Statute Adopted: Except insofar as the application thereof is clearly impractical or inappropriate, in view of the context of purposes or penalty as provided, all of the definitions, requirements, regulations, prohibitions, provisions and sections of the Illinois vehicle code 1 , as amended, are hereby adopted by the city. Any and all violations thereof shall be considered violations of this title, and each such violation shall subject the violator thereof to penalty provisions under this title if proceeded hereunder.

   B.   Penalty: Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (1997 Code)

 

Notes

1	1. 625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq.

6-1-2: SPEED LIMITS:

   A.   Generally: Speed limits within the city limits shall be twenty five (25) miles per hour unless otherwise posted. (1997 Code)

   B.   Near School: No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour while passing a school zone or while traveling upon any public thoroughfare on or across which children pass going to and from school during school days when schoolchildren are present. Any person violating this subsection shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code for each separate offense. (Ord. 71-19, 6-1-1971, eff. 6-8-1971; amd. 1997 Code)

6-1-3: FRONT STREET CONTROLLED:

   A.   Speed Limits: The speed limit on Front Street from Decatur Street west to Hull Street shall be fifteen (15) miles per hour and intersecting streets McDonough, Lawrence and Perry shall be fifteen (15) miles per hour from Tremont Street to Front Street and each street shall be properly signed indicating the fifteen (15) mile per hour speed limit.

   B.   Stop Signs: Stop signs shall be erected as follows:

At the intersection of McDonough and Front Streets, four-way stop signs, indicating four-way stops.

Intersecting streets Lawrence, Perry and Hull, a stop sign at each intersection entering onto Front Street.

At the intersection of Front and Decatur controlling the traffic entering onto Decatur Street.

   C.   No Parking Here To Corner: There shall be erected "No Parking Here To Corner" signs on each right hand corner at the intersections of Front and McDonough, Perry and Front, and also at Lawrence and Front Streets. These signs shall be erected thirty feet (30') from each intersection.

   D.   Pedestrian Crosswalk: There shall be a pedestrian crosswalk properly marked and painted across Front Street at the intersection of Perry Street and McDonough Street and there shall be a fifteen (15) mile per hour bump on Front Street just west of the Lawrence Street intersection.

   E.   Bus Loading Zone: There shall be a bus loading zone on the north side of Front Street from the east entrance to the school west to McDonough Street properly painted and signed "Bus Parking Only During School Hours".

   F.   Penalty: Anyone found guilty of violating any provision of this section who has been cited or arrested under the appropriate city ordinance or statutes of the state shall be fined according to the section with which he or she has been charged. (Ord. 70-4, 11-3-1970)