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No provision of this Traffic Code for which signs or markings are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.
(Prior Code, § 61.11)
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words “Walk” or “Wait” or “Don’t Walk” are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows.
(A) “Walk” signal. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.
(B) “Wait” or “Don’t Walk” signal. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his or her crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.
(Prior Code, § 61.13)
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words “Go” or “Caution” or “Stop,” or exhibiting different colored lights successively, one at a time, or with arrows, the following colors only shall be used, and said terms and lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows.
(A) Green alone or “Go” signal. Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn, but vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(B) Yellow alone or “Caution” when shown following the green or “Go” signal. Vehicular traffic facing the signal is hereby warned that the red or “Stop” signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not enter or be crossing the intersection when the red or “Stop” signal is exhibited. Pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway, and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.
(C) Red alone or “Stop” signal. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain standing until green or “Go” is shown alone. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he or she can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
(D) Red with green arrow signal. Vehicular traffic facing the signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he or she can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
(E) Signals not located at intersections. In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a stop or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.
(Prior Code, § 61.12)
Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows.
(A) Flashing red. When a red lens is illuminated with intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or if none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(B) Flashing yellow. When a yellow lens is illuminated with intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.
(Prior Code, § 61.14)
Every stop sign erected pursuant to this chapter shall bear the word “Stop” in letters not less than eight inches in height, and every yield sign shall bear the word “Yield” in letters not less than seven inches in height. Such signs shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign or by internal or external illumination. Every stop and yield sign shall be located as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, at the nearest line of the roadway.
(Prior Code, § 61.22)
When stop signs are erected as provided for in this chapter at or near the entrance to an intersection, a driver of a vehicle shall stop his or her vehicle at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if no crosswalk, at the nearest line of the roadway. Only after making a complete stop may the driver of a vehicle proceed into the intersection, and then only after yielding to other vehicles not so obliged to stop.
(Prior Code, § 61.23) Penalty, see § 71.99
The driver of a vehicle, upon approaching an intersection where there is placed a “Yield” sign, shall stop his or her vehicle or slow it down, or shall so control his or her vehicle so as to yield the right-of-way to any approaching vehicles which are so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. Only after having so yielded or having stopped in order to yield may the driver then proceed.
(Prior Code, § 61.24) Penalty, see § 71.99
Whenever a person who drives a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing and encounters the following circumstances, the person must stop within 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet, from the nearest track of the railroad and may not proceed until the person can do so safely:
(A) When a clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a train or other on-track equipment;
(B) When a crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagger gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a train or other on-track equipment;
(C) When a railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching within 1,500 feet of a highway crossing emits an audible signal and, because of speed or nearness to the crossing, is an immediate hazard; or
(D) When an approaching train or other on-track equipment is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing.
(Ord. 8-2014, passed 7-28-2014) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) A person who drives a vehicle may not:
(1) Meet or overtake from any direction a school bus stopped on a roadway and fail to stop before reaching the school bus when the arm signal device is in the device’s extended position; or
(2) Proceed in any direction before the arm signal device is no longer extended.
(B) This section is applicable only if the school bus is in substantial compliance with the markings required by the state’s School Bus Committee.
(Ord. 8-2014, passed 7-28-2014) Penalty, see § 71.99
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