§ 70.20 DEFECTIVE DEVICES.

   No provision of this traffic code for which signs are required shall be enforceable against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation the sign herein required is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. However, when any particular section of this traffic code does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective without signs being placed to give notice thereof.

§ 70.21 TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DEVICES.

   In any emergency any police officer may at his or her discretion disregard traffic-control lights or signals or established regulations in order to facilitate the movement of traffic.

§ 70.22 REGULATION BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS AUTHORIZED.

   The Town Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)

§ 70.23 MANUAL AND SPECIFICATION CONFORMANCE.

   All traffic-control signs, signals, and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Highway Department or resolution adopted by the Town Council. All signs and signals required hereunder for the particular purpose shall, as far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the town. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this traffic code shall be official traffic- control devices.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)

Statutory reference:

   Local traffic-control devices, see IC 9-21-4

§ 70.24 STOP OR YIELD INTERSECTIONS AND SIGNS.

   (A)   The Town Traffic Engineer is authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exist upon other than through streets, and may designate any such intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersections.

   (B)   Every stop or yield sign shall conform to and be erected in accordance with the state manual and specifications.

   (C)   When stop signs are erected and placed at or near the entrance to any public way, roadway, street, highway or private road or driveway in the town as designated in this chapter, and all amendments passed subsequent hereto, every driver or operator of a vehicle shall stop at every sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection. roads or driveways in the town at any intersection as designated in this chapter, and all amendments subsequent hereto, every driver or operator of a vehicle shall stop at every sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection. The first vehicle to reach an intersection shall, after stopping, have the right of way to proceed.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81; Am. Ord. 530, passed 5-22-91)

§ 70.25 PEDESTRIAN-CONTROL SIGNALS.

   Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words “Walk” or “Don’t Walk” are in place, the signals indicate as follows:

   (A)   Flashing or steady “walk” means that a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and that a person who drives a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian.

   (B)   Flashing or steady “don’t walk” means that a pedestrian may not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal. A pedestrian who has partially completed crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the “don’t walk” signal is showing.*

(IC 9-21-17-2) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)

* Editor’s note:

   IC 9-21-17-2 currently contains separate definitions for “flashing don’t walk” and “steady don’t walk.”

Cross-reference:

   Pedestrians, see Ch. 74

   Signal legends, see § 70.15

§ 70.26 FLASHING SIGNALS.

   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 (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, a person who drives a vehicle shall stop at a clearly marked stop line before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. If no line exists, the person shall stop at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the person has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the roadway. The right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign; and

   (B)   Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, a person who drives a vehicle may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.

(IC 9-21-3-8) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)

§ 70.27 CROSSWALKS; SAFETY ZONES.

   The Town Traffic Engineer is authorized:

   (A)   To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he may deem necessary;

   (B)   To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.

(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)