9-16-030 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-6-15, p. 108500, § 2, repealed § 9-16-030, which pertained to turns on red signals.

9-16-040 Limitations on turning.

   (a)   The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any point closer than 100 feet to any intersection unless official signs are erected to permit such turns.

   (b)   It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to turn such vehicle in any street so as to proceed in the opposite direction in the territory bounded by and including Wacker Drive on the west and the north, Michigan Avenue on the east, and Ida B. Wells Drive on the south, unless official signs are erected to permit such turns.

   (c)   The commissioner of transportation, subject to the review and approval of the executive director of emergency management and communications where appropriate, is authorized to determine those places within 100 feet of an intersection or within the area described in subsection (b) where turns in the opposite direction shall be permitted and to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9; Amend Coun. J. 11-20-19, p. 9510, Art. I, § 5)

9-16-050 Turns restricted – Where and when.

   (a)   The commissioner of transportation, subject to the review and approval of the executive director of emergency management and communications where appropriate, is hereby authorized to determine intersections, alleys and driveways at which operators of vehicles shall not make a right or left turn and upon what streets or parts of streets operators of vehicles shall not turn such vehicles so as to proceed in the opposite direction, and he shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the prohibitions. The making of right or left turns in the opposite direction may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed or covered by the commissioner of transportation, subject to the review and approval of the executive director of emergency management and communications where appropriate, when such turns are permitted.

   (b)   Whenever official signs are erected indicating that no right or left turn or turn in the opposite direction is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)