9-24-010 Stop signs.
9-24-020 Intersections – Procedure after completed stop.
9-24-030 Crosswalks – Pedestrians to have right- of-way.
9-24-040 Intersections – More than one vehicle.
9-24-050 Pedestrians in roadway to have right- of-way when.
9-24-060 Right-of-way at sidewalks.
9-24-070 Yield right-of-way signs.
9-24-080 Authorized emergency vehicles.
9-24-090 Equestrians to have right-of-way when.
9-24-100 Blind persons to have right-of-way when.
(a) Whenever city council by ordinance designates a street or portion thereof as a through street, the commissioner of transportation, subject to the review and approval of the executive director of emergency management and communications where appropriate, shall place and maintain a stop sign on every street intersecting the through street unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled by traffic-control signals; provided, however, that at the intersection of a through street and a heavy-traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either or both of the streets as may be determined by the commissioner and the executive director upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study. The commissioner and the executive director are hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exist upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersections and to erect a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required. The commissioner is also authorized to erect stop signs at marked crosswalks between intersections where in his judgment a stop is required to protect pedestrian traffic. Every stop sign shall be erected as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if there is no crosswalk, then as close as practicable to the nearest line of the roadway.
(b) When stop signs are erected as herein provided, every operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle at the sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the nearest crosswalk, if any, or the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control aide.
(c) Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00 for the first offense, not less than $500.00 nor more than $700 for the second offense and $1,000.00 for a third or any subsequent offense, and may also be required to perform reasonable community service.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 9-9-98, p. 77383; Amend Coun. J. 11-6-02, p. 96501, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 100729, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-07, p. 98206, § 1)
After the operator of a vehicle has stopped in obedience to a stop sign, at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto, such operator shall proceed cautiously yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but may then proceed, subject to the provisions of Section 9-24-030.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
Where stop signs are in place at any crosswalk at an intersection or between intersections, pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk at either edge of the roadway shall have the right-of-way over vehicles stopped in obedience to such signs. Drivers of vehicles having so yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians entering or within the nearest crosswalk at an intersection shall also yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within any other crosswalk at the intersection.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 6-5-13, p. 54983, § 1)
(a) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different roadway.
(b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from different streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
(c) The right-of-way rules declared in this section are modified as provided in Section 9-24-020.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
When the movement of traffic is not controlled by traffic-control devices, a police officer or traffic control aide, the operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-11, p. 7216, § 1)
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto any sidewalk or sidewalk area extending across an alleyway, yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision and, upon entering the roadway, shall yield the right-of- way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
Where a yield right-of-way sign has been erected at an intersection, the driver of a vehicle facing the sign shall slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions or shall stop if necessary and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersecting roadway either from the right or left or which are approaching so closely on the intersecting roadway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but thereafter may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
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