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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTOPHER ILLINOIS
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVIES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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460.04 OPERATION AT THROUGH STREET INTERSECTIONS.
   (a)   Those streets and parts of streets described in Section 440. 07 are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this section.
   (b)   When stop signs are erected upon highways intersecting a through street at the entrances thereto or at the entrance to an intersection, a driver of a vehicle shall stop at every such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when such driver is directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
   (c)   Where no stop signs are erected at highway intersections within the City, except as herein otherwise provided, operators of motor vehicles traveling upon public highways shall yield the right of way to vehicles approaching along intersecting highways from the right and shall have the right of way over those approaching from the left.
(Ord. 344. Passed 7-17-67.)
460.05 OBSTRUCTION OF INTERSECTIONS.
   No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.06 PROCESSIONS.
   (a)   Driving Through Vehicles. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this section. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers.
   (b)   Identification of Vehicles. A funeral procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by the display, upon the outside of each vehicle, of a pennant or other legible identifying device of a type designated by the Chief of Police.
   (c)   Operation of Vehicles. Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as is practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practical and safe.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.07 LIMITATIONS ON TURNING AROUND.
   The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle to the left upon any street for the purpose of proceeding in the opposite direction or parking along a curb and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.08 LIMITATIONS ON BACKING.
   The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same into an intersection or over a crosswalk and shall not, in any event or at any place, back a vehicle, unless such movement can be made in safety.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.09 EMERGING FROM ALLEYS, PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS OR BUILDINGS.
   (a)   The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across an alleyway, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
   (b)   The driver of a vehicle emerging from what is known as the Dairy Queen parking lot (the southeast corner of Victor and Market Street) onto Market Street in the City may exit only by making a right turn onto Market Street and proceeding in an easterly direction. An appropriate sign shall be erected upon such parking lot indicating that persons exiting from such lot shall make a right turn only.
(Ord. 500. Passed 5-21-84.)
460.10 DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS.
   No driver of a vehicle shall drive such vehicle within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.11 DRIVING ON CLOSED STREETS.
   No driver of a vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle while engaged in emergency duty, shall drive such vehicle upon any street or highway which is officially closed to traffic and which is plainly indicated as such by officially erected signs, barricades or other traffic control devices.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.) (Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
460.12 TOWING.
   (a)   No person shall tow a motor vehicle upon a street or highway if the drawbar or connection exceeds eight feet from one vehicle to the other.
   (b)   A vehicle being towed upon a street during a period between sunset and sunrise shall have lights on the rear thereof visible to the rear for a distance of not less than 200 feet.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
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