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Whenever any roadway has been divided into clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall apply:
A. A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety and consistent with any pavement markings and/or official traffic control devices.
B. Upon a roadway which is divided, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when:
1. Overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction when such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance and said action is consistent with any pavement markings and/or official traffic control devices;
2. In preparation for making a left turn when nearest the driveway or intersection where the driver intends to turn; or
3. Where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by pavement markings and/or official traffic control devices.
C. Official signs may be erected directing slow moving traffic to use a designated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign.
D. Vehicles moving in a lane designated for slow moving traffic shall yield the right of way to vehicles moving in the same direction in a lane not so designated when such lanes merge to form a single lane. (Ord. 43-13, 8-5-2013)
DIVISION 7. TURNING AND STARTING AND SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do as follows:
A. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as closely as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway and in such a manner as to leave the intersection as nearly as practicable in the right hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of traffic of such vehicle.
B. At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each intersecting street, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to depart from the intersection to the right of the centerline of the roadway being entered.
C. At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the intersecting streets, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection as nearly as practicable in the left hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
D. Where the special circumstances require, the city manager may cause markers, buttons, or signs to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at any intersection, and when markers, buttons, or signs are so placed, no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by such markers, buttons or signs. (Ord. 44-08, 6-16-2008)
No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, on the approach to, or near the crest of a grade or hill where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet (500'). (Ord. 44-08, 6-16-2008)
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