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(A) All traffic-control signal lights of any kind or description heretofore installed and erected prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified herein are hereby confirmed and authorized to be installed and to continue in operation at the following intersections:
Street | Intersection of Street | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Street | Intersection of Street | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Church Street | North Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Church Street | Spring Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Hawthorne Road | North Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Main Street | Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Market Street | Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Spring Street | North Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Standard Street | South Bridge Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
Standard Street | West Main Street | – | - - | 7-16-1956 |
(B) All persons and drivers of motor vehicles shall obey the directions of any traffic-control signal light in accordance with state law or municipal ordinances applicable thereto.
(Ord. eff. 7-16-1956) Penalty, see § 70.99
Street | Intersection of Street | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Street | Intersection of Street | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Church Street | Bridge Street | – | - - | - - |
Elk Spur Street | West Main Street | – | - - | - - |
Gwyn Avenue | Bridge Street | – | - - | - - |
Gwyn Avenue | Spring Street | – | 11-6-1989 | 1-1-1990 |
Spring Street | Bridge Street | – | - - | - - |
Spring Street | Gwyn Avenue | – | - - | - - |
West Main Street | Elk Spur Street | – | - - | - - |
(1940 Code, Ch. G, Schedule X) Penalty, see § 71.99
Intersection of Streets | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Bridge and Church Streets | – | - - | - - |
Gwyn Avenue and Bridge Street | – | - - | - - |
(1940 Code, Ch. G, Schedule XI) Penalty, see § 71.99
Street Intersection | Restriction | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Bridge Street and Main Street | No left turn | – | - - | 7-4-1968 |
Main Street and Bridge Street | Right turn onto Bridge Street permitted when: approaching from East or West Main Street, faced by a green light and after yielding ROW to pedestrians lawfully crossing, and after determining that the turn can be made safely | – | - - | 6-23-1971 |
Right turn onto Main Street permitted when: approaching from the operator’s right-hand lane of Bridge Street, faced by a green light and after yielding ROW to pedestrians lawfully crossing, and after determining that the turn can be made safely | ||||
All other right-hand turns are misdemeanors subject to G.S. § 14-4 | ||||
Main Street and Bridge Street when traveling in any of four directions | No right turn on red signal | – | - - | 6-30-1974 |
West Main Street and Front Street when traveling west on West Main Street | No right turn on red signal | – | - - | 6-30-1974 |
Penalty, see § 71.99
Pursuant to the provisions of § 71.57, the following are designated as “No Cruising” streets during the times specified there:
No Cruising Areas | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
No Cruising Areas | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
All alleys located within the following boundaries: Market Street on the north, the western boundary of CMI property on the east, the Yadkin river on the south and Big Elkin Creek on the west | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
Commerce Street (all) | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
East Main Street from intersection of East Main Street and Standard Street to west side of Bridge Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
Front Street from Standard Street to Market Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
Market Street from Big Elkin Creek to East Main Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
North Bridge Street from Market Street to Main Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
South Bridge Street from Standard Street to Main Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
Standard Street (all) | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
West Main Street from Big Elkin Creek Bridge to Bridge Street | – | - - | 3-12-1999 |
Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Traffic concerns. All trucks and trailers are prohibited from traveling upon the following streets:
Street | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Church Street extending from Market Street to Spring Street, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on all days in which school is in session at the grammar school; except that trucks and trailers may travel on the part of the street to reach or return from a destination on that part of the street | – | - - | 10-6-1955 |
Front Street, from NC 268 to Market Street, unless the truck has a business stop on this part of Front Street or one of the streets that intersect Front Street between NC 268 and Market Street | – | - - | 8-1-1974 |
Gwyn Avenue in its entirety, except that trucks and trailers may travel on these parts of streets to reach or return from a destination upon the streets | – | - - | 1-1-1962 |
Spring Street, from Gwyn Avenue to North Bridge Street, except that trucks and trailers may travel on these parts of streets to reach or return from a destination upon the streets | – | - - | 1-1-1962 |
(B) Weight limits. Vehicles having a gross weight plus load in excess of the following limits are prohibited from traveling on the following streets:
Street | Maximum Weight | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Oakland Drive | 8 tons | – | - - | 8-4-1959 |
Oakland Drive | 13,000 pounds | – | - - | 5-1-1973 |
Penalty, see § 71.99
Street | Max. Speed (mph) | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Street | Max. Speed (mph) | Ord. No. | Date Passed | Date Effective |
Aaron Road, from Johnson Ridge to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Argonne Road | 25 | – | - - | 8-22-1974 |
Arnold Drive, from North Bridge Street to Brenhaven | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Auburn Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Austin - Benham Road | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Bon Air Road, from Brookwood Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Brenhaven Drive, from North Bridge Street to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Bridge Street (US 21 Business and NC 268), from Market Street (NC 268) to a point 0.10 mile north of Market Street | 20 | 8 | - - | - - |
Bridge Street (US 21 Business), from the southern corporate limit at the Yadkin County Line, to Market Street (NC 268) | 20 | 9 | - - | - - |
Bridge Street (US 21 and NC 268), from a point 0.1 mile north of Market Street (US 21 and NC 268) to Spring Street (NC 268) | 35 | – | - - | 10-9-1964 |
Brookwood Drive, from NC 268 East to Dutchman Creek | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Catawba Road, from Brookwood Drive to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Cedar Street, from Surry Avenue to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Chatham Drive, from North Bridge Street to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Church Street, any part | 25 | – | - - | 7-1-1991 |
Claremont Drive (SR 1195), from US 21 Business eastward to a point 350 feet east of US 21 Business | 35 | – | - - | 10-4-1993 |
Claremont Drive (SR 1195), from a point 350 feet east of US 21 Business eastward to Johnson Ridge Road (SR 1144) | 45 | – | - - | 10-4-1993 |
Claremont Drive, from North Bridge Street to Johnson Ridge Road | 45 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Collins Road | 25 | 2017- 08-0484 | 8-14-2017 | 8-14-2017 |
Colony Lane, from Johnson Ridge to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Commerce Street, from Monroe Street to Front Street | 20 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Cox Avenue, from North Bridge Street to East Robin Road | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Day Street, between Pegram Street and Veneer Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Dogwood Lane, to Wisconsin Avenue | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Dutchman Creek, from Hawthorne Road to Brookwood | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Dutchman Creek | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
East Highland Avenue, from North Bridge Street to Maple Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
East Main Street (NC 268), from Market Street to a point 0.15 mile east of Market Street | 20 | – | - - | 1-30-1969 |
East Main Street (NC 268), from a point 0.15 mile east of Market Street to the eastern corporate limits, approx. 0.65 mile east of Market Street | 35 | – | - - | 1-30-1969 |
East Main Street, from Market Street along NC 268 in an eastward direction to Elkin Furniture Company Main Plant at a point where the eastern town limits existed on NC 268 as of January 1, 1964 | 25 | – | - - | 10-9-1964 |
East Robin Road, from North Bridge Street to Cox Avenue | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
East Spring Street, between North Bridge and dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Edgedale Drive to Hillcrest Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Edgewood Drive to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Elk Spur Street (SR 1149) between North Front Street and Wilkes County Line | 25 | 2021-08-0084 | 8-9-2021 | 8-9-2021 |
Elk Spur Street (SR 1149), from a point 0.40 mile west of Memorial Park Drive eastward for 0.33 mile, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 and from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days only (high school speed zone) | 20 | – | - - | 8-2-1994 |
Elk Spur Street (SR 1149) between 0.4 mile west of US 21 Business and 0.73 west of US 21 Business (Elkin High School and Elking Middle School in effect from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after school begins and ends on school days only) | 20 | 2021-08-0083 | 8-9-2021 | 8-9-2021 |
Elk Spur Street (SR 1149), from West Main Street (SR 1149) at Masonic Drive to the western corporate limit | 35 | – | - - | 10-9-1964 |
Elk Spur Street, from Memorial Park Drive to West End NC 268 West | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Eller Street, from North Bridge Street to Hill Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Forest Hill Drive, from North Bridge Street to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Foxhall Drive, from Johnson Ridge to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Franklin Street, from Surry Avenue to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Front Street, between West Market and Commerce Street | 20 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Graham Street to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Greenwood Street to Elk Spur Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Grove Avenue from Eller Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Gwyn Avenue, any part | 25 | – | - - | 9-1-1961 |
Gwyn Avenue, between East Market and North Bridge Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Harris Avenue | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Harris Avenue | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Hawthorne Drive, from North Bridge Street to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Hawthorne Road | 25 | – | - - | 8-22-1974 |
Hendrix Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
NC 268 West, from Church Street to intersection at West End | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Hill Street, from Eller Street to Claremont Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Hillcrest Drive, between NC 268 East and dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Hollyhill Road to Meadowbrook | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Ivy Circle | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Ivy Circle, from Dutchman Creek Road | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
James Street | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
James Street, between Masonic Drive and Memorial Park Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Johnson Street, between Pegram Street and Veneer Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Knollwood Drive, from Brookwood Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Lauren Drive | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Lauren Drive, from South Street to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Lyles Street to Woodland Drive | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Main Street | 20 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Manor Ridge Road, from Brookwood Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Maple Street, from Woodruff Street to Highland Avenue | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Marion Road, from Johnson Ridge to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Market Street (NC 268), from Bridge Street (US 21 Business and NC 268) to East Main Street | 20 | 7 | - - | - - |
Market Street, from Church Street east to Chatham Main Gate | 20 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Masonic Drive, between Elk Spur and James Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Memorial Park Drive, from Elk Spur Street to NC 268 West | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Millview Drive, between NC 268 and dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Mountain View Road, from the intersection of Mountain View Road and Oak Grove Road north to the intersection of Mountain View Road and Old Quarry Road | 25 | – | 6-10-2013 | |
NC 268 Business, from 0.78 mile east of SR 1190 to 0.21 mile east of SR 1144 | 45 | 4-213 | 11-21-2011 | - -[2011] |
NC 268 East, from the intersection of Brookwood Drive and NC 268 eastward to I-77 | 35 | – | - - | 12-6-1993 |
Newman Road | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Newman Road, from Reeves Lane to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
North Bridge Street (US 21 Business), from a point 0.1 miles north of C C Camp Road (SR 1138) northward to Brookfall Dairy Road (SR 1157) | 45 | – | 6-3-1996 | - -[1996] |
North Bridge Street, from Centel Office to McDonald’s | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
North Bridge Street, from McDonald’s to corporate limits | 45 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
North Front Street, between West Market Street and West Main Street | 15 | – | - - | 12-13-2010 |
North Front Street, between West Main Street and Market Street | 20 | – | - - | 10-3-1994 |
North Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Northwood Drive | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Northwood Drive to Oakland Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Oakland Drive, from NC 268 West to North Bridge Street | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Oakwood Drive to Hillcrest Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Old Virginia Road, beginning at a point near the Big Elkin Creek Bridge on West Main Street and north by the playground and east by the water works and continues east by the elementary school property | 15 | – | - - | 7-19-1954 |
Old Virginia Road, between Front Street and Church Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Park Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Parkwood Drive, from north entrance on Johnson Ridge Road to south entrance of Johnson Ridge Road | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Partridge Lane to Oakland Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Pegram Street, between NC 268 East and loop | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Pinewood Drive, from dead end to Hawthorne Road | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Pinewood Road | 25 | – | - - | 8-22-1974 |
Pleasant Hill Drive, from NC 268 West to town limits | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Pleasant Hill Road (SR 1150), from Spring Street (NC 268) to the northwestern corporate limit | 35 | – | - - | 10-9-1964 |
Powers Lane, between Elk Spur Street and NC 268 West | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Reeves Lane | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
Reeves Lane to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Ridge Street, from North Bridge Street to East Spring Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Salmon Street, from North Bridge to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
South Street | 25 | – | - - | 4-3-1984 |
South Street, from Reeves Lane to dead end | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Spring Street (NC 268), from Bridge Street (US 21 and NC 268) to North Front Street | 35 | – | - - | 10-9-1964 |
Spring Street (NC 268), from the western corporate limit, at the Wilkes County Line, to North Bridge Street | 35 | – | 3-4-1985 | - -[1985] |
Spruce Street, from North Bridge Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
SR 1001, from 0.50 mile northeast of US 21 to US 21 | 45 | 4-214 | 11-21-2011 | - -[2011] |
Standard Street, from NC 268 East to Front Street | 20 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Surry Avenue, between Veneer Street and Cedar Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Texas Street to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Turner Street, from Sloop Street to West Robin Road | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Valleybrook, from Brookwood Drive to Meadowbrook Road | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Victoria Street to Elk Spur Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Vine Street, from Surry Avenue to West Main Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
West Highland Avenue, from North Bridge Street then changes to Sloop Street at same speed | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
West Main Street, between the Big Elkin Creek Bridge on West Main Street and the intersection of West Main Street and Elk Spur Street | 25 | – | 6-4-1990 | 6-4-1990 |
West Main Street, from Elk Spur Street to Front Street | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
West Robin Road, from North Bridge Street to Turner Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Westover Drive to Hillcrest Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Westwood Lane to Oakland Drive | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Wilkes Street, portion located within the town | 25 | – | 11-6-1989 | 11-6-1989 |
Wisconsin Avenue to Elk Spur Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Woodland Drive, from Claremont to Lyles Street | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Woodland Drive to Lyles Street | 35 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Woodruff Street, from North Bridge Street to North Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Young Street to Elk Spur Street | 25 | – | 10-6-1986 | 10-6-1986 |
Penalty, see § 71.99