(A) A “school crossing signal” shall be a permanently mounted, electrically operated signal device, equipped with two way, two color (red and yellow) signal heads, together with a diamond shaped, single-face sign reading “School Crossing,” by which, at predetermined times and when actuated by push button, traffic is directed to stop so as to permit school children to cross the street or highway safely.
(B) Whenever the red lens of a school crossing signal is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked; or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and pedestrians within or entering the crosswalk at either edge of the roadway shall hove the right-of-way over vehicles so stopped. Vehicular traffic having so yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians entering or within the nearest crosswalk at an intersection may proceed but shall also yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within any other crosswalk at the intersection. In the event a school crossing signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, provisions of this section shall be applicable, except as to provisions which by their nature can have no application.
(Ord. 306, passed 12-7-1970)