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§ 71.085 THROUGH STREETS.
   (A)   City personnel, subject to such direction as the Council may give, may designate any street or part of a street a through street.
   (B)   Whenever the city designates and describes a through street, the stop sign, or yield sign if deemed more appropriate, shall be placed and maintained on every street intersecting a through street, or intersecting that portion thereof, unless traffic at such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic-control signals.
   (C)   At the intersection of two such through streets or 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 of the streets as may be determined by the city if deemed desirable.
(Prior Code, § 15-543) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.086 INTERSECTIONS WHERE STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED.
   The Mayor, subject to any directions given by the Council by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections upon other than through streets where particular hazards exist and to determine whether:
   (A)   Vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such stop intersection, in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place a stop is required; or
   (B)   Vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street as provided in this part in which event he or she shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where yield is required.
(Prior Code, § 15-544) Penalty, see § 71.999
§ 71.087 STOP OR YIELD SIGN CONSTRUCTION AND PLACEMENT.
   Every stop or yield sign erected pursuant to this chapter shall bear the word “Stop” or “Yield” in letters not less than eight inches in height for a stop sign and not less than seven inches in height for a yield sign. Every stop or yield sign shall at night be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign. Every stop or yield sign shall be located as close as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or if there is no crosswalk, then the sign shall be located at the nearest line of the intersecting roadway.
(Prior Code, § 15-545) Penalty, see § 71.999
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