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Lawrence, IN Code of Ordinances
LAWRENCE, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
TITLE 1. GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 2. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 3. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC SAFETY
ARTICLE 2. VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1. REGULATION AND CONTROL OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 2. STOP, YIELD AND PREFERENTIAL STREETS
CHAPTER 3. SPEED LIMITS AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 4. PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 6. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 7. VEHICULAR NOISE REGULATION
CHAPTER 8. ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS; FINES; PAYMENT PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 3. OTHER OFFENSES AND NUISANCES
ARTICLE 4. FIRE PREVENTION
ARTICLE 5. PLANNING AND ZONING
TITLE 4. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
TITLE 5. PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES
TITLE 6. PARKS AND RECREATION
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 3-2-1-2. DUTY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT; GENERALLY.
   It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department or those officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all vehicular and pedestrian traffic laws of this City and all state laws applicable to vehicular and pedestrian traffic in this City.
§ 3-2-1-3. TRAFFIC DIRECTION BY POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS.
   (A)   Officers of the Police Department and Fire Department or those officers as are assigned by the Chief of the Police or Fire Department are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police or Fire Department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
   (B)   No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a police officer, firefighter or any person authorized by state law to direct traffic.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
§ 3-2-1-4. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
   There shall be constructed, erected and established those devices, signs, signposts, signboards, semaphores, electric automatic traffic signals or other devices which may be deemed suitable for any or all streets and street intersections within the City of Lawrence for the protection of the traveling public and all persons using the public streets in the City.
§ 3-2-1-5. MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS.
   (A)   All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the specifications prescribed by the Indiana Department of Highways and its manual on uniform traffic-control devices. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the City.
   (B)   All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
§ 3-2-1-6. AUTHORITY TO INSTALL.
   The City Street Commissioner shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals and devices when and as required under this code and other traffic ordinances of this City to make effective the provisions thereof.
§ 3-2-1-7. PLACEMENT OF SIGNS WHEN REQUIRED; PREREQUISITE TO ENFORCEMENT.
   No provision of this title for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, the section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or are in place.
§ 3-2-1-8. TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL LEGEND.
   (A)   Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words “go,” “caution” or “stop” or exhibiting different colored lights successively, the following colors only shall be used and the terms and lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows.
      (1)   Green alone or green accompanied by the word “go.”
         (a)   Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left, unless a sign at the place prohibits either turn. Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk at the intersection at the time the signal is exhibited.
         (b)   Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
      (2)   Yellow alone or yellow accompanied by the word “caution” when shown following the green or “go” signal.
         (a)   Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection or at the point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, but if the stop cannot be made safely, the vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection.
         (b)   Pedestrians facing the signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway, and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall return to curb and yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.
      (3)   Red alone or red accompanied by the word “stop.”
         (a)   Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection or at the other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line and shall remain standing until green or “go” is shown alone.
         (b)   No pedestrian facing the signal shall enter the roadway.
      (4)   Red with green arrow. Vehicular traffic facing the signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic.
   (B)   In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than the intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of the sign or marking the stop shall be made before entering the intersection of the streets at which the signal is erected.
Penalty, see §§ 3-2-8-1 et seq.
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