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(A) Yield sign locations. Moving vehicular traffic or automotive traffic on the following designated streets, avenues, roads or drives shall yield before entrance into an intersection from the directions herein designated at the following named intersections:
Direction | Street/Location |
Direction | Street/Location |
Eastbound | On Beer Garden Road at E. Nevada Street RR Crossing |
Westbound | On Beer Garden Road at E. Nevada Street RR Crossing |
Eastbound | On East Boone Street at RR tracks east of 8th Avenue S. |
Westbound | On East Boone Street at RR tracks east of 8th Avenue S. |
Northbound | On East Boone Street at S. 6th Avenue |
Southbound | On East Boone Street at S. 6th Avenue |
Eastbound | On East Boone Street at S. 8th Avenue |
Westbound | On East Boone Street at S. 8th Avenue |
Northbound | On East Boone Street at S. 12th Avenue Pl. |
Eastbound | On East Bromley Street at RR tracks east of 8th Avenue S. |
Westbound | On East Bromley Street at RR tracks east of 8th Avenue S. |
Eastbound | On East Marion Street at N. 1st Avenue |
Westbound | On East Marion Street at N. Center Street |
Eastbound | On East Olive Street at S. 18th Avenue |
Westbound | On East Olive Street at S. 18th Avenue |
Northbound | On Harrison Drive at W. Boone Street |
Northbound | On Innes Boulevard at N. 4th Street |
Westbound | On Jackson Street at S. 7th Avenue |
Northbound | On Jerome Street at N. 5th Street |
Southbound | On Jerome Street at N. 5th Street |
Northbound | On Melissa Lane |
Northbound | On North 21st Street at Summit Street |
Northbound | On North 22nd Street at Summit Street |
Eastbound | On Rex Ryden Road at S. 18th Avenue RR track crossing |
Westbound | On Rex Ryden Road at S. 18th Avenue RR track crossing |
Southbound | On South 12th Street at W. Boone Street |
Southbound | On South 13th Street at W. Boone Street |
(2013 Code, § 20-40)
(B) Yield sign placement. Yield signs at the intersections referred to herein requiring moving traffic to yield shall be placed and maintained by the Street Division at the right-hand curb or curb line facing traffic.
(2013 Code, § 20-41) (Ord. 15000, passed 7-27-2020)
(A) Traffic signal locations. Moving vehicular traffic or automotive traffic at the following designated intersections of streets, avenues, roads or drives shall obey the visual signal indication before entrance into the intersections herein designated at the following named intersections:
Street/Location |
Street/Location |
3rd Avenue at Main Street |
3rd Avenue at Church Street |
3rd Avenue at Linn Street |
3rd Avenue at Anson Street |
3rd Avenue at Riverside Street |
3rd Avenue at State Street |
6th Street at Olive Street |
13th Street at Main Street |
Anson Street at 1st Avenue |
Center Street at Anson Street |
Center Street at South Street |
Center Street at Westwood Drive |
Center Street at Southridge Road |
Center Street at Nicholas Drive |
Center Street at Hibbs Boulevard |
Center Street at Berle Road |
Center Street at Iowa Avenue |
Center Street at Olive Street |
Center Street at Boone Street |
Center Street at Linn Street |
Center Street at Church Street |
Center Street at Meadow Lane |
Governor Rd at Olive Street |
(2013 Code, § 20-42)
(B) Traffic signal installation. Traffic control signals at the intersections referred to herein requiring moving traffic to stop shall be placed and maintained by the Public Works Department according to the requirements of the Federal Highway Administration Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
(2013 Code, § 20-43)
(C) Unauthorized signs, signals or markings.
(1) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official parking sign, curb or other marking, traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal, if such sign, signal, marking or device has not been authorized by the state’s Department of Transportation or the Council with reference to streets and highways under its jurisdiction. No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway, any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs. All, except that all erected signs, shall conform to §§ 156.550 through 156.552 of this code of ordinances.
(2) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove the sign, signal or marking or cause it to be removed without notice.
(2013 Code, § 20-44)
(D) Interference with devices; unlawful possession.
(1) Any person who willfully and intentionally, without lawful authority, attempts to or in fact alters, defaces, injures, knocks down or removes an official traffic control device; an authorized warning sign or signal or barricade, whether temporary or permanent; a railroad sign or signal; an inscription, shield or insignia on any of such devices, signs, signals or barricades or any other part thereof shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any official traffic control device, except because of his or her employment.
(2013 Code, § 20-45)
(E) Penalty. Anyone violating the provisions of this schedule shall, upon conviction, be punished by a penalty as provided in § 10.999(A) of this code of ordinances.
(2013 Code, § 20-46)
(Ord. 68, passed 8-14-1950; Ord. 14937, passed 1-26-2015; Ord. 14970, passed 11-27-2017; Ord. 15000, passed 7-27-2020)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see I.C.A. §§ 321.259, 321.260
(A) Zones established. The following school zones are established to include the parts of streets herein set forth:
School | Location |
School | Location |
Anson Elementary | On South 3rd Avenue from Ferner Street to May Street; on East South Street from South 5th Avenue to South 2nd Avenue; on East Anson Street from South 5th Avenue to South 2nd Avenue |
Fisher Elementary School | On South 6th Street from Sunset Lane to Edgeland Drive; on Pleasantview Drive from South 6th Street to Bryngelson Drive; on South 4th Street from Sunset Lane to Edgeland Drive; on Meadow Lane from South 6th Street to South 3rd Street |
Franklin Elementary School | On West Main Street from 400 feet west of South 14th Street to South 12th Street; on 14th Street from Church Street to State Street; on 13th Street from Church Street to State Street |
Hoglan Elementary School | On East Southridge Road from Sugar Creek Lane to 5th Avenue; on South 3rd Avenue from Newcastle Road to Melody Lane |
Lenihan Intermediate School and St. Henry’s Elementary School | On South 4th Street from Edgeland Drive to 400 feet north of Ingledue Street; on West Ingledue Street from 5th Street to 1st Street; on South 2nd Street from Ferner Street to Olive Street; on Crestview Drive from Columbus Drive to Olive Street; on Columbus Drive from 4th Street to 2nd Street; on West Olive Street from 2nd Street to 5th Street |
Marshalltown High School | On South 2nd Avenue from Ingeldue Street to Koeper Drive; on East Olive Street from Center Street to Edgebrook Drive; on South 3rd Avenue from Ingeldue Street to Koeper Drive |
Miller Middle School | On South 9th Street from Boone Street to Church Street; on South 11th Street from Boone Street to Church Street; on West Church Street from 9th Street to 12th Street; on West Linn Street from 11th Street to 12th Street; on West Boone Street from 9th Street to 12th Street |
Rogers Elementary School | On Summit Street from 6th Street to 3rd Street; on 4th Street from Jerome Street to State Street; on Fremont Street from 3rd Street to 6th Street; on 5th Street from Jerome Street to State Street |
St. Mary’s Elementary School | On West Linn Street from Center Street to 2nd Street; on South 1st Street from Nevada Street to Church Street; on West Boone Street from Center Street to 2nd Street; on South Center Street from Boone Street to Church Street |
Woodbury Elementary School | On East State Street from 5th Avenue to 8th Avenue; on 7th Avenue from Church Street to Bromley Street; on East Main Street from 5th Avenue to 8th Avenue |
(2013 Code, § 20-46.1)
(B) Sign material and placement standards. Movable stop signs shall meet minimum material design standards as outlined in the most current Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and FHWA Guidelines and Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians. Movable stop signs may be placed within the designated school zone at such locations as approved by written agreement between the respective school system and the city. Movable stop signs shall be placed in the street in accordance with the traffic safety regulations of the state’s Department of Transportation, if any, and, if none, they shall be placed in the center of the intersection, crosswalk or as otherwise specifically approved by the City Engineer.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.2)
(C) Time of placement.
(1) Movable stop signs can be placed in the street near the respective schools at the approved locations no sooner than one hour before and must be removed within one hour after applicable regularly scheduled school session start times. Movable stop signs can also be placed in the street near the respective schools at the approved locations no sooner than one hour before and must be removed within one hour after applicable regularly scheduled school session dismissal times.
(2) The city must specifically approve any variations to the movable stop sign time of placement standards.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.3)
(D) Vehicles to stop. All motor vehicles approaching said movable stop sign locations shall stop before entering said locations when such movable stop signs have been placed in the street at approved locations within the school zones.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.4)
(E) School zone speed limit. The maximum speed limit within the school zones is established at 25 mph unless otherwise approved and posted.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.5)
(F) Obedience. All motor vehicles moving through the above described school zones shall be governed by, and all drivers thereof shall observe, all traffic control devices or signs as shall be installed for the control or movement of motor vehicle traffic.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.6)
(G) Speed signs. Appropriate signs indicating the maximum rate of speed of moving vehicles entering the school zone as herein established shall be erected and maintained by the city to advise the operators of motor vehicles using said streets or highways of the maximum rate of speed, as is herein defined or established, in the school zones in which entrance is being made.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.7)
(H) Exemptions. All emergency vehicles including police, fire and ambulance services, when responding to emergency service calls, are exempt from the provisions of this schedule, on the condition that notice of the approach of such vehicles into the school zones is given by the sounding of a loud siren, bell or other loud signaling device.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.8)
(I) Penalties. Any driver in violation of observing the traffic control sign provisions of this schedule shall be subject to fines and/or other penalties as outlined in this traffic code and the state’s Motor Vehicle and Traffic Code.
(2013 Code, § 20-46.9)
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