Those streets and parts of streets described hereafter are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this section:
(A) The following are hereby designated as North and South Through Streets:
(1) 4th Street - Castleton Avenue to Main Street.
(2) 6th Street - Broadway to Main Street.
(3) 8th Street - (Tolle Road) Harrison to Oakland Avenue.
(4) 9th Street - Casey Avenue to Taylor Avenue.
(5) 10th Street and Salem Road - South City Limits to North City Limits.
(6) 12th Street - South City Limits to North City Limits.
(7) 14th Street - Broadway to Main.
(8) 19th Street - Perkins Avenue to Broadway.
(9) 22nd Street - Perkins Avenue to Broadway.
(10) 24th Street - Perkins Avenue to Broadway.
(11) 26th Street - South City Limits to Perkins Avenue.
(12) 27th Street - Logan Street to Broadway.
(B) The following are hereby Designated as East and West Through Streets:
(1) Perkins Avenue and Shawnee Street - East City Limits to 26th Street.
(2) Castleton Avenue- East City Limits to 4th Street.
(3) Casey Avenue - East City Limits to 12th Street
(4) Broadway - East City Limits to West City Limits.
(5) Main Street - East City Limits to 14th Street.
(6) Harrison Street - East City Limits to 9th Street.
(7) Oakland Avenue and Richview Road - 8th Street (Tolle Road) to West City Limits.
(8) Logan Street - 12th Street to 24th Street.
(C) Whenever any ordinance of this City designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the City Manager to place and maintain a stop sign on each and every street intersecting such through street or intersecting that portion thereof described and designated as such by any ordinance of this City.
(D) The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections and streets where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop or decrease speed at one or more entrances to any such stop intersection, or on any such streets and shall erect a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required and a slow or caution sign when a decrease in speed is required.
(E) Every sign erected pursuant to this Article shall bear the word “Stop” in letters not less than 6 inches in height and such signs shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination or by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign. Every stop sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, at the nearest line of the roadway.
(F) When a stop sign is erected as herein provided at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control sign.
(G) Whenever a sign or signs are erected upon any street or roadway displaying the word “Slow” or “Caution”, the operator of any vehicle shall decrease the motion of such vehicle to a speed of at least 10 miles less than otherwise established as the maximum speed in the area in which the said vehicle is being operated and in no event shall the speed of any vehicle operated in a zone designated as “Slow” or “Caution” exceed 20 miles per hour.
(H) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yielding the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching said roadway.
(I) No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(J) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing shall apply when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train.
(2) A railroad train approaching within approximately 1500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distances and such railroad train by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing is an immediate hazard.
(3) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
(Prior Code, Art. 18, § 18.9)