CHAPTER 65
STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED

 

65.01 Through Streets – Stop	65.05 Stop Before Crossing Sidewalk
65.02 Stop Required	65.06 Stop When Traffic Is Obstructed
65.03 Yield Required	65.07 Yield to Pedestrians in Crosswalks
65.04 School Stops	65.08 Official Traffic Controls

 

65.01 THROUGH STREETS - STOP.

Every driver of a vehicle shall stop, unless a yield is permitted by this chapter, before entering an intersection with the following designated through streets.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.345)

   1.   State Street (U.S. No. 67) through the City.

   2.   Valley Drive from State Street to the north corporate limits.

65.02 STOP REQUIRED.

Every driver of a vehicle shall stop in accordance with the following:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.345)

   1.   Fieldcrest Road. Vehicles traveling on Fieldcrest Road shall stop at Manor Drive.

   2.   Fieldcrest Road. Vehicles traveling on Fieldcrest Road shall stop at Circle Drive.

   3.   Circle Drive. Vehicles traveling on Circle Drive shall stop at Manor Drive.

   4.   Manor Drive north of Circle Drive. Vehicles traveling south on Manor Drive shall stop at Windsor Drive.

   5.   Windsor Drive. Vehicles traveling on Windsor Drive shall stop at Manor Drive.

   6.   Sycamore Lane. Vehicles traveling on Sycamore Lane shall stop at South Kensington Street.

   7.   South Kensington Street. Vehicles traveling on South Kensington Street shall stop at the railroad track.

   8.   Mason Drive. Vehicles traveling northeast on Mason Drive shall stop at its intersection with Madison Drive.

   9.   Madison Drive. Vehicles traveling west on Madison Drive shall stop at its northwesterly intersection with Mason Drive.

   10.   Smith Street. Vehicles traveling on Smith Street shall stop at its intersections with Madison Drive and Ann Avenue.

   11.   Ann Avenue. Vehicles traveling northwest on Ann Avenue shall stop at Mason Drive.

   12.   Elizabeth Way. Vehicles traveling on Elizabeth Way shall stop at its intersections with Ann Avenue and Linda Lane.

(Section 65.02 – Ord. 07-2023 – Jun. 23 Supp.)

65.03 YIELD REQUIRED.

Every driver of a vehicle shall yield in accordance with the following:

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.345)

   1.   Elmhurst Lane. Vehicles traveling on Elmhurst Lane shall yield at Windsor Drive.

   2.   Wisteria Lane. Vehicles traveling on Wisteria Lane shall yield at South Kensington Street.

(Section 65.03 – Ord. 07-2023 – Jun. 23 Supp.)

65.04 SCHOOL STOPS.

At the following school crossing zones every driver of a vehicle approaching said zone shall bring the vehicle to a full stop at a point ten (10) feet from the approach side of the crosswalk marked by an authorized school stop sign and thereafter proceed in a careful and prudent manner until the vehicle shall have passed through such school crossing zone.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.249)

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65.05 STOP BEFORE CROSSING SIDEWALK.

The driver of a vehicle emerging from a private roadway, alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk area and thereafter shall proceed into the sidewalk area only when able to do so without danger to pedestrian traffic and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicular traffic on the street into which the vehicle is entering.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.353)

65.06 STOP WHEN TRAFFIC IS OBSTRUCTED.

Notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed, 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.

65.07 YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALKS.

Where traffic control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping, if need be, to yield to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.327)