A. Approaching Or Entering Intersection: The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway; provided, that the driver of a vehicle on a street which is not a state or federal highway approaching an intersection with a state or federal highway shall stop and yield the right of way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection or which is so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. (1986 Code § 20-43)
B. Turning Left At Intersection: The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard; but said driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this title, may make such left turn, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from said opposite direction shall yield the right of way to the vehicle making the left turn. (1986 Code § 20-44)
C. Through Streets:
1. Designated: The city council, by motion or resolution, may designate any street or part of a street a through street. (1986 Code § 20-45)
2. Signs Required: Whenever the council so designates and describes a through street, the city shall have placed and maintained a stop sign, or if deemed more appropriate at any intersection, a yield sign, on each and every street intersecting such through street unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control signals; provided however, that at the intersection of two (2) 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 said streets as may be determined by the city council if deemed desirable. (1986 Code § 20-46)
D. Hazardous Intersections: The city council, by motion or resolution, is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine:
1. Whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event it shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required; or
2. Whether vehicles shall yield the right of way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in subsection G1 of this section, in which event it shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required. (1986 Code § 20-47)
E. Stop Signs And Yield Signs:
1. Every stop sign shall bear the word "Stop" in letters not less than eight inches (8") in height. Every yield sign shall bear the word "Yield" in letters not less than seven inches (7") in height. Every stop sign and every yield sign shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by internal illumination, or by a floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by reflecting elements in the face of the sign.
2. Every stop sign and every yield sign shall be erected as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, then as near as practicable to the nearest line of the intersecting roadway. (1986 Code § 20-48)
F. Entering Stop Intersection:
1. Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
2. Such driver, after having stopped, shall yield the right of way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on the highway as to constitute an immediate hazard; but said driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield the right of way to the vehicle so proceeding. (1986 Code § 20-49)
G. Entering Yield Intersection:
1. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such a sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions, or shall stop if necessary, and shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving, and to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard. The driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding; provided however, that, if such driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield right of way.
2. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. (1986 Code § 20-50)
H. Right Of Way At Intersection: Where two (2) or more vehicles face stop, slow, warning, or caution signs or signals on two (2) or more intersecting cross streets, and are approaching so as to enter the intersection at the same time, where each vehicle is required to stop, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right of way. Where each vehicle is required to slow, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right of way. Where each vehicle is required to take caution, the vehicle coming from the right shall have the right of way. Where one vehicle is required to stop and the other to slow or take caution, the one slowing or taking caution shall have the right of way. Where one vehicle is required to slow and the other to take caution, the one required to take caution shall have the right of way. In any event, a vehicle which has already entered the intersection shall have the right of way over one which has not so entered the intersection. (1986 Code § 20-51)