Section
Special Stops Required
72.01 Through streets and stop intersections
72.02 Driving onto roadway from place other than roadway; stopping at sidewalk
72.03 Stopping for school bus; signs and warning lights; sale of school bus
72.04 Stopping for passenger van; signs and warning lights
72.05 Obstructing intersection or crosswalk
Stopping, Standing, and Parking
72.20 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts
72.21 Officers authorizes to remove illegally stopped vehicles
72.22 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specific places
72.23 Right and left parallel parking; angle parking; highway signs restricting parking, and the like
72.24 Removal of vehicles parked, and the like on highways in emergencies; liability for costs of removal and storage; liens for towing and storage
72.25 Signs on workers’ and church buses; when lawful for such buses to stop on highways and streets
72.26 Contesting violations
On-Street Metered Parking
72.40 Applicability
72.41 Definitions
72.42 Establishment of parking meter zones
72.43 Existing parking meter zones continued in operation
72.44 Days and hours meters to be in operation; required compliance by vehicle drivers
72.45 Placement of meters; meter to signal whether parking space lawfully in use
72.46 Marking of parking spaces; vehicles to park wholly within marked spaces
72.47 Duty of driver to make deposit
72.48 Prohibited acts; duty of driver to deposit coin in meter
72.49 Overtime parking-generally
72.50 Responsibility of owner
72.51 Collection of coins from parking meters
72.52 Disposition of parking meter revenue
72.99 Penalty
SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
(A) City Council or other designated traffic authority may designate through streets or highways and erect stop signs at specified entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection and erect like signs at one or more entrances to such intersection. Every such sign shall bear the word “STOP” in letters not less than six inches in height, and such sign 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 erected as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the roadway.
(B) Every driver of a vehicle approaching 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 street or highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting street or highway before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021)
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from any alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or private driveway, and shall yield 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 on such roadway.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021)
(A) (1) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus when there is in operation on such school bus flashing warning signal lights, as referred to in W. Va. Code 17C-12-8, and such driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. This section applies wherever the school bus is receiving or discharging children, including, but not limited to, any street, highway, parking lot, private road, or driveway; provided, that the driver of a vehicle upon a controlled access highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(2) If the identity of the driver cannot be ascertained, then any such owner or lessee of the vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided for a violation of this section; provided, however, that such conviction shall not subject such owner or lessee to further administrative or other penalties for such offense, notwithstanding other provisions of the West Virginia Code or this title to the contrary.
(B) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the words “SCHOOL BUS” in letters not less than eight inches in height. When a contract school bus is being operated upon a street or highway for purposes other than the actual transportation of children either to or from school, all markings thereon indicating “SCHOOL BUS” shall be covered or concealed. Any school bus sold or transferred to another owner by a county board of education, agency, or individual shall have all flashing warning lights disconnected and all lettering removed or permanently obscured, except when sold or transferred for the transportation of school children.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) Every passenger van used for the transportation of children as defined in § 70.001 shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the warning “CAUTION: LOADING AND UNLOADING PASSENGERS” in letters not less than six inches in height. Every such passenger van shall be equipped with either flashing warning signal lights as are contemplated and referred to in W. Va. Code 17C-12-8, or a red caution flag which the driver or some other adult must use by exiting the passenger van and displaying while assisting in the loading or unloading of passengers. Such vehicles may also be equipped with a white flashing strobotron warning light that meets the requirements set forth in W. Va. Code 17C-15-26(e), as said code section currently exists or may be amended from time to time.
(B) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from any direction any passenger van which has stopped for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers shall stop his or her vehicle before reaching the passenger van when there is in operation on the passenger van flashing warning signal lights or when an adult is outside the passenger van with a red caution flag and assisting with the loading or unloading of passengers. The driver of a vehicle may not proceed until he or she is signaled by the passenger van driver to proceed, the passenger van flashing signal lights are no longer actuated, or the passenger van resumes motion. This section applies whenever the passenger van is loading or unloading children on any street, highway, parking lot, private road, or driveway; provided, the driver of a vehicle upon a controlled access highway need not stop upon meeting or passing a passenger van which is on a different roadway or adjacent to the highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 72.99
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 or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(Ord. passed 5-11-2021) Penalty, see § 72.99
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