TITLE III.  TRAFFIC CODE

 

 

CHAPTER 300:  GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

SECTION 300.010:    DEFINITIONS

 

The following words and phrases, when used in this Title, mean:

 

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE:  Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use which is fifty (50) inches or less in width, with an unladen dry weight of six hundred (600) pounds or less, traveling on three (3), four (4) or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.

 

ALLEY OR ALLEYWAY:  Any street with a roadway of less than twenty (20) feet in width.

 

AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE:  A vehicle publicly owned and operated as an ambulance, or a vehi­cle publicly owned and operated by the State Highway Patrol, Police or Fire Department, Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Sheriff, traffic officer, or any privately owned vehicle operated as an ambulance when responding to emergency calls.

 

BUSINESS DISTRICT:  The territory contiguous to and including a high­way when within any six hundred (600) feet along the highway there are build­ings in use for business or industrial purposes including, but not limited to, hotels, banks or office buildings and public buildings which occupy at least three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one (1) side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides of the highway.

 

CENTRAL BUSINESS (OR TRAFFIC) DISTRICT:  All streets and portions of streets within the area described by City ordinance as such.

 

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE:  Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property.

 

CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY:  Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other per­sons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over the highway, street or roadway.

 

CROSSWALK:

 

1.     That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connec­tions of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.

 

2.     Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.

 

CURB LOADING ZONE:  A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

§ 300.010                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                                 § 300.010

 

DRIVER:  Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

 

FREIGHT CURB LOADING ZONE:  A space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight (or passengers).

 

HIGHWAY:  The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

 

INTERSECTION:

 

1.     The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the road­ways of two (2) highways which join one another at, or ap­proximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon differ­ent highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict; or

 

2.     Where a highway includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided high­way by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.  In the event such intersecting highway also includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.

 

LANED ROADWAY:  A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.

 

MOTOR VEHICLE:  Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors and motorized bicycles.

 

MOTORCYCLE:  Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.

 

MOTORIZED BICYCLE:  Any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an auto­matic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty (50) cubic centimeters which produces less than three (3) gross brake horse­power and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.

 

OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD:  Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use in the City.

 

OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES:  All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this Title placed or erected by authori­ty of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.

 

PARK OR PARKING:  The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.

 

PASSENGER CURB LOADING ZONE:  A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of pas­sengers.

 

PEDESTRIAN:  Any person afoot.

§ 300.010                                                          General Provisions                                                         § 300.010

 

PERSON:  Every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corpo­ration.

 

POLICE OFFICER:  Every officer of the municipal Police Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.

 

PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY:  Every way or place in private owner­ship and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having ex­press or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons.

 

RESIDENCE DISTRICT:  The territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more is in the main im­proved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.

 

RIGHT-OF-WAY:  The right of one (1) vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.

 

ROADWAY:  That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.  In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term "road­way", as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.

 

SAFETY ZONE:  The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.

 

SIDEWALK:  That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use of pedestrians.

 

STAND OR STANDING:  The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

 

STOP:  When required, complete cessation from movement.

 

STOP OR STOPPING:  When prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Police Officer or traffic control sign or signal.

 

STREET OR HIGHWAY:  The entire width between the lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the uses of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.  "State highway", a highway maintained by the State of Missouri as a part of the State highway system.

 

THROUGH HIGHWAY:  Every highway or portion thereof on which vehic­ular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign when such signs are erected as provid­ed in this Title.

 

TRAFFIC:  Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.

 

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL:  Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.

§ 300.010                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                                 § 300.010

 

VEHICLE:  Any mechanical device on wheels designed primarily for use or used on highways, except motorized bicycles, vehicles propelled or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on fixed rails or tracks, cotton trailers, or motorized wheelchairs operated by handicapped persons.

 

 

 

CHAPTER 305:  TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION

 

 

SECTION 305.010:    RECORDS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

 

A.    The Police Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of the City or of the State vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, to­gether with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offen­ses.  Such record shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each.  Said record shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period.

 

B.    All forms for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered.  For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.

 

C.    All such records and reports shall be public records.

 

 

SECTION 305.020:    POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE ACCIDENTS

 

It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate traffic accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law causing or contributing to such accidents.

 

 

SECTION 305.030:    TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS

 

The Police Department shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic acci­dent reports.  Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location.  Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the City Traffic Engineer.

 

 

SECTION 305.040:    DRIVER FILES TO BE MAINTAINED

 

The Police Department shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions and complaints reported for each driver, which shall be filed alphabeti­cally under the name of the driver concerned.

 

 

SECTION 305.050:    POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT ANNUAL TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT

 

The Police Department shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Mayor.  Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the City as follows:

 

1.     The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data.

 

2.     The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the Police. 

§ 305.050                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                                 § 305.070

 

3.     The plans and recommendations of the Police Department for future traffic safety activities.

 

 

SECTION 305.060:    CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER

 

A.    The office of City Traffic Engineer is established.  The City Engineer or other designated City Official shall serve as City Traffic Engineer in addition to his/her other functions and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this Title. 

 

B.    The City Traffic Engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices, conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures, conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions, plan the operation of traffic on the streets and highways of the City, and cooperate with other City Officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the City.

 

 

SECTION 305.070:    EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS

 

A.    The Chief of Police by and with the approval of the City Traffic Engineer is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of the City and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions.  No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days. 

 

B.    The City Traffic Engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic.

 

 

 

CHAPTER 310:  ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

 

 

SECTION 310.010:    AUTHORITY OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS

 

A.    It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all traffic laws of the City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to traffic in the City.

 

B.    Officers of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws; provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Police Depart­ment may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.

 

C.    Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of an incident, may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic thereat or in the imme­diate vicinity.

 

 

SECTION 310.020:    OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS

 

No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.

 

 

SECTION 310.030:    PERSONS PROPELLING PUSHCARTS OR RIDING ANIMALS TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

 

Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon a road­way, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title which by their very nature can have no application.

 

 

SECTION 310.040:    USE OF COASTERS, ROLLER SKATES AND SIMILAR DEVICES RESTRICTED

 

No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device, shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties appli­cable to pedestrians.  This Section shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized by ordinance of the City.

 

 

SECTION 310.050:    PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

 

The provisions of this Title shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this State, County or City and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this Title, except as otherwise permitted in this Title.

§ 310.060                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                                 § 310.080

 

SECTION 310.060:    AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES─PERMITTED ACTS OF DRIVERS

 

A.    The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this Sec­tion, but subject to the conditions herein stated.

 

B.    The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:

 

1.     Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Title;

 

2.     Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;

 

3.     Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he/she does not en­danger life or property; and

 

4.     Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.

 

C.    The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any said vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting a red light visible under normal atmo­spheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing blue light authorized by Section 310.080.

 

D.    The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an author­ized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his/her reckless disregard for the safety of others.

 

 

SECTION 310.070:    OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES

 

A.    Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the laws of this State, or of a Police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a Police Officer.

 

B.    This Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an author­ized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.

 

 

SECTION 310.080:    SIRENS AND FLASHING LIGHTS EMERGENCY USE─PERSON AUTHORIZED─VIOLATION─PENALTY

 

Motor vehicles and equipment, not otherwise defined in this Title as an authorized emergency vehicle, which are operated by any member of an organized Fire Department, ambulance association or rescue squad, whether paid or volunteer, may be operated on streets and highways in this City as an emergency vehicle under the provisions of Section 304.022, RSMo., while responding to a fire

§ 310.080                                                          Enforcement And Obedience To Traffic Regulations                                              § 310.120

 

call or ambulance call or at the scene of a fire call or ambulance call and while using or sounding a warning siren and using or displaying thereon fixed, flashing or rotating blue lights, but sirens and blue lights shall be used only in bona fide emergencies.  Permits for the operation of such vehicles equipped with sirens or blue lights shall be in writing and shall be issued and may be revoked by the Chief of an organized Fire Department, organized ambulance association or rescue squad and no person shall use or display a siren or rotating blue lights on a motor vehicle, fire, ambulance or rescue equipment without a valid permit authorizing the use.  Permit to use a siren or lights as heretofore set out does not relieve the operator of the vehicle so equipped with complying with all other traffic laws and regulations.  Violation of this Section constitutes an ordinance violation.

 

 

SECTION 310.090:    IMMEDIATE NOTICE OF ACCIDENT WITHIN CITY

 

The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the City resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person shall give or cause to be given notice of such accident to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.

 

 

SECTION 310.100:    WRITTEN REPORT OF ACCIDENT

 

The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person shall, within five (5) days after such accident, forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.  The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable when the accident has been investi­gated at the scene by a Police Officer while such driver was present thereat.

 

 

SECTION 310.110:    WHEN DRIVER UNABLE TO REPORT

 

A.    Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Section 310.090 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capa­ble of doing so, such occupant shall give or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver. 

 

B.    Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in Section 310.100 and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall, within five (5) days after the accident, make such report not made by the driver.

 

 

SECTION 310.120:    LEAVING THE SCENE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT

 

A.       A person commits the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident when, being the operator or driver of a vehicle on the highways, streets or roads of the City or on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility within the City generally open for use by the public and knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property due to his/her culpability or to accident, he/she leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving his/her name, residence, including City and street number, motor vehicle number and driver's license number, if any, to the injured party or to a Police Officer, or if no Police Officer is in the vicinity, then to the nearest Police station or judicial officer.

§ 310.120                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                     § 310.120

    

B.        For the purposes of this Section, all Peace Officers shall have jurisdiction, when invited by an injured person, to enter the premises of any such privately owned parking lot or parking facility for the purpose of investigating an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding such accident.

 

 

CHAPTER 315:  TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

 

 

SECTION 315.010:    AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

 

The City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain traffic control signs, signals and devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances of the City to make effective the provisions of said ordinances and may place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he/she may deem neces­sary to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of the City or under State law or to guide or warn traffic.

 

 

SECTION 315.020:    MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

 

All traffic control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Highways and Transportation Commission or resolu­tion adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City.  All signs or signals re­quired hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the City.  All traffic control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Title shall be official traffic control devices.

 

 

SECTION 315.030:    OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

 

The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this Title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or Police Officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this Title.

 

 

SECTION 315.040:    WHEN OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES

 

No provision of this Title for which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.  Whenever a particular Section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, such Section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

 

 

SECTION 315.050:    OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES─PRESUMPTION OF LEGALITY

 

A.    Whenever official traffic control devices are placed in position approx­imately conforming to the requirements of this Title, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direc­tion of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be estab­lished by competent evidence.

 

B.    Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this Title and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements per­taining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the require­ments of this Title, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

§ 315.060                                                         Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                                 § 315.060

 

SECTION 315.060:    TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL LEGEND─RIGHT TURN ON RED LIGHT─WHEN

 

Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting differ­ent colored lights or colored lighted arrows, successively one (1) at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be used except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and said lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:

 

1.     Green indication.

 

a.    Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn.  But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited.

 

b.    Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow or such other movement as is permitted by other indi­cations shown at the same time.  Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adja­cent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersec­tion.

 

c.    Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section 315.070, pedestrians facing any green sig­nal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.

 

2.     Steady yellow indication.

 

a.    Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection.

 

b.    Pedestrians facing a steady yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section 315.070, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.

 

3.     Steady red indication.

 

a.    Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersec­tion or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Subsection.

 

b.    The driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on the near side of the inter­section or, if none, then at the entrance to the intersec­tion in obedience to a red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn but shall yield the right-of-way to pedes­trians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection, except that the State Highways and Transportation Commission with reference to an intersection involving a State highway, and local authorities with reference to an intersection involving other highways under their jurisdiction, may prohibit any such right turn against a red signal at any intersection where

§ 315.060                                                          Traffic Control Devices                                                             § 315.100

 

safety condi­tions so require, said prohibition shall be effective when a sign is erected at such intersection giving notice thereof.

 

c.    Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in Section 315.070, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.

 

4.     In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and main­tained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application.  Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.

 

 

SECTION 315.070:    PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS

 

Whenever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" or appropriate symbols are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows:

 

1.     "WALK":  Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.

 

2.     "WAIT" or "DON'T WALK":  No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his/her crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.

 

 

SECTION 315.080:    FLASHING SIGNALS

 

Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

 

1.     Flashing red (stop signal).  When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked or, if none, then before entering the inter­section, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

 

2.     Flashing yellow (caution signal).  When a yellow lens is illumi­nated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.

 

 

SECTION 315.090:    LANE DIRECTION CONTROL SIGNALS

 

When lane direction control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown.

 

 

SECTION 315.100:    DISPLAY OF UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS, SIGNALS OR MARKINGS

 

No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any high­way an unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic

§ 315.100                                                          Crystal Lake Park City Code                                                     § 315.150

 

control device 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 signal.

 

 

SECTION 315.110:    INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES OR SIGNALS

 

No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic control device or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof.

 

 

SECTION 315.120:    AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PLAY STREETS

 

The City Traffic Engineer shall have authority to declare any street or part thereof a play street and to place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway indicating and helping to protect the same.

 

 

SECTION 315.130:    PLAY STREETS

 

Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part there­of as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any said driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.

 

 

SECTION 315.140:    CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO DESIGNATE CROSSWALKS AND ESTABLISH SAFETY ZONES

 

The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized:

 

1.     To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his/her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway and at such other places as he/she may deem necessary.

 

2.     To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he/she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.

 

 

SECTION 315.150:    TRAFFIC LANES

 

A.    The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular align­ment of traffic is necessary.

 

B.    Where such traffic lanes have been marked, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful turning movement.

 

 

CHAPTER 320:  SPEED REGULATIONS

 

 

SECTION 320.010:    STATE SPEED LAWS APPLICABLE

 

The State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the City, except that the City may by ordi­nance declare and determine upon the basis of engineering and traffic investi­gation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon speci­fied streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so de­clared when signs are in place giving notice thereof.

 

 

SECTION 320.020:    REGULATION OF SPEED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS

 

The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

 

 

SECTION 320.030:    GENERAL SPEED LIMIT

 

Except where otherwise provided by signs erected pursuant to duly passed and approved ordinances, no person shall operate a vehicle on any street in the City in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour.  (CC 1995 §320.020; Ord. No. 121 §18, 2-7-72)

 

 

SECTION 320.040:    SLOW SPEED─REGULATIONS

 

No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.  Peace Officers may enforce the provisions of this Section by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith, the continued slow operation by a driver is an ordinance violation.

 

 

SECTION 320.050:    SPECIAL SPEED LIMITS ON ROADWAYS

 

No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon those portions of the roadways which are set forth and described in Schedule I at a rate of speed in excess of that speed limit set for such portions of the roadways by said Schedule. 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 325:  TURNING MOVEMENTS

 

 

SECTION 325.010:    REQUIRED POSITION AND METHOD OF TURNING AT INTERSECTION

 

The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

 

1.     Right turns.  Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except where multiple turn lanes have been established.

 

2.     Left turns on two-way roadways.  At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right-half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and by passing to the right of such centerline where it enters the inter­section and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the centerline of the roadway being entered.  Whenever practicable, the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.

 

3.     Left turns on other than two-way roadways.  At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one (1) direction on one (1) or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direc­tion upon the roadway being entered, except where multiple turn lanes have been established.

 

4.     Designated two-way left turn lanes.  Where a special lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite directions have been indicated by official traffic control devices:

 

a.    A left turn shall not be made from any other lane;

 

b.    A vehicle shall not be driven in the lane except when preparing for or making a left turn from or into the roadway or when preparing for or making a U-turn when otherwise permitted by law; and

 

c.    A vehicle shall not be driven in the lane for a distance more than five hundred (500) feet.

 

 

SECTION 325.020:    AUTHORITY TO PLACE AND OBEDIENCE TO TURNING MARKERS

 

A.    The City Traffic Engineer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance.

 

B.    When authorized markers, buttons or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications.