HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-1345 ORDINANCE NO. /Jv(
AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic control; authorizing establishment
of markers, buttons and signs for directing traffic and
requing obedience thereto; amending Section 9.15.010
and 9.70.130, and repealing Section 9.15.040, all of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 9.15.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
410 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.15.010 Authority to place and obedience to turning
markers. (a) The city traffic engineer is authorized to place
and maintain markers, buttons, or signs on public highways
indicating the course to be travelled by vehicles turning at
intersections or travelling on public highways.
(b) When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications
are placed within an intersection or on public highways indi-
cating the course to be travelled by vehicles thereat, no
operator of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such
indications."
Section 2. Section 9.70.130 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.70.130 Turnin: and startin;, and si ' nals on sto • • in
and turning. The following statutes are hereby adopted by
reference:
RCW 46.61.290 Required position and method of turning
at intersections, (Sub - Sections (1) ,
• (2), and (3)(c) thereof only).
RCW 46.61.295 "U" turns on curve or crest of grade
prohibited.
RCW 46.61.300 Starting parked vehicle.
RCW 46.61.305 Turning movements and required signals.
RCW 46.61.310 Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps.
RCW 46.61.315 Method of giving hand and arm signals."
Section 3. Section 9.15.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 4. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby declared
to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immedi-
ately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law
410 and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 4th day of
October, 1971.
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Mayor
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