HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Designating School Stop Intersections ORDINANCE NO. 2573
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES,
IOWA BY REPEALING SECTION 33-11071 THEREOF AS SAID SECTION HAS
HERETOFORE EXISTED AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 33-11071 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF VES'._'ING THE CITY MANAGER WITH AUTHORITY, SUBJECT TO
ENUNCIATED STANDARDS, TO DESIGNATE AND DETERMINE THE LOCATION
OF "SCHOOL STOPS" , REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it has heretofore been the policy of the City
Council of the City of Ames to designate the locations of "schooll
stops" for the protection of children walking to and from school
by specific ordinances for each location; and,
WHEREAS, experience with rapid changes in school at-
tendance areas and routes used by children coming and going
from the various schools has proven the cumbersome and impracti-
cal nature of that procedure; and,
WHEREAS, it is desired that special school stops con-
tinue to be designated and stop signs located on a temporary
basis at those points on those streets where special traffic
hazards are created by and to children walking from and to
school; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed reasonable and appropriate to
vest the City Manager with discretion to respond quickly to
these special traffic safety needs by designating the location
for school stops at those points on city streets where the
manager finds, after consultation with school officials, parents,
and by other means, that numbers of school children are or are
likely to traverse such streets while coming from or going to
school;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED, by the City
Council for the City of Ames , Iowa, as follows :
Section 1 . The Municipal Code of the City of Ames,
Iowa be and the same is hereby amended by repealing section
33-11071 thereof as said section has heretofore existed.
Section 2 . The Municipal Code of the City of Ames is
further amended by enacting a new section 33-11071, said new
section to read as follows:
"Sec. 33-11071. Manager to designate "school stop" ;
provide signs or signals ; obedience
required.
The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered
to designate a special "school stop" at those points
on the streets and street intersections of this City
where the manager :finds a special hazard to exist
with respect to children crossing or traversing such
street or street intersection on their way to and from
school. The City Manager shall cause to be located
at such points so designated, at the times the Manager
deems most appropriate, portable stop signs or hand
held stop signs . Operators of vehicles approaching
such stop signs shall come to a full and complete stop
and yield from that stop to all pedestrians . "
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Section 3 . Violation of this ordinance shall consti-
tute a misdemeanor.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as required
by law.
Passed this 23rd day of November 1976.
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Mary E. P ul, City Clerk Lee Fellinger, Mayo