HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to The Duty to Yield in Making Left Turns ORDINANCE NO . 2626
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF AMES ,
IOWA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING SECTION
33-9008 OF SAID CODE AND ADOPTING IN ITS
PLACE A NEW SECTION 33-9008 TO CLARIFY
THE DUTY TO YIELD IN MAKING LEFT TURNS ;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE
EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY AND EFFECTIVE DATE .
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of
Ames , Iowa :
Section One . The Municipal Code of the City of
Ames , Iowa shall be and is hereby amended by repealing sec-
tion 33-9008 thereof as said section has heretofore existed
and is further amended by enacting a new section 33-9008
thereto to read as follows :
"Sec . 33-90o8 Left Turns.. Yielding
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn
to the left within an intersection or into
an alley, private road or driveway shall
yield the right of way to vehicles
approaching from the opposite direction
which are within the intersection or so .
close thereto as to constitutean imme-
diate hazard, then Said driver , having
so yielded , and having given a signal:
when and as required by -this chapter,
may make such left turn . "
Section Two . Violation hereof shall constitute
a misdemeanor .
Section Three . All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are repea ed to the extent of such conflict .
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and publication as re-
quired by law.
Passed this _ 25th day of October 1977.
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Mary E. Zlaul , City Clerk Lee h llinger , Myor
Published this day of 1977 •
Mary E. Paul , City Clerk