HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Motor Vehicles Approaching a School Bus ORDINANCE NO . 2628
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF AMES ,
IOWA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO
A NEW SECTION 33-1101.0 REGULATING MOTOR
VEHICLES APPROACHING A SCHOOL BUS ; RE-
PEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF OR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE
EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT ; PROVIDING A
PENALTY AND AN EFFEC97IVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of
Ames , Iowa that:
SectionTOne . The Municipal Code of the City of
Ames , Iowa be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto
a new section 33-11010 to read as follows :
"Section 33-11010. Duty to reduce speed or stop
when approaching a school bus . ,
The driver of any vehicle when meeting a school bus
on which_t-he amber' warning lamps are flashing shall
reduce the speed of said vehicle to not more than
twenty miles per hour , and shall bring said vehicle
.to a complete stop when the school bus stops and the
stop signal arm . is extended and said vehicle shall
remain stopped until the stop arm is retracted,
after which the driver may proceed with due caution :
The driver of any vehicle ,overtaking a school bus
shall not. pass a school bus when the red or amber
warning signal lights are flashing and shall bring
said vehicle to a complete stop not closer than
fifteen feet from the school bus when it is stopped
and shall remain stopped until the stop arm is re-
tracted and the school bus resumes motion , or until
signaled by the bus driver to proceed. "
Section Two . All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of said
conflict .
Section three . Violation of this ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor .
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from the date of itE passage and publication as
required by law.
Passed this 1st day of November 1977.
Mary E. aul, City Clerk Lee Fellinger, Mayor
Published this _ day of , 1977
Mary E. Paul , City Clerk