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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Traffic and Parking ORDINANCE NO. 728 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC AND PARKING UPON THE STREETS., AVENUES, ALLEYS, AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE PARKING OF VEHICLES UPON SUCH PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR INSTALLA- TION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPERVISION,, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR FORTY- EIGHT HOUR PARKING LIMIT AND FOR THE REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED Section 100.1. Definition of Words and Phrases.--The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have the meaning respectively ascribed to them. VEHICLES, TRAFFIC, ETC., DEFINED Section 101.1. Vehicle.--Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Section 101.2. Motor Vehicle .--Every vehicle which is self-propelled. The terms "car" or "automobile" shall be synonymous with the term "motor vehicle". Section 101.3. Bicycle.--Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is over twenty (20) inches in diameter, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two (2) front or two (2) rear wheels. Section 101.4. Motorcycle. --Every motor vehicle having a 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. Section 101.5. Farm Tractor. --Every motor vehicle designed and use primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry. Section 101.6. Road Tractor.--Every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles not so constructed �.s to carry any load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn. Section 101.7. Trailer .--Every vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. When- ever the word "trailer" is used in this ordinance, same shall be construed to also include"semi-trailer". Section 101.8. Trailer Coach .--Any vehicle used, or maintained for use upon highways or city streets, said coach being so designed and so constructed as to permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or mor l -2- persons and having no other foundation than wheels or jacks. Section 101.9. Semi---trailer.--Every vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor ve- hicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. A "semi-trailer" shall be considered in this ordinance separately from its power unit. Section 101.10. Special Mobile Equipment.--Every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and incidental) operated or moved over the streets, including road construction or maintenance machinery, ditch-digging apparatus and well-boring apparatus. The foregoing enumeration shall be deemed partial and shall not operate to exclude other such vehicles which are within the general terms of this paragraph. Section 101.11. Authorized Emergency Vehicle. --Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of the municipal departments, as are designated or authorized by the city. Section 101.12. Railroad .--A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than street cars, operated upon stationary rails. Section 101.13. Railroad Train.--A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except street cars. Section 101.14 Traffic.-- Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel. Section 101.15. Right-of-way.--The privilege of th immediate use of the roadway. Section 101.16. Stop. --When required means complete cessation of movement. Section 101.17. Stopping or Standing.--When prohibited means any stopping or standing of a vehicle whether occupied or notexcept when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal. Section 101.18. Holiday.--The following days shall be classified as holidays under this ordinance: January first (1), Februar twelfth (12) and twenty-second (22), May thirtieth (30), July fourth (4), the first Monday in September, November eleventh (11), Thanksgiving Day as proclaimed by the President or the Governor, December twenty-fifth (25), and the following Monday, whenever any of the foregoing Holidays fall on a Sunday, and such other Holidays as are set aside by Mayor's Proclamation. Section 101.19. Parked Vehicle.-- The term parkezi shall apply to any vehicle which is stopped within the limits of a highway ormunicipally-owned,- leased or -controlled parking lot, whether occupied or not. Section 101.20. Official Time Standard.--Whenever certain hoursare named herein they shall mean Central Standard Time. Section 101.21. Double Parked.-- When a vehicle is standing on a road- way in such a manner that it is outside a parking space or the wheels nearest • 1 i 1 -3- the curb are more than eighteen (18) inches from the curb it shall be termed "Double Parked". On streets without curbs, any vehicle parked within twelve (12) feet of the center line shall be termed "Double Parked". Section 101.22. Parking Meter.--A device or devices which shall indicate thereon the length of time during which a vehicle may be parked in a particular place which shall have as a part thereof a receptacle or chamber for receiving and storing coins of the United States money; a slot or place in which said coin or coins may be deposited; a timing mechanism to indicate the pass- age of the interval of time during which parking is p :--rmissible; and which shall also display an appropriate signal when the aforesaid interval of time shall have elapsed; also brief instructions as to their operation. Section 101.23 Maximum Parking Time Limit.-- The maximum length of time that a vehicle may occupy a parking space. Persons, Etc., Defined Section 102.1. Person.—-Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation. Section 102.2. Operator or Driver.--Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. Section 102.3. Pedestrian.--Any person afoot. Section 102.4. Police Officer.--Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations. Section 102.5. Traffic Division --The traffic division whenever used herein shall be deemed to refer to the Police Department of this City. Section 102.6. City --whenever the word "City" appears in this ordinance it shall refer to the City of Ames, Iowa. Streets, Etc., Defined Section 103.1 . Street or Highway.-- The entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purpose of vehicular traffic. Section 103.2. A ley.--A thoroughfare twenty (20) feet or less in width, laid out, established and platted as such, by constituted authority. Section 103.3 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. Section 103.4. Roadway.-- That portion of a street or highway improved designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. In the event a highway in- cludes two or more separate roadways the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collect- ively. Section 103.5. Sidewalk--That portion of a stre-t between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. Section 103.6. Laned Roadway.--A roadway which is divided into two Y 4 -4- or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. Section 103.7. Through (or Thru) Highway.-- Every highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same or when stop signs are erected or such entrances are controlled by a police officer or traffic-control signal. The term ::arterial" shall be synonymous with "through" or "thru" when used in this ordinance. Section 103.8. Intersection.— The area embra_ed within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of the two streets which join one another at, or approxi= mately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different roadways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Section 103.9. Crosswalk.-- That portion of a roadway ordinarily in- cluded within a prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at intersections or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. Section 103.10. Line of Street.-- Where the "line of street" is referred to it shall mean the lot line, as distinguished from the curb line. Section 103.11. Curb Loading Zones.-- A space adjacent to a curb, indicated by a sign or curb marking, reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Section 103.12. Official Traffic-Control Devices.-- All signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this ordinance placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. Section 103.13. Traffic-Control Signal.-- Any device, whether manually electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed. Section 103.14. Business District.-- The territory contiguous to and including a street when fifty -(50) percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business. Section 103.15. Residence District.--The territory within the city contiguous to and including a highway, not comprising a business, suburban or school district, where forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on such highway for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more is occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings i use for business. Section 103.16. School District. - The territory contiguous to and including a street for a distance of two hundred (200) feet in either direction from a school house. Section 103.17. Suburban District.--All other parts of the city not included in the business, school or residence districts. Section 103.18. Parking Space.-- That area of the street, next to the curb, designated by lines or marks thereon within which a vehicle may be parked. -5- Section 103.19• Parking Lot, Municipally-Owned.--A municipally-owne area of land outside the boundaries of streets or highways, set aside for the specific purpose of parking vehicles. Section 103.20. Parking Lot, Leased.--An area of land, privately-owned and leased by the City, outside the boundaries of streets or highways, set aside for the specific purpose of parking vehicles. RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND RECORDS Section 104.1. Responsibility for Traffic Engineering.-- (a) The City Manager shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this ordinance. (b) It shall be the duty of the City Manager to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic--control devices, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigation of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by traffic ordinances of the City. Section 104.2. Records of Traffic Violations.-- The Police Department shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of this 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 a record shall be such maintained complete dlreports shall bethe publicst recent records. five (5) year period. A ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section 105.1. Authority of Police Officials.-- It shall be the duty of ne by the officers of the Police Department officers of this G tyeandsagl of the the Chief of Police to enforce allstreet traffic laws State vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City. Section 106.1. Authority to Direct Traffic.-- Officers of the Police pl 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. Section 107.1. Authority of Fire Department Officials.--Officers of the Fire Department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. Section 108.1. Obedience to Police and Fire Department officials.-- icomp ly t shall be unlawful for a person f° wilf e fficlerf or other authail oor rese orized traffic with any lawful order or direction of a p officer. r r r -6- Section 109.1. Persons Propelling Push Carts, etc.--Every person propelling any push cart or riding an animal upon a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of ordinance applicable to this nature can have no application. his ordinance which by their ver Section 110.1. Use of Coasters, Roller Skates, and Similar Devices Restricted.--No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any device, shall go upon any roadway except while coaster, toy vehicle, or similar 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 temporarily restricted to vehicular traffic. Section 111.1. Public Employees to Obey Traffic Regulations.-- The of any ve provisions of this ordinance hall apply Government to the s any state, county,icle nod by y, used in the service of the United and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, except as otherwise permitted in this ordinance or by State statute. Section 112.1. Exemptions to Authorized Emergency Vehicles.-- (a) The provisions of this ordinance regulating the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in this ordinance, except as follows: A driver when operating any such vehicle in an emergency, except whe otherwise directed by a police officer, may-- (1) Park or stand notwithstanding the provisions of this ordinance; (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 prima facie speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property; (4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions so long as he does not endanger life or property. (b) Those exemptions hereinbefore granted in reference to the movement of ly when the driver of said an authorized emergency vehicle.- nas may be reasonably ne essa y, vehicle sounds a siren, bell, or exhaust whistle and the vehicle displays a lighted red lamp visible from the front as a warning to others. (c) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his reckless disregard of the safety C, of others. Section 113.1. Operation on Approach of Emergency Vehicles.-- Upon 11 h the immediate approac of an autenrexhaust whistle, orhbell, the drive driver of eve y is giving an audible signal by siren, 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 o the street clear of any intersection a except when otherwosetion dir ctec until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed by a Police Officer. -7- ACCIDENTS Section 114.1. Information and Aid.--The driver of any vehicle in- volved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage t any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible and shall give his name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request, and if available, exhibit his operatorts or chauffeurts license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with and shall render to any person injured in such acci- dent reasonable assistance, including the carrying or the making of arrange- ments for carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person. Section 115.1. Striking Unattended Vehicle.—The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof. Section 116.1. Striking Fixtures Upon A Highway.-- The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his operatorts or chauffeurts license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section 117.1. Section 117.1. Immediate Report of Accidents.--The driver, of if unable, any occupant of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage to an apparent extent of fifty (50) dollars or more, shall immediately by the quickest means of communica- tion, either verbal or written, give notice of such accident to the Police Department if such accident occurs within this City. Section 118.1. Cleaning Up After Accidents.--Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle or property from a street shall remove any glass or other substance dropped upon the street from such vehicle or property. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES Section 119.1. Authority to Install Traffic-Control Devices.--The City Manager shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals, markings and devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances of this City to make effective the provisions of said ordinances, and may place and maintain such temporary additional traffic-control devices as may be necessary in times of emergency or hazardous conditions to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of this City or under State law, or to guide or warn traffic. Section 120.1. Manual and Specifications for Traffic-Control Devices.-- All traffic-control signs, signals, markings and devices shall conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic-Control Devices for Streets and Highways as -8- approved by the Iowa Highway Commission 9, 9a a 00 s pracns and ticable e signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shal uniform as to type and location throughout the City. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with provisions of State law or this ordinance shall be official traffic-control to Of Section 121.1. Obedience s ru ct.ons Traffic-Control of any official traffic-control driver of any vehicle shall obey the device applicable thereto placed in accordance atraffic subject to the ordinance s of this City, unless otherwise directed by police officer, exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this ordinance. Section 122.1. When Traffic Devices Required for Enforcement Purpos s.-' enforced No provision of this ordinance or t me and place of gthe al egedl volato n an against an alleged violator if at th official sign is not in properposition and sufficiently legible to be seen by an icular section does not ordinarily observant person. Whenever pbe teffective even though no signs that signs are required, such section shall are erected or in place. fic is Section 123.1. Traffic Control Signal Legend.--When trafCauton", or " top' controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words Go , or exhibiting different colored nl g ts shall be usedsuccessively and saidttermseand 1 ght shall , or with arrows, the following colors o y indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows: (a) Green alone or "Go". (1) Vehicular traffic facing the signals shallproceed ce aigeitherthrough or turn right or left unless a sign at s place prohibits such turn. But vehicular traffic,o ancto olng vehicles ther vehicles and to right or left, shall yield the right-of-way pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent cross- walk at the time such signal is exhibited. (2) Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. (b) Yellow alone or "Caution" when shown following the green or "Go" signal. (1) Vehicular traffic facing the signal is thereby warned that the ialy red or "Stop" signal will be not enter exhibited or crossing the ant rse c er and ion such vehicular traffic shall when the red or "Stop" signal is exhibited. (2) Pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross ight of-w y to all vehiclesn then starting to cross shall yield the r (c) Red alone or "Stop". (1) Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line and shall remain standing until green or "Go" is shown. (2) No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic. -9- Section 124.1. Flashing Yellow or Amber Signals. (Caution signal.)- When a yellow or amber lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution. Section 125.1 Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings.-- No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official parking sign, curb or other marking, traffic-control device or railroad sign 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 any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain upon any street any traffic - sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs. Section 125.2. Removal of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings.-- Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the City Manager is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice. Section 126.1. Interference With Official Traffic-Control Devices or Railroad Signs and 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 any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. Section 127.1. Authority to Establish Temporary Use of a Street or Alley.-- The City Manager shall have the authority to temporarily close and to erect temporary "No Parking'' signs, street closing signs and barricades on streets, alleys, or public places, or portions of streets, alleys or public places, for cleaning and repairing; to protect sewer, water, curb and gutter an paving constructions; to close a street for public demonstrations; to re-route traffic when there is a heavy influx of such due to special events, such as the Iowa State College Homecoming, Veishea, etc. Section 127.2. Temporarily Closed Streets.-Whenever signs are erect d indicating any street or part thereof as a closed street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof. Section 128.1. City Manager to Designate Crosswalks, Establish Safety Zones, and Mark Traffic Lanes.-- The City Manager is authorized-- (a) To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such places as he may deem necessary; (b) To designate safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians; (c) To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he may deem advisable, consistent with the traffic ordinances of this City. -10- SPEED REGULATIONS Section 129.1. Speed Restrictions.-- It shall be unlawful for any person driving a vehicle on the streets to drive the same in any manner other than at a careful and prudent speed not greater than, nor less than, is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic surface, and width of the street and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive any vehicle upon a street at a speed greater than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead such driver having the right to assume, however, that all persons using said street will observe the law. Section 129.2. Speed Restriction, Business or School District.-- A speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour in any business or school district, unless specifically designated otherwise in this ordinance, shall be unlawful. Section 129.3. Speed Restriction, Residence District.--A speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour in any residence district, unless specifically designated otherwise in this ordinance, shall be unlawful. Section 129.4. Speed Restrictions, Suburban District.--A speed in excess of forty-five (45) miles per hour in any suburban district, unless specifically designated otherwise in this ordinance, shall be unlawful. Section 129.5. Speed Restrictions, Public Park, Parking Lot or Cemetery.--A speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour in any public park, parking lot or cemetery, unless specifically designated otherwise in this ordinance, shall be unlawful. Section 129.6. Speed Restrictions, Sixth Street Through Brookside Park.-- A speed in excess of thirty-five 35) miles per hour on Sixth Street from Brookridge Avenue to Wallace Road, shall be unlawful. Section 129.7. Speed Restrictions, Lincoln Way.--A speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour on Lincoln Way from the East Corporation Limits to Beech Avenue, shall be unlawful. Section 129.8. Speed Restrictions - South Duff Avenue.--A speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour on South Duff Avenue from Lincoln Way to the South Corporation Limits shall be unlawful. Section 129.9. Speed Restrictions - Grand Avenue. A speed in exces of thirty (30) miles per hour on Grand Avenue from Thirteenth Street to a point three hundred (300) feet north of the North line of Murray Drive, shall be unlawful. Section 130.1. Minimum Speed Regulations.--No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reas )n- able movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or in compliance with law. Section 131.1. Emergency Vehiclets Speed.-- The speed limitations set forth in this ordinance shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles when responding to emergency calls and the drivers thereof sound audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. This provision shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the streets, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his negligenc . r TURNING MOVEMENTS Section 132.1. Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersection . --It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection to do so in any manner other than as follows: (a) Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. (b) Approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. (c) Approach for a left turn from a two way street into a one-way street shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection. A left turn from a one-way street into a two-way street shall be made by passing to the right of the center line of the street being entered upon leaving the intersection. .(d) Where both streets or roadways are one-way, both the approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway. Section 133.1. Authority to Place Turning Markers.-- The City Manag r is authorized to place markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to inter- sections indicating the co rse to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to r be other than as prescribed by ordinance. Section 133.2 Obedience to Turning Markers.— When authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection ndicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, it shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the directions of such indications. Section 134.1. Authority to Place "U" Turn Signs.-- The City Manage is hereby authorized to place signs at intersections, as determined by this ordinance, where U turns are prohibited. Section 134.2. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the inter- section of Douglas Avenue and Main Street. Section 134.3. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Kellogg Avenue and Main Street. Section 134.4 "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Main Street. Section 134.5. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Duff Avenue and Fifth Street. Section 134.6. "U" turns are prohibited within the limts of the inter- section of Lincoln Way and Sheldon Avenue. Section 134.7. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the inter- section of Grand Avenue and Lincoln Way. Section 134.8. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the inter- section of Kellogg Avenue and Fifth Street. `.I ' • M -12- Section 134.9. "U" Turns are pro ;hibited within the limits of the intersectio_, of Douglas Avenue and Fifth Street. Section 134.10. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Fifth Street. Section 134.11. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the inter- section of Stanton Avenue and Lincoln Way. Sectinn 134. 12. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Grand Avenue and Fifth Street. Section 134.13. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the ntersection of Duff Avenue and Main Street. Section 134.14. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Clark avenue and Main Street. Section 134.15. "U" turns are prohibited within the limits of the intersection of Kellogg Avenue and Sixth Street. Section 135.1. Authority to Place Restricted Turn Signs.-- The City Manager is hereby authorized to place signs at intersections, determined by this ordinance, where left or right hand turns are prohibited. Section 135.2 Left turns are prohibited from Grand Avenue at the intersection of Fifth Street and Allan Drive. Section 135.3. Left turns are prohibited in the intersection of Fifth Street and Kellogg Avenue, when "No Left Turn" signs are in place in the intersection. Section 136.1. Limitations on Turning Around.-- It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposi e direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. Section 137.1. When Signal Required.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to turn a vehicle from a direct cou~se upon a strett in the City of Ames unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestria may be affected by such movement or after giving an appropriate signal in th manner herein provided in the event any other vehicle may be affected by such movement. Section 137.2 Signal Continuous.--A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before beginning the turning movement. Section 137.3. Signals by Hand and Arm or Signal Device.-- The signals herein required shall be given either by means of the hand and arm o other proper signal or signal device of a type approved by the State Motor Vehicle Department. Section 137.4. Method of Giving Hand and Arm Signals.-- All signals herein required which shall be given by hand and arm shall when so given, be given from the left side of the vehicle and in the following manner: (a) Left turn--hand and arm extended horizontally. - 13- (b) Right turn--hand and arm extended upward. (c) Stop or decrease of speed - hand and arm extended downward. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS Section 138.1. Authority to Sign One-Way Streets and Alleys.--When- ever any ordinance of this City designates any one-way street or alley the City Manager shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. Section 138.2. The alley through Blocks Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12), Original Town of Ames, being the alley between Main Street and Fifth Street from Burnett Avenue to Duff Avenue is hereby designated as 1Cone-way" and it shall be unlawful to enter except from the East. Section 138.3. The alley immediately south of Blocks Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (14), Original Town of Ames, being the alley between Main Stree and the Chicago and North Western Railway Company's right-of-way from Burnett Avenue to Duff Avenue is hereby designated as "one-way" and it shall be unlawful to enter except from the West. Section 138.4. The alley north of Lincoln Way from Kellogg Ave-nxue to Market Avenue is hereby designated "one-way" and it shall be unlawful to enter except from the West. Section 138.5. Wilson Avenue from Fifth Streit to Sixth Street is here y designated as "one-way" and it ahall be unlawful to enter except from the Sout . Section 138.6. The alley through Block Eight (8) Original Town, being the alley between Kellogg Avenue and Douglas Avenue and between Fifth Stree and Sixth Street is hereby designated as one-way" and it shall be unlawful to enter except from the south. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED Section 139.1. Entering Through Highways.--It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to fail to stop as required by this ordinance at the entrance to a through highway and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from said through highway or whi h are approaching so closely on said through highway as to constitute a hazard, but said driver having so yielded may proceed cautiously and with due care enter said through highway. Section 140.1. Authority to Designate Through Highways and to Erect "Stop" Signs.--Whenever an ordinance of this City designates and descr bes a "through street" it shall be the duty of the City Manager to place and maintain a "stop" sign on each and every street intersecting such "through Street" or intersecting that portion thereof described and designated as such by any ordiunc e of this City. Section 140.2. Grand Avenue from the North Corporate Limits to its intersection with Lincoln Way, except for traffic turning east from Grand Avenue onto Lincoln Way, is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.3. Lincoln Way from East Corporate Limits to the West Corporate Limits is hereby designated as a through street, except the West -14- entrance of Lincoln Way from Grand Avenue. Section 140.4. South Duff Avenue from the South Corporate Limits to _ts intersection with Lincoln Way is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.5. Ninth Street from the East line of Carroll Avenue to the West line of Ridgewood Avenue, except at Grand Avenue and Duff Avenue, is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.6. Knapp Street from the West line of Ash Aveiuo-.to the West line of Hayward Avenue is hereby designated as a through street. Sectipn 140.7. Thirteenth Street fromthe East line of Maxwell Avenue to the West line of Crescent Street, except at Grand Avenue is hereby designated as a through Street. Section 140.8. West Street from the East 'line of Sheldon Avenue to the West line of Campus Avenue is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.9. Beech Avenue from Lincoln Way to the South Corporate Limits is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.10. Sixth Street from the West line of Duff Avenue to the Squaw Creek Bridge except at Grand Avenue is hereby designated as a through street. Section 140.11. Duff Avenue from Lincoln Way to the South line of Thirteenth Street except at Main Street is hereby designated as a through street. Section 141.1. Special Intersections Where "Stop" Required. -- The City Manager is hereby a thorized to erect "Stop" signs at designated intersections where particular hazards.exigt. Such intersections shall be designated "Special Stop Intersections". Section 141.2. The intersection of Allan Drive and Northwestern Aven le is hereby designated as a special stop intersection. Traffic on Allan Drive shall stop before entering Northwestern Avenue. Section 141.3. The intersection of Hyland Avenue, Oakland Street and Sheldon Avenue is hereby designated as a special stop intersection. Traffic on Oakland Street and on Sheldon Avenue shall stop before entering Hyland AV enue. Section 141.4. The intersection of Gable Lane and Ash Avenue is hereby designated as a special stop intersection. Traffic on Gable Lane shall stop before entering Ash Avenue. l Section 142.1. Intersections r'Vhere "School Stops" Required.-- The City Manager is hereby authorized to make available stop signs or hand stop signals at designated intersections or crosswalks where particular hazar s exist. Such intersections or crosswalks shall be designated as "School Stops" All vehicles when approaching such "School Stop" shall come to a full stop bef re proceeding through such intersection or crosswalk when the stop signs or han signals are displayed. Section 142.2. Lincoln Way at the Lincoln Way-Hyland Avenue inter- section is hereby designated as a "School.Stop". i t -15- Section 142.3. Lincoln Way at the Lincoln Way-Hazel Avenue inter- section is hereby designated as a "School Stop". Section 142.4. Lincoln Way at the Lincoln Way -Oak Avenue inter- section is hereby designated as a "School Stop". Section 142.5. Grand Avenue at the Ninth Street-Grand Avenue inter- section is hereby designated as a "School Stop". Section 143.1. Signs to Bear the Word "Stop".--Every sign erected pursuant to this article shall bear the word "Stop" in letters not less than six (6) inches in height and such sign shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign. Every stop sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, at the nearest line of the roadway. Section 144.1. Vehicles to Stop at Stop Signs.--When stop signs are erected as herein provided at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal. Section 145.1. Stopping Vehicle at "Stop" signs.--Operators of vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign as required herein at an inter- section where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto althougti not a part of a through highway and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute a hazard, but may then proceed. Section 146.1. Emerging From Alley or Private Driveway.--It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building to fail to stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidew ilk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yielding the right- of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching so closely as to constitute a hazard, but said driver having so yielded may proceed cautiously and with due care enter said roadway. Section 147.1. Stop When Traffic Obstructed.-- It shall be unlawful fo the driver of a vehicle to enter an intersection or marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestr..ans, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. Section 148.1. Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Railroad Train.-- (a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than ten (10) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when: (1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train; (2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad tra n; -16- (3) A railroad train approaching within approximately fifteen hundred (1500) feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard. Section 148.2. Observance of Crossing Gates and Barriers.- - It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closeci or is being opened or closed. DRIVING REGULATIONS Section 149.1. Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited. It shall be unlawful. for a driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to alx•_e--i alarm Section 150.1. Crossing Fire Hose.-- No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire Department when laid down on any street, alley or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire Department Official in command. Section 151.1. Driving Through Funeral or Other Processions.-- It shal be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion. This provision shall not apply at inter s ectiosisvhe re traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or police officers. Section 152.1. Drivers in a Procession.-- Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe. Section 153.1. Vehicles Shall Not Be Driven on a Sidewalk.-- It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to drive within any sidewalk area except at a per a.nen t or temporary driveway. Section 154.1. Limitations on Backing.-- The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic. Section 155.1. Following Too Closely.--The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for t e speed of such vehicles and the traffic and the condition of the street. Section 156.1. eckless Driving.--Any person who drives any vehicle in such manner as to in icate either a wilful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property s guilty of reckless driving. Section 157.1. Starting Parked Vehicle.--No person shall start a vehicle which iE stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. Section 158. 1. Signal Required Before St opping.- No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal. -17- ection 159.1. Control of Vehicle.--The person operating a vehicle or motorcycle shall have the same under control and shall reduce the speed to a reasonable and proper rate: (a) When approaching and passing a person walking or riding a bicycle in the traveled portion of a public street. (b) When approaching and passing an animal which is being led, ridden, or driven upon a public street. (c) When approaching and traversing a crossing or intersection of public street, or a bridge, or a sharp turn, or a curve, or a steep descent, in a public street. (d) When approaching and passing a fusee, flares, red reflector electric lanterns, red reflectors or red flags displayed according to Section 321.448, Code of Iowa, 1950. Section 160.1. Approaching or Entering Intersection.--The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different strebt. Where two (2) vehicles are approaching on any public street or highway so that their paths will intersect and there is danger of collision the vehicle approaching the other from the right shall have the right-of-way. The foregoing rules are modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this ordinance. Section 161.1. Turning Left at Intersectinn.-- The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this ordinance, may make such left turn and the driver of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from said opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY OVERTAKING AND PASSING - NO-PASSING ZONES Section 162.1. Traveling on Right-Hand Side.---The operator of a vehicle within the Corporate Limits shall at all times travel on the right-hand side of the center of the street. Section 163.1. Meeting and Turning to Right.-- Persons on horseback o vehicles meeting each other on the public streets shall give one-half (1/2) of the traveled way thereof by turning to the right. Section 164.1. Passing on the Left.-- The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction on other than four (4) lane roadways, shall give an audible signal and shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle. Section 165.1. Overtaken Vehicle to Give Way to the Right.--Except wh n overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall upon audible signal give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle proceeding in the same direction and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle. -18- Section 165.2. Failure to Recognize Signal.-- The burden of proof that signal as required by Section 165.1 was not heard shall rest upon the driver f the overtaken vehicle. a Section 166.1. Overtaking on the Right.- The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn. The driver of a vehicle may overtake, and, allowing sufficient clearance ass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction either upon the left or upon the right on a roadway with unobstructed pavement of a sufficient width or four (4) or more lanes of moving traffic when such movement can be made in safety and w thin the right side of the center of the roadway. No person shall drive off the pavement or upon the shoulder of the roadway in overtaking r passing on the right. Section 167.1. Limitations on Overtaking on the Left.-- No vehicle shall e driven on the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearl visible and is free from oncoming traffic for sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking b.nd passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within one hundred (100) feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite directinn. Section 168.1. Limitations on Overtaking on the Left on a Pavement of Four (4) or More Lanes.--No vehicle shall cross the center line of a roadway when overtaking another vehicle, when such line is a solid painted line, of a pavement of four (4) or more lanes. Section 169.1. Driving Upon Lzned Roadways.--Whenever any roadway has been divided into two 2) or more clearly marked lanes a vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movemen can be made with safety. Section 170.1. Unlawful Passing on Hills.--No vehicle shall be driven to the left half of the roadway in order to overtake and pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction in that part of a street designated as a "n!-passing" zone. Such zones shall be marked with signs. Section 170.2. Lincoln Way from one hundred (100) feet west of the West line of Beech Avenue for a distance of approximately seven hundred (700) feet, when traveling west, is hereby designated as a "no-passing" zone. Section 170.3. Lincoln Way from the East line of Ash Avenue for a dis- tance of approximately seven hundred (700) feet, when traveling east, is hereby designated as a "no-passing zone. Section 170.4. Lincol}7 Way for a distance of approximately two hundred (200) feet from Stanton Avenue, when traveling east or west, is hereby desig- nated as a "no-passing'` zone. Section 170.5. Westwood Drive from a point two hundred (200) feet north of Woodland Avenue to the North end thereof is hereby designated as a "no-pas sing " zone. Section 170.6. Sixth Street from the East line of Northwestern Avenue -19- o the West line of Brookridge Avenue is hereby designated as a "no-passing" one. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS Section 171.1. Riding on Motorcycles.--A person operating a motorcycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto or carry any other person nor shall any other person ride upon such motorcycl other than upon a firmly attached seat to the rear or side of the operator. Section 172.1. Clinging to Moving Vehicles.--Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway. Section 173.1. Boarding or Alighting from Vehicles.-- No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion. Section 174.1. Unlawful Riding.-- No person shall ride on any vehicle, upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise. Section 175.1. Railroad Trains Not to Block Streets.-- It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator of any railroad train to -.irect the operation of or to operate the same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes, except that thisprovision shall not apply to trains or cars in motion other than those engaged in switching. Section 176.1. Obstruction to Driverts View.- - No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number cf persons, exceeding three (3), as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driverts control over 1 the driving mechanism of the vehicle. No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driverts view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his ccontr'uol over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. Section 177.1. Windshields Unobstructed.-- No person shall drive any motor vehicle equipped with a windshield which does not permit clear vision, or with any sign, poster or other non-transparent material upon the front windshield of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to b so displayed by law, which shall be displayed in the lower right-hand corner. Section 178.1. Trucks and Drays Loading and Unloading.-- From Eight (8) otclock a.m. to ten 10) otclock p.m. upon Main Street between Duff Avenue and Burnett Avenue and upon Lincoln Way between Stanton and Hayward Avenues, trucks and drays are prohibited from loading and unloading freight, goods and merchandise, at all places, stores and buildings where it is possible to perform such work in the adjacent alley. Section 179.1. Unattended Motor Vehicle.--It shall be unlawful for any person driv ng or in charge of a motor vehicle to permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, or when standing upon any perceptible grade without effectively setting the brake thereon and turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. Section 180.1. Moving Other Vehicles. No person shall move a vehic e not owned by such person into any prohibited parking area or away from a cu b -20.- such distance as is unlawful. Section 181.1. Putting Glass, etc. , on Street.- - No person shall throw or deposit upon any street, roadway, municipally-owned, -leased or -controlled parking lots, any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substan e likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon such street. Section 182.1. Removing Injurious Material.--Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street, roadway, municipally-owned, -leased or -controlled parking lot, any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. Section 183.1. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated.--No person shall operate a vehicle upon the streets of the City while intoxicated, or under the influience of intoxicating liquor. Section 183.2. Driving of Unsafe Automobiles.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition as required by Chapter 321 Code of Iowa, 1950. Section 183.3. Driving with Lights.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle on any street in the City at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as specified in Chapter 321 Code of Iowa, 1950. PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES Section 184.1. Pedestrians Subject to Traffic-Control Signals.-- Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals at intersections but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions s provided in this ordinance. Section 185.1. Pedestrian's Right-of-Way.-- (a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within j a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle, which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield. A pedestrian's right-of-way in a crosswalk is modified under the condition and as stated in Section 188.1(b). (b) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to p..rmit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle. Section 186.1. Pedestrians to Use Right Half of Crosswalk.-- Pedestrians hall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. Section 187.1. Crossing at Right Angles.-- No pedestrian shall cross a oadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the hortest route to the opposite curb except in a crosswalk. -21- Section 188.1. When Pedestrian Shall Yield.-- (a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of--way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (c) The foregoing rules in this section have no application under the conditions stated in section 189.1 when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places. Section 189.1. Prohibited Crossing.--Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any � place except in a crosswalk. Section 190.1. Walking on Roadway. Where sidewalks are provided it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. Section 191.1. Walking on Left.-- Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall when practicable walk only on the left of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction. Section 192.1• Pedestrians Soliciting Rides.--No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicl . Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent any pedestri n from standing on that portion of the street or roadway, not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle. Section 193.1. White Canes Restricted to Blind Persons.- For the purpose of guarding against accidents in traffic on the public thoroughfares, is shall be unlawful for any person except persons wholly or partially blind to carry or use on the streets, hibhways and public places of the City any white canes or walking sticks which are white in color or white tipped with red. Section 193.2. Duty of Drivers.--Any driver of a vehicle or operator of a motor-driven vehicle who approaches or comes in contact with a person.wholly or partially blind carrying a cane or walking stick white in color or whi .e tipped with red, shall immediately come to a complete stop, and take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to such person. Section 194.1. Drivers to Exercise Due Care.-- Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper pre- caution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a z roadway. PARKING REGULATIONS Section 195.1. Method of Parkin --Except where angle parking is permitted by this ordinance,:-very vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway whey there is an adjacent curb, shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand -22- wheels of such vehicle parallel with and vAtl_in eighteen (18)�inches of the right-hand curb and not placed closer than four (4) feet end to end from another vehicle. Section 196.1. Parking on Streets Without Curbs.--Vehicles parked on streets without curbs shall be parked parallel to the center line of the street with no portion of the vehicle closer than twelve (12) feet to the center line of the street. Section 197.1. Double Parking.-- Double parking is prohibited upon all streets, except in an emergency, and then only if an operator capable of moving the vehicle remains therein. Section 198.1. Stalls and Sections.--Where now or hereafter stalls or sections for vehicles may be marked or painted upon the surface of any street, portion thereof, municipally-owned, or -leased parking lots, it shall be the duty of the driver or operator of any vehicle to park the same within the limits of one of the said stalls or section$ and not over or across said lines. Section 199.1. Parking Long Vehicles.--No part of any vehicle or the load thereon when parked within an angle parking district shall extend into a roadway more than a distance of eighteen (18) feet when measured at right angles to the adjacent curb. No vehicle exceeding twenty (20) feet in over-all length shall park in an angle parking district or parking lot. Section 200.1. "Angle Parking". On streets and parking lots set aside by this ordinance for "angle parking'' vehicles shall be parked at an angle with the curb line as marked on the street or parking lot surface and the _nea&(isit front wheel of such vehicle shall be not more than twelve (12) inches from the curb. Section200.2. "Angle parking shall be permitted upon Main Street from Duff Avenue to a point five hundred (500) feet west of the Vest line of Clark Avenue. Section 200.3. "Angle parking' shall be permitted on the North side of Fifth Street frc,m Carroll Avenue to Duff Avenue. Section 200.4. "Right angle parking" shall be permitted on Burnett Avenue from the South line of Main Street to the first alley south thereof. Section 201.1. Limited Parking, Ninety (90) Minutes.-- The parking of vehicles on all week days, except Mondays and Holidays, between the hours of Night (8) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock p.m. and on Mondays between the hours of eight (8) o'clock a.m. and nine (9) o'clock p.m., shall be limited to ninety (90) minutes on certain streets designated in this ordinance. Signs shall be posted on such streets indicating said limit. Section 201.2. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Fifth Street from Burnett Avenue to ° ilson Avenue as provided in Section 201. 1. Section 201.3. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Douglas Avenu from Fifth Street to Sixth Street as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.4. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Burnett Avenu from Fifth Street to Sixth Street as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.5. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Kellogg Avenu from the North line of Lincoln Way, north to a point fifty (50) feet south of the Souh rail of the Chicago and North Western Railway crossing as provided in -23- Section 201.1. Section 201.6. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Main Street from the East line of Duff Avenue east to the cross fence as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.7. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Clark Avenue from Main Street to Fifth Street as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.8. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on the East side of Clark Avenue from the North unio:�exii h School for of Fifth Street a distance of line twentylfive (25)xth Street except at the entrance to the J g feet as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.9. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on the South side of Lincoln Way between Lynn Avenu,e and Stanton Avenue as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.10. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Lincoln Way from Stanton Avenue to Hayward Avenue as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.11. Parking is limited to ninety (90) tmciinidtes on the West side of Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain Street as provided in Section 201.1./ Section 201.12. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on the East side of We lch Avenue from Lincoln Way to a point opposite the South line of Chamberl in Street extended as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.13. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Hayward Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way to the N,�rth line of Chamlerlain Street as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.14. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on the municipally-leased parking lot abutting on Fifth Street and Kellogg Avenue, more particularly described as an area including approximately the South fifty (50) feet of Lot Six (6), the South fifty (50) feet of Lot Eight (8) on said premises all i Block Eight (8), Original Town of Ames, Story County, Iowa as provided in Section 201.1. Section 201.15. Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on the municipally-leased parking lot abutting on Kellogg Avenue and the Chicago and North 'Western Railway Companyts right-of-way, more particularly described as: beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot Sixteen (16), Block Two (2), Ames Grain & Coal Company Addition, in the City of Ames, Iowa; thence north i seventy-one and four tenths (71.4) feet; thence east two hundred twenty (220) feet; thence south forty-seven and six-tenths (47.6) feet to the Northwest corner of Lot One (1), Block Two (2), Ames Grain and Coal Company Addition; thence thence west fifty (50) feet; thence south twenty-three and eiCD ght-tenths (23.8) feet; f beginning as provided in west one hundred and seventy (170) feet, to the point o Section 201.1. Section 202.1. Limited Pa---king, Twenty-four (24) Hours.-- The parking o all vehicles on any municipally-owned parking lot on week days, Sundays and Holidays shall be limited to twenty-four (24) hours. Said municipally-owned parking lots shall be designated by ordinance and signs erected thereonindicatin said limit. . I 1W a -24- Section 202.2. It shall be unlawful to park in excess of twenty-four (24) hours on the municipally-owned parking lot at Sixth street and Dd�las Avenue, more particularly described as Lots Three (3), Four (4), and Five�5), Block Five (5), Original 'l'own of Ames, Iowa. Section 202.3. It shall be unlawful to park in excess of twenty-four (24) hours on the municipally-owned parking lot located between Main Street and the Chicago and North Western Railway Company's Depot, more particularly described as: beginning at a point at the intersection of the West line of Clark Avenue and the South line of Main Street, thence south along the Nest line of Clark Avenue one hundred forty-nine (149) feet, thence westerly five hundred thirty-one (531) feet to a point one hundred five (105) feet south of the South line of Main Street, thence north one hundred five (105) feet to the South line of Main Street, thence east along the said South line of Main Street to the paint of beginning. Section 203.1. Limited Parking, Five (5) Minutes.-- The parking of vehicles on all week days except Monday and Holidays between the hours of eight �8) o'clock a.m. and five (5) o'clock p.m. and on Mondays between the hours d eight (8) o'clock a.m. and nine (9) o'clock p.m. shall be Limited to five (5) minutes on streets designated as having a five (5) minute limit. Signs shall be posted thereon indicating such limit. Section 203.2. Parking is limited to five (5) minutes on the West side of Kellogg Avenue from the North line of the East and West alley between Fifth Street and Sixth Street to the South line of Sixth Street as provided in Section 203.1. Section 203.3. Parking is limited to five (5) minutes on the East side of Kellogg Avenue from the North side of the North entrance to the municipally-leas d parking lot to the South line of Sixth Street as provided in Section 203.1. Section 203.4. Parking is limited to five (5) minutes on the South side of Lincoln Way for a distance twenty-five (25) feet east of the East line of Welch Avenue as provided in Sect on 203.1. Sectinn 204.1. Limited Parking, Thirty (30) Minutes.--The parking of vehicles on all week days except Mondays, between the hours of eight (8) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock p.m., and on Mondays between the hours of eight (8) o'clock a.m. and nine (9) o'clock p.m. shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes on certain streets as designated in this ordinance. Signs shall be posted on such streets indicating said limit. Section 204.2. Parking is limited to thirty (30) minutes on the South side of 'est Street from the West line of Hyland Avenue to the East line of Campus Avenue, as provided in Sectinn 204. 1. Section 205.1. Prohibited Parking.-- The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited at all times on certain streets or locations as designated in this ordinance and the City Manager is authorized to erect signs and/or paint the curbs to designate said prohibited parking locations. It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle in a prohibited zone. Sectinn 205.2. Parking-is hereby prohibited at all times for a space of twenty-five (25) feet along the curb or side of the street in front of any theatre, auditorium, hotel having more than twenty-five (25) sleeping rooms, or other W t -25- building where large assemblages of people are being held, except in taking on or discharging passengers or freight, and then for only such length of time as is necessary for such purpose. Section 205.3. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on a sidewalk. Section 205.4 . Parking is hereby prohibited in front of, or so to obstruct, a public or private driveway. Section 205.5. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within an intersection. Section 205.6. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times along the curb o;- side of the street within five (5) feet from a fire hydrant. Section 205.7. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or as indicated by a painted curb or a sign. Section 205.8. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on a crosswalk. Section 205.9. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within ten (10) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. Section 205.10. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times between a detector and the intersection and for a distance of twenty-five (25) feet frm the detector away from such intersection on either or both sides of an approach to the intersection where detectors are placed in the roadway to actuate traffic control signals. Section 205.11. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railway crossing, except when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light. Section 205.12. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within twenty (2 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposi e the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance when properly sign-posted. Section 205.13. Parking is hereby prohibited on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. Section 205.14. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times within any alley except while expeditiously loading and unloading freight, merchandise or materials. Section 205.15. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times upon the parking of any street where curbing has been installed. Section 205.16. Parkin is hereby prohibited at all times alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic. Section 205.1 7. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times upon any bridge or other elevated structure or within or on an approach to an underpass. f r -26- Section 205.18. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Stanton Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way to the North line of Knapp Street. Section 205.19. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Lynn Avenue from the South line of Lincoln I%ay to the North line of Knapp Street. Section 205.20. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Ash Avenue between Lincoln Way and Knapp Street. Section 205.21. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on South Duff Avenue from LincolnWay to the South C':�rporate Limits. Section 205.22. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on Lincoln Way except that portion between Stanton and Hayward Avenues. Parking will be o permitted on Sundays only on the South side of Lincoln Way between Lynn and Stanton Avenues and between Hayward and Sheldon Avenues. Section 205.23. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on Grand Avenu between Lincoln Nay and Thirteenth Street. Section 205.24. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on Allan Drive. Section 2 05.25. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East sid of Sheldon Avenue between Lincoln Way and Hyland A enue. v Section 205.26. Parkin:-:- is hereby prohibited on the East side of South Sheldon Avenue from the South line of Lincoln VNay to a point forty (40) feet south of the South line of Lincoln Way. Section 205.27. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the West side of South Sheldon Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way to a point opposite the North line of Hunt Street. Section 205.28. ?marking is hereby prohibited on the West side of Clark Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets between the ho rs of seven (7) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock p.m., Monday through Friday except Holidays, from September first (1) through June fifteenth (15) of each school year. Section 205.29. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Douglas Avenue and on the South side of Twelfth Street at the entrances to the Mary Greeley Hospital for a distance of twenty-five ( 25) feet. Section 205.30. Parking is hereby prohibited on the North side of Ninth Street in front of the Roosevelt Public School for a distance of ffty ( 50) feet between the hours of seven (7) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock p.m., Monday through Friday except Holidays, from September first (1) through June fifteenth (15) of each school year. Section 205.31. Parking is hereby prohibited on the ';Vest side of Stanton Avenue in fr ..Int of the Louise Crawford School for a distance of ffty (50) feet between the hours of seven (7) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock p.m., Monday through Friday except Holidays, from beptember first (1) through June fifteenth (15) of each school year. Section 205.32. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the North side of West Street from the Vest line of Sheldon Avenue to a point fifty (50) feet west of the 'nest line of Woodland Avenue. -27- Section 205.33. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the West side of Hyland Avenue from the North line of Lincoln Way to the South line of West Street. Section 205.34. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Hyland Avenue from the North line of West Street to the South line of Sheldon Avenue. Section 205.35. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the North side of Oakland Avenue from the West line of Campus Avenue to the East line of Franklin Avenue. Section 205.36. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Welch Avenue from the South line of Chamberlain Street to the North line of Knapp Street. Section 205.37. .harking is hereby prohibited at all times on the West side of Douglas Avenue from the North line of Eleventh Street to the South line of Twelfth Street. Section 205.38. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the "Vest side of Wilson Ave ue from the North line of Fifth Street to the South line of Sixth Street. Section 205.39. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Duff Avenue from the North line of Fifth Street to the South line of Sixth Street.: Section 205.40. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of South Kellogg Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way to the North line of South Second Street. Section 205.41. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the South side of Sixth Street from Duff Avenue to the `)&est side of Brookside Park except on Sundays. Section 205.42. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the South side of Knapp Street from the Nest line of Ash Avenue to the East line of Lynn Ave nue. Section 205.43. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the North side of Sixth Street from the East line of the Chicago and North v'estern Railway Companyts right-of-way east for a distance of one hundred (100) feet. ti Section 205.44. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the West side of Beech Avenue for a distance of one hundred (100) feet south of the South line of Lincoln Way. Section 205.45. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Beech Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way to a point opposite the South line of Sunset Drive. Section 205.46. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the Nest side of Campus Avenue from the North line of Lin. oln Way to the South line of West Street. Section 205.47. Pa-king is hereby prohibited at all times on the Vest side of Sherman Avenue from the South line of Lincoln -Nay to the North line of South Second Street. Section 205.48. Parkin- is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Ridgewood Avenue from the North line of Sixth Street to the South line f -28- of Ninth Street. Section 205.49. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the East side of Douglas Avenue from the North line of Sixth Street to the South line of Seventh Street. Section 205.50. Parking is hereby prohibited at all times on the North side of Tenth Street from the West line of Duff Avenue to the East line of Grand Ave A.ue. Section 206.1. Limited Night Parking.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. on streets established by this ordinance. Said streets shall be designated' as having limited night parking and the City Manager shall have appropriate signs erected thereon. Section 206.2. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Main Street from a point one hundred and forty (140) feet east of the East line of Duff Avenue to the East line of Clark Avenue between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.3. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Fifth Street from the West line of Duff Avenue to the East line of Clark avenue between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.4. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Duff Avenue from the North line of Main Street to the South line of Fifth Street between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.5. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Douglas Avenue from the North line of Main Street to the South line of Sixth Street between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.6. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Kellogg Avenue from the North line of Lincoln Way to the South line of Sixth Street between the hours of two (2) o'clook a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.7. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Burnett Avenue from the North line of Main Street to the South line of Fifth St reet between the hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a,m. Section 206.8. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Lirroln Way from the West line of Lynn Avenue to the Wes t line of Hayward Avenue between the ho rs of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.9. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Hayward Avene from the South line of Lincoln Way to the North line of Chamberlain Street between the hours o_ two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 206.10. Night parking is hereby prohibited on Welch Avenue from the South line of Lincoln Way tothe North line of Chamberlain Street between the jl hours of two (2) o'clock a.m. and six (6) o'clock a.m. Section 207.1. Official Car Reservation.-- The forty (40) feet on the East side of Kellogg Avenue and the forty 40) feet on the South side of FifthStreet, both adjacent to the City Hall, are hereby reserved and set aside for the motor vehicles of the Police Department, ether official cars of the City of Ames and State Highway Patrol cars. All other vehicles are prohibited from parking in sail s.pa.ce., at any 'time,' or from interfering with the use of said space by such mbtor vehicles. Section 208.1. Public Carrier Stands -The City Manager is hereby authori ed and required to establish bus stops and taxicab stands on suchpublic streets in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of greatest benefit and con- venience to thei public, and every such bus stop and taxicab stand shall be designatE d by appropriate signs. u Section 209.1. Parking of Busses and Taxicabs Regulated.--The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not park upon any street in any business district at any place other than at a bus stop, or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and wile actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers. Section 210.1. Restricted Use of Bus and Taxicab Stands.--No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxi- cab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may tem- porarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or abo t to enter such zone. PARKING METER REGULATIONS. Section 211.1. Authority for Installing Parking Meters.---The City Manage is hereby authorized to install, or cause to be installed, parking meters in the parkin, meter zones as are herein established or which shall hereafter be established. Said parking meters shall be installed within approximate* twenty- four (24) inches of the curb line and in front of the parking spaces. Section 212.1. Parking Meter Zones.-- There are hereby established certain zones, to be known as parking meter zones. The parking meters erected in said parking meter zones shall determine the maximum parking time limits as set out in Sections 213.1 and 214. 1 of this ordinan .e, on week days, except Mondays a Holidays, from the hours of eight (8) o'clock a.m. to six (6) o'clock p.m. and on Mondays from eight (8) o'clock a.m. to nine (9) o'clock p.m. Section 213.1. Maximum marking Time Limit, Twelve (12) Minutes.-- In the parking meter zones, establishedas havin a maximum parking time limit of twelve (12) minutes, the stands supporting the pa---king meters shall be painted orange. Nothing but a one (1)-cent coin shall be deposited in said parking meter. Section 213.2. The South side of Fifth St. fromKellogg Avenue to Burnett Avenue shall have a maximum parking time limit of twelve (12) minutes Section 213.3 West side of Douglas Avenue from the South line of the East and West alley between Main and Fifth Street to the North line of Main Street. Section 213.4. Both sides of Kellogg Ave. from the Morth line of th- East nd West alley between Main and Fifth Street to the South line of Fifth Street. Section 214.1. Maximum Parking Time Limit, Sixty (60) Minutes.-. In the parking meter zones, established as having a maximum parking time limit of sixty (60) minutes, the stands supporting the meters shall be painted aluminum . Upon the deposit of certain coins an allowed parking time shall be established up to the maximum parking time limit as follows: (a) Upon the deposit of a one (1)-cent coin a parking time limit of twelve (12) minutes shall be established. -30- (b) Upon the deposit of two (2) one (I)-cent coins a parking time limit of twenty-fou : (24) minutes shall be established. (c) Upon the deposit of three (3) one (I)-cent coins a parking time limit of thirty-six (36) minutes shall be established (d) Upon the deposit of fou (4) one (I)-cent coins a maximum parking time of forty-eight (48) minutes shall be established. (e) Upon the deposit of five (5) one (l)-cent coins a maximum parking time limit of sixty (60) minutes shall be established. (f) Upon the deposit of one (1) five (5)-cent coin a maximum parking tim<, limit of sixty (60) minutes shall be established. Section 214.2. Main Street from Duff Avenue to Clark Avenue is hereby established as a sixty (60) minute; parking meter zone. Section 214.3. East side of Douglas Avenue from Main Street to Fifth Street and the West s=-de of Douglas Avenue from the Fast and West Alley to Fifth Street is hereby established as a sixty-(60) minute parking meter zone. Section 214.4. Kellogg Avenue from the North line of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company right-of-way to the South line of Sixth Street, except the north one hundred and ninety two (192) feet thereof on the West side and the north one hundred and fiftyJ150) feet thereof on the East side of Kellogg Avenue and except the portions reserved for taxi stands and parking of official cars is hereby established as a sixty (60) minute parking meter zone. Section 214.5. Fifth Street from Duff Avenue to Burnett Avenue, except the space reserved for official cars north of the City Hall, is hereby designated as a sixty (60) minute parking meter zone. Section 214.6. Burnett Avenue from the North line of the Easy-West alley south of Main Street to Fifth Street, is hereby designated as a sixty (60) minute parking meter zone. Section 21 5.1. Extending Maximum Parking Time Limit.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited, an additional coin or coins to extend the parking time limit beyond the maximum parking time limit for a meter space. Section 216.1. Slugs and Counterfeit Coins.--It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or, cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or substitute for a one (1)-cent or a five (5)-cent coin of ;.he United States of America. Section 217.1. Supervision.-- The City Manager or his authorized representative shall have direct supervision of the installa�ion, operation of the installation, operation, repair and maintenance of said parking meters and parkin meter zones. Section 218.1. 'policing.--The Chief of Police of the City of Ames, under the direction of the Mayor shall have direct s-upervislon of the Policing of said parking meters and parking meter zones. i J l -31- Section 219.1. Collection of funds.-- The City Clerk or his duly authorize representative shall have the power and authority to make regular collections of the monies deposited in said parking meters and the City Clerk shall deliver the same to the City Treasurer of the City of Ames, Iowa.. .Section 220.1. Use of Funds.-- The funds so collected under the section "Collection of Funds'' hereof shall be used as follows: (a) For the purchase, repair, replacement, operation, maintenance, policing and upkeep of said parking meters and parking meter zones. (b) All monies not so used as specified in subparagraph (a) above shall be used only for the leasing or purchase, construction, operation and maintenance of off-street parking places or for the widening of streets in the business district . o create greater parking facilities and payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for such purposes. Section 221.1. Duty of Operator.-- (a) It shall be the duty of the operator of any vehicle, upon parking said vehicle in any parking space adjacent to which a parking meter is installed, to immediately deposit or cause to be deposited a five (5)-cent coin or a one (I)-cent coin or coins, as the case may be, for the time said vehicle is to occupy said parking space. (b) It shall be the duty of the operator of the vehicle to immediately remove the vehicle from the parking space at the expiration of the maximum parking time limit for said space or prior to the display, within said meter, of the expired signal. Section 222.1. Commercial Truck !Parkin;;.-- Nothing herein contained ' .shall be construed as prohibiting the parking of commercial trucks in the parkin-,, meter zones-.for the purpose of loading or unloading, provided, however, that an operator of such truck shall not park in a parking meter zone' longer than thirty (30) minutes. Section 223. 1. Injury to Parkin; Meters.--No person shall deface, injure: ; tamper with, open, wilfully break, destroy, plug up; or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. FORTY-EIGHT HOUR PARKING LIMIT ESTABLISHED, PROVISIONS FOR THE REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES Section 224.1. Forty-eight (48) Hour Parking Limit on Public Streets.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle and to permit the same to i remain standing continuously and in one place for a pezi od of more than forty-eight (48) hours upon a public street, municipally-owned or -leased parking lot, or any public place in the City except those locations which have a more restricted paridng limit under this ordinance. In addition to the penalty set( out for the violation of any provisions of this ordinance any such vehicle so found may be determined to be an abandoned vehicle. Section 225.1. Abandoned Vehicle.-- Any vehicle which is found parked continuously and in one (1) place for a period of more than forty-eight (48) hours upon any public place in the City is hereby determined to be an abandoned vehicle and may be removed and impounded as provided in the following sections of this ordinance. Section 226.1. Removal and Impoundment of a Vehicle.-- Any motor ' r • -32 vehicle found upon the streets and highways, parking lots, or public places of the City of Ames, Iowa, illegally parked and/or reasonably appearing to be abandoned, may be removed from said streets or highways under the direction of the Police Department and may be impounded until disposed of as hereinafter provided. Impoundment shall be in any City-owned garage or area or in any privately-owned public garage to be designated by the City Council. Section 227.1. Impoundment Fees.-- Within three (3) days after the impoundment of any such motor vehicle the owner thereof may appear and claim the same on payment of an impoundment fee of three dollars ($3.00) and towing charges if stored by the City of Ames, or upon payment of the towing and storage fees, if stored in a public garage, whereupon said vehicle shall be released. Section 228. 1. Notice of Impoundment.-- If any impounded vehicle is not claimed by the owner within three (3) days after impoundment the Chief of '?olice on said date, shall notify the Commissioner of the Iowa State Public Safety Depar - ment as the administrator of the State Motor Vehicle Department by registered letter giving notice that he has such a motor vehicle in his possession, and giving a full and complete description of the same, including all marks of identification and factory and serial numbers. Section 229.1. Release of Vehicle after Notice.-- If within forty (40) days from notice to the owner thereof by the Commissioner of the Iowa State Public Safety Department as provided by the State Statute, said owner shall appear and properly identify such vehicle, the same shall be released to him upon payment of the impoundment fee and towing charges or upon payment of the towing and storage fees if impoundment in a privately-owned public garage, and in addition thereto the costs incident to the location of suchowner. Section 230.1. N ;tice of Sale.--If the owner of said vehicle does not appear w'..thin such period the Chief of Police shall advertise said motor vehicle for sale in a newspaper published within the county at least once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks. Section 231. 1. Sale of UnLIaimed Vehicle.— Said sale shall be held at a time and place to be fixed in said published notice, which shall be within ones l) week following the date of the last publication thereof, at which time and place said motor vehicle shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder thereof, for cash. Section 232.1. Disposal of Proceeds of Sale.--After deducting costs of the sale, those incurred in attempts to locate the owner of such vehicle and the towing and storage fees or impoundment fee, the Chief of Police shall pay the remaining money to the City Clerk to be credited to the Street Fund. Section 233.1. Payment to Owner of Proceeds of Sale.-,. If within six (6) months from the date of sale the owner of any motor vehicle sold under the provisions hereof makes a showing satisfactory to the City Council of the City of Ames, that he was the owner of such motor vehicle at the time of said sale, the City Council may direct the drawing of a warrant paying such owner the amount for which same was sold less impoundment fee, towing or storage charges and the costs incidental to notice to the owner and the conducting of said sale, and may direct the Clerk of the City of Ames to pay the same out of the Street Fund. Section 234.1. Bids for Private Storage.-- At least once each year the City Council may take bids from privately-owned garages for a schedule of fees for towing and storing impounded vehicles. Thereupon the City Council 1 • -33- may designate the garage or garages to be used. NOTICE OF CHANGES AND VIOLATION PROVISIONS Section 235. 1. Notice to be Given.-- When, hereafter, parking stations, speed limit district, or other traffic regulations or control districts, are established, changed, regulated or annulled and an appropriate notice of the action given by a sign, standard, or curb marking at the place affected, it shall be the duty of all persons to comply herewith. Section 236. 1. Penalties for violation.--A violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor and any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceed- ing one hundred (100) dollars and costs, and in default of payment be committed to the City or County jail until such fine is paid not exceeding thirty (30) days, or a jail sentence may be imposed not exceeding the said thirty (30) days. EFFECT OF AND SHORT TITLE OF ORDINANCE Section 237.1. Effect of Ordinance.— If any part or parts of this ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 238.1. Repeal.-- Sec. 62 Ordinance No. 566; Ordinances Nos. 646, 647, 652, 664, 669, 679, 682, 686, 692, 711, 713 and 714, are hereby repealed, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to taking effect of this ordinance. Section 239.1--Short Title. This ordinance may be known and cited as the "Traffic Ordinance". Section 240.1. Effective Date.-- This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed this 9th day of Dec. 1952. ;: J. Ar. Prat er, Uity Clerk W. L. Allan, M yor r - A, , Moved by Smith and seconded by Bauge that Ordinance No. 728 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, Smith, De Hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay: None Absent: None Moved by Moore and seconded by De Hart that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Ordinance No. 728 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, Smith, De Hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay: None Absazt: None Moved by De Hart and seconded by Smith that Ordinance No. 728 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, Smith, De Hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor Allan declared Ordinance No. 728 duly passed.