Ordinance 1975-09 FHD:GKH
ORDINANCE NO. , DECLARING
RIVER STREET A THROUGH STREET OF THE UNITED
CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, a certain Ordinance regulating traffic
upon the public streets of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE
OF YORKVILLE, providing for through streets, for the erection
of traffic control devices upon other streets, and providing
a penalty for the violation thereof, and amending an Ordinance
passed November 3, 1962, has been considered by the Mayor
and City Council of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
regarding River Street within the City.
BE IT ORDAINED by the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE
OF YORKVILLE as follows:
SECTION 1.
That the following street is hereby declared to
constitute a through street within the UNITED CITY OF THE
VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE :
River Street from Bridge Street to the western
City Limits, excepting its intersection with
Church Street, which is declared to be a three-
way stop intersection.
SECTION 2.
That every operator of a vehicle or other conveyance
traveling upon any street intersecting the through street
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above designated shall bring such vehicle or conveyance
to a full stop at the place where such street meets the
prolongation of the nearest property line of such through
street.
The operator of any vehicle who has come to a
full stop as required above shall be subject to the usual
right-of-way rule prescribed by law and applicable to vehicles
at intersections.
SECTION 3.
The corporate authorities of the UNITED CITY OF
THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE are hereby authorized and required
to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained,
on each and every street intersecting said through street
designated above, and at or near the property line of said
through street, appropriate signs upon the street, such
signs or devices to bear the word "STOP" , said signs to
be located in such position and to be provided with letters
of a size to be clearly legible from a distance of at least
100 feet along the street intersecting said through street.
All such signs shall be illuminated at night or so placed
as to be illuminated by street lights or by the headlights
of approaching motor vehicles.
SECTION 4.
The Police Department of the UNITED CITY OF THE
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VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE is hereby directed to enforce the provisions
of this Ordinance, and any person violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than ONE ($1. 00)
DOLLAR nor more than ONE HUNDRED ($100. 00) DOLLARS for each
offense.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by
law.
SECTION 6.
The effective provisions of Ordinances passed here-
tofore and not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby expressly ratified, and all provisions
inconsistent herewith are expressly repealed.
PASSED this day of ,
A.D. 1975.
City Clerk
SIGNED and APPROVED this _ day of
A.D. 19 7 5.
Mayor