Ordinance 1975-22 FHD:GKH
ORDINANCE NO. 22 , AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS
OF THE UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE,
PROVIDING FOR STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS,
FOR THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS, AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council
of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, Kendall
County, Illinois as follows :
SECTION l :
The following intersection is hereby declared
to constitute a "stop" intersection within the UNITED
CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE:
East Kendall Drive and Countryside Parkway,
with East Kendall Drive traffic stopping for
Countryside Parkway traffic.
SECTION 2 :
The following intersections are hereby declared
to constitute "yield" intersections within the UNITED
CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE:
Madison Street and State Street, with Madison
Street yielding for traffic on State Street.
Madison Street and Morgan Street, with Madison
Street yielding for traffic on Morgan Street.
Spring Street and Colton Street, with Spring
Street yielding for traffic on Colton Street.
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Center Street and Colton Street, with Center
Street yielding for traffic on Colton Street.
Church Street and Main Street, with Church
Street yielding for traffic on Main Street.
SECTION 3:
Every operator of a vehicle or other conveyance
traveling upon any street and approaching a "stop" inter-
section, as above indicated, 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
the through street at the intersection, unless said intersecting
street is determined to be a "yield" street, in which case
every operator shall reduce the speed of his vehicle
to not more than 20 m.p.h. and shall yield the right-of-way
to other vehicles which have entered the intersecting
street, either from the right or left, or which are approaching
so closely on said intersecting street as to constitute
an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded
may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs, subject,
however, to the direction of any traffic control sign
or signal or any police officer at such "stop" or "yield"
intersection.
The operator of any vehicle who has come to
a full stop as required above or who has passed a yield
sign, upon entering the through street, as well as operators
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of vehicles on such through street, shall be subject
to the usual right-of-way rule prescribed by law and
applicable to vehicles at intersections.
SECTION 4 :
The Police Department of the UNITED CITY OF
THE 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
heretofore 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 j� ,�2 � • , A.D. 1975 .
City cA e r k
SIGNED and APPROVED this
1�, day of j
1975.
Mayor