Ordinance 1952-58 STOP-SIGN ORDI14ANCE
An Ordinance regulating traffic upon the public
streets of the Village of Yorkville , providing for through
streets, for the erection of traffic control devises upon
other streets and providing a penalty for the violation
thereof.
Be It Ordained by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Yorkville :
Section 1 .
The following streets and parts of streets are
hereby declared to constitute through streets in the Village
of Yorkville:
Heustis Street from the Southerly VillaE,-e Limits
to the Northerly Village Limits; Fox Road from the Westerly
Village Limits to Franklin Street; Franklin Street from it' s
Intersection with the Fox Road to Bridge Street .
Section 2.
Every operator of a vehicle or other conveyance
travelling upon any street intersecting any through street
above design9ted, shall bring such vehicle or conveyance to
a full stop at the place where sue3la-street meets the prolong-
ation of the nearest property line of such through street.
Subject , hov!ever, to the direction of any traffic control sign
or signal or any police officer at such intersection.
The operator of any vehicle who has come to a full
stop as required above, upon entering the through street, as
well as operators of vehicles on such through street , shall
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be subject to the usual right of :ay rule prescribed by law
and applicable to vehicles at intersections.
Section 3.
The corporate authorities of the Village of York-
ville are hereby authorized and required to place and maintain
or cause to be placed and maintained on each and every street
intersecting; a through street designated above, and at or near
the property line of tiie tiirougti street, appropriate signs
upon the street, such signs or devises to bear the word "STOP"
and to be located in suer 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 the 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 approach-
ing motor vehicles.
Section 4.
The Police Department of tie 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 Dollar nor more than One Hundred Dollars
for each offense .
Section 5.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after it ' s passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed this 3 day of A.D. 1952.
Village Clerk
Signed and approved this 3 day of
A.D. 19 52. �� G�� -
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President of the Board of Trustees