HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Chapter 29 of General Ordinance No. 3709 Adding Thereto Section 38A Entitled "Yielding Right of Way"ORDINANCE No. 8962
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF
GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 3709 KNOWN AS
THE 1949 MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND2 INDIANA BY ADDING
THERETO SECTION 38A ENTITLED "YIELDING
RIGHT OF WAY."
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the Civil City of South Bend, Indiana:
ECTION I: That Chapter 29 of General Ordinance No. 3709 known as The 1949
Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana be, and the same is, hereby
amended by the addition of the following paragraph:
38A. YIELDING RIGHT OF WAY. When "Yield
Right of Way" signs are erected by authority
of the Board of Public Works and Safety
upon streets and highways in the City of
South Bend, Indiana the driver of a vehicle
approaching a "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY" sign
shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing
conditions of traffic and visibility, yield-
ing the right of way to all traffic on the
intersecting street which is so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard.
Proceeding past such sign with resultant
collision or other interference with traffic
on the intersecting street shall be deemed
prima facie in violation of this regulation.
A motorist proceeding against the "YIELD
RIGHT OF WAY" sign, therefore must keep his
vehicle under control to the extent that he
is prepared to yield or give way to the
driver or drivers approaching either from
the right or left on the intersecting street,
and must be prepared to come to a stop if
necessary in order to yield this right of
way.
SECTION II: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor and legal publicat
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