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ORDINANCE NO., 159.
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;y(-, IE; AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF AR-
CADIA RELATING TO "SCHOOL STOPS" AND "BOULEVARD STOPS", IND PROVID~
ING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS: '
SEOTION 1: The City Marshal. of said City of Arcadia
is hereby authorized and directed to cause a metallic or other sign
bearing on the face thereof the word "stop" in letters not less
than three inches in height and of a different color from the rest
of said metallic or other sign, to be placed in any public Street
or Avenue leading into any Main Artery of traffic when, in the opin
ion of said Board of Trustees, the traffic or travel upon such Main
Artery is unusually heavy and when, in its opinion, as evidenced by
a Resolution adopted at any regular meeting of said Board of Trus-
tees and entered upon the minutes of any such meeting, it is nec-
essary for the safety and convenience of traffic, that vehicles
about to enter such Main Artery of traffic,come to a full stop be-
fore so doing. It shall be unlawful for any person driving or pro-
pelling any automobile or other vehicle, to drive or propel the
same or cause the same to be driven or propelled, into any Main
Artery of traffic from any Street or Avenue in which said metallic
or 0 ther sign bearing the word "Stop. has been installed and is
clearly indicated as hereto-,: provided without first bringing such
automobile or other vehicle toa complete stop before reaching the
said sign bearing th~ word .Stop. and then ascertaining that the
condition of the traffic upon such Main Artery of traffic is such
that said automobile or other vehicle can be driven orpropelled wit
safety upon such Main Artery of traffic.
SECTION 2: The City Marshal of said Oity of Arcadia is
hereby authorized and directed to place and maintain cross-walks
at the intersections of such Streets and Avenues in the vicinity of
public schools in said City of Arcadia, as may be designated by sai
Board of Trustees and at which said Board of Trustees deems the
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traffic or travel sufficiently heavy to render dangerous the cross-
ing of such intersection by school children. Such cross-walks shall
be indicated and maintained by tuo lines of yellow paint upon the
pavement approximately ten (10) feet apart. The said City Marshal
is further authorized and directed to place and maintain with yellow
paint the words IISchool Crossingll together with an arroVl pointing
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in the direction of such cross-walks, said words and arrow to be
painted upon the street pavement approximately one hundred (100)
feet from each such cross-walk. Within such cross-walk pedestrians
engaged in crossing the street shall have the right-of-way over all
traffic. It will be unlawful for any person driving any vehicle
or animal to drive into any of such cross-walks when there is pass-
ing in any such cross-walk a pedestrian engaged in crossing said
street upon the right-hand of the roadway.
SECTION 3: Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $300.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail of said
City of Arcadia for aperiod not exceeding three months or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 4: Thie Ordinance ie required for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety and in parti-
cular because there aze certain Uain Arteries or Boulevards within
said City of Arcadia upon which the traffic is unusually heavy and
where there is great danger to life and limb unless traffic enter-
ing thereon comes to a full stop, and an Ordinance regulating traf-
fic entering upon such Main Arteries or Boulevards is immediately
required.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same tO,be published once
in Th~Arcadlew'ournal and The Arcadian, a semi-weekly newspaper pub-
lishe~and circulated in said City of Arcadia and thereupon and
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thereafter the same shall take effect and be in force.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the City of Arcadia held on the 5th.
day of August, 1925, by the affirmative vote of at least four Trus-
tees,
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AYES: Trustees--ff~~ -&L~~
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NOES: None.
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ABSENT: Trustee
and signed and approved this 5th. day of August, 1925.
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ORDINANCE NO. 159;
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F~LATING TO dSCROOL STOPSd
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