File #: ORD-58:1762    Version: 1 Name: Traffic signage
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/15/1958 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 9/15/1958
Title: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS AT CERTAIN STREET INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (NOTE: PART OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS REPEALED BY ORD-80:1899 ON OCTOBER 6, 1980)
Indexes: Parking & Traffic
Related files: ORD-80:1899, MIN-58:020
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS AT CERTAIN STREET INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (NOTE: PART OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS REPEALED BY ORD-80:1899 ON OCTOBER 6, 1980)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council, City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
 
SECTION 1: It shall be unlawful to drive any vehicle into the intersections of the following streets without first bringing such vehicle to a full and complete stop; and stop signs are hereby placed and established at the following designated points:
 
(1)  A stop sign on the North side of Johnson Avenue, ten feet east of the east line of Culberhouse;  
(2)  A stop sign on the South side of Johnson Avenue, ten feet west of the west line of Culberhouse;
(3)  A stop sign on the South side of Work Avenue, ten feet west of the west line of Miller Street;
(4)  A stop sign on the South side of Hoover Street, ten feet west of the west line of the West line of Drake Avenue;
(5)  A stop sign on the East side of Drake Avenue; ten feet south of the South line of Hoover Street;
(6)  A stop sign on the North side of Richmond Avenue; ten feet east of the east line of Church Street;
(7)  A stop sign on the South side of Strawn Avenue, ten feet west of the west line of Church Street;
(8)  A stop sign on the North side of Melody Lane, ten feet east of the east line of Culberhouse Street;
(9)  A stop sign on the West side of Chestnut Street, ten feet north of the north line of Cherry Avenue;
 
SECTION 2: The chief of police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place the stop signs herein established at all points above described.
 
SECTION 3: All persons, firms or corporations operating vehicles upon the streets and avenues above described shall bring such vehicles to a complete stop at any distance not less than ten feet from said intersection so marked by stop sign, nor more than twenty five feet from said intersection.
 
SECTION 4: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $5.00 or not more than $15.00 for each offense.
 
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption.
 
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 1958.