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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC AND PLACING STOP SIGNS ON CERTAIN STREETS AND AVENUES AND INTERSECTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby finds and declares that the condition of traffic is such as to endanger the traveling public at the intersections of the following streets and avenues and alleys; and that stop signs should be placed on said streets, avenues and alleys and said points where stop signs are to be placed are more particularly described as follows:
On the south side of Cate Avenue, 5 feet west of the intersection of Cate Avenue and Fisher Street;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Oak Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Warner Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Warner Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Matthews Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Matthews Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Jefferson Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse, 5 feet south of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Jefferson Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Washington Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Washington Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Culberhouse street and Monroe Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse Street, 6 feet south of the intersection of Culberhouse Street and Monroe Avenue;
On the west side of Kitchens Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Kitchens Street and Oak Avenue;
On the east side of Patrick Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Patrick Street and Creath Avenue;
On the east side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Culberhouse Street
On the east side of Kitchens Street, 5 feet south of the intersection of Kitchens Street and Oak Avenue;
On the west side of Culberhouse Street, 5 feet north of the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Culberhouse Street;
And the chief of police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place stop signs at the points herein above described.
SECTION 2. All persons operating vehicles on said streets, avenues or alleys shall bring such vehicles to a complete stop at a distance of not less than five feet from said intersection so marked with stop signs nor more than twenty-five feet from said intersection, all such distances being measured from the boundary line of such intersection.
SECTION 3. And it being found that a hazardous traffic situation through danger of collisions exists at the aforementioned intersection; and that said hazardous situations should be immediately eliminated and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 1949.