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AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING CERTAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The City Council finds and declares that eh conditions of traffic is such as to endanger the traveling public and pedestrians on certain streets and that certain traffic control devices are to be provided and placed on the following streets:
(a) Stop signs in Meadowlark Acres as follows:
Barbara Ann and Marzee Ann, traffic on Barbara Ann yielding to traffic on Marzee Ann;
Toni Ann and Marzee Ann, traffic on Toni Ann yielding to traffic on Marzee Ann;
Toni Ann and Marzee Ann, traffic on Toni Ann yielding to traffic on Marzee Ann;
Marzee Ann and Leslie Ann; traffic on Marzee Ann yielding to traffic on Leslie Ann;
Hunter and Aggie; traffic on Hunter yielding to traffic on Aggie;
Cater and Aggie; traffic on Cater yielding to traffic on Aggie;
(b) Stop signs in Vance Addition as follows:
Grant and Browns Lane; traffic on Grant yielding to traffic on Brown's Lane;
Grant and Caraway Road; traffic on Grant yielding to traffic on Caraway Road;
Bernard and Grant; traffic on Grant yielding to traffic on Bernard;
Theater Drive and Grant; traffic on Theatre Drive yielding to traffic on Grant;
Fowler and Bernard; traffic on Fowler yielding to traffic on Bernard;
Fowler and Caraway; traffic on Fowler yielding to traffic on Caraway Road;
Section 2: The drivers of all vehicles shall obey all traffic control sighs per instruction on the face thereof.
Section 3: The Chief of Police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place and locate on the above described streets, at the proper place, appropriate signs designating traffic control as set above and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tear down, remove or mutilate said signs.
Section 4: Every person convicted to a violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00.
Section 5: All ordinances and/or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that due to increasing traffic congestion and lack of traffic control as set out above, there is a great possibility that failure to have these control devices will cause danger to life and property; therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 1981.