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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; TO PROVIDE 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 the conditions of traffic is such as to endanger the traveling public and pedestrians on a certain parking lot and that certain traffic control devices are to be provided and placed on the following lot:
(A) No parking signs to be located upon the municipally owned lot located on East Washington Street adjacent to the Justice Complex.
(B) Do not enter signs to be located upon Washington Street at entrance to the municipally owned parking lot adjacent to the Justice Complex.
Section 2: The drivers of all vehicles shall obey all traffic control signs 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 upon the above described lot, at the proper places, appropriate signs designating traffic control as set out 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 of 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Section 5: All ordinances and/or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.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 that due to increasing traffic congestion and use of the above described lot for police department purposes and lack of adequate traffic control devices on the above lot; there is a great possibility that failure to have these control devices will cause danger to life and property and cause great inconvenience to the law enforcement officers employed by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas and therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall ta...
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