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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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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 are such as to endanger the traveling of public and pedestrians at certain streets, intersections, and along certain streets and that certain traffic control devices are established and placed at the following intersections and streets.
(a) A stop sign to be placed at the intersection of Wood and Rosemond, on the North side of Wood Street.
(b) Stop sign to be placed on the East & West side of Fairview at its intersection with Fairfield, making this intersection a 4-way stop.
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 other person designated by him is directed to place and locate upon the above described streets 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 such 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 twenty five dollars ($25.00).
Section 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6: It is found and declared by the City Council that the increasing traffic congestion and lack of traffic control devices have caused or will cause danger to life and property, and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day or May, 1976.