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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:
North side of Krewson Street 5 feet east of west line of Flint Street
South side of Krewson Street 5 feet west of west line of Flint Street
West side of Patrick Street 5 feet north of north line of Creath Avenue
East side of Patrick Street 5 feet south of south line of Creath Avenue
North side of Oak Street 5 feet east of east line of Church Street
South side of Oak Street 5 feet west of west line of Church Street
And the Chief of Police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place stop signs at all the points hereinabove described.
SECTION 2. Hereafter no stop shall be required at the east side of Church Street and the south line of Oak Street.
SECTION 3. All persons operating vehicles on said street or alleys shall bring such vehicles to a complete stop at a distance of not less than 5 feet from said intersections so marked with stop signs nor more than 25 feet from said intersections all such distances being measured from the boundary line of such intersections.
SECTION 4. Any person firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00 for each offense.
SECTION 5. And it being found necessary that the hazardous traffic situation at said intersections should be immediately eliminated and this ordina...
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