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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A STOP AND GO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CULBERHOUSE STREET AND PARKVIEW AVENUE; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: It is hereby found and declared that the condition of traffic is such as to endanger the traveling public at the intersection of the following streets and that traffic control devices are hereby established and placed at the following intersection: Culberhouse Street at its intersection with Parkview Avenue.
Section 2: Such device shall be an overhear flashing red stop and go light controlling north and southbound traffic on Culberhouse Street and east and west bound traffic on Parkview Avenue.
Section 3: The drivers of all vehicles approaching the aforesaid intersection shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles entering or within the intersection, and having so yielded may then proceed into the intersection.
Section 4: Every person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).
Section 5: It is found and declared by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that increasing traffic on Culberhouse Street, the proximity of a hillcrest to the aforesaid intersection, and the use by school children of Parkview Avenue as a crossing point of Culberhouse Street, have combined to cause a danger to vehicular and pedestrian traffic at such intersection, 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 7th day of October, 1963.