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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A STOP AND GO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHURCH AND EAST WASHINGTON; 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: The City Council hereby finds and declares 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: Church Street at its intersection with East Washington Avenue.
Section 2: Such device shall be an overhead red stop and go light controlling north and south bound traffic on Church Street and east and west bound traffic on Washington Avenue.
Section 3: The drivers of all vehicles approaching the aforesaid intersection shall top 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 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 the increasing traffic congestion and the lack of any traffic control devices here the intersection of the streets aforesaid has caused a stoppage of traffic and a 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 20th day of February, 1967.