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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC AND PLACING STOP SIGNS ON CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS OF STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, 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 such as to endanger the traveling public at the intersection of the following streets and avenues; and that stop signs should be placed on said intersections at points more particularly described as follows:
(1) On the North side of Front Street, 10 feet east of the east line of Bridge;
(2) On the South side of Front Street, 10 feet west of the west line of Bridge;
(3) On the North side of Front Street, 10 feet east of the east line of Miller Street;
(4) On the South side of Front Street, 10 feet west of the west line of Miller Street;
SECTION 2: The Chief of Police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place stop signs at all the points herein above described.
SECTION 3: All persons operating vehicles on said streets or avenues shall bring such vehicles to a complete stop at a distance not less than 10 feet from said intersection so marked with neither stop signs nor more than 25 feet from said intersection. All such distances being measured from the boundary line of such intersection.
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 five and No/100 Dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty five and No/100 Dollars (25.00) for each such offense.
SECTION 5: It being found necessary that the hazardous traffic situation at said intersection should be immediately eliminated and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ord...
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