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ORDINANCE NO. 44 .... - I ORDINANCE NO.: 44 BE IT O;1DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF Th'E CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS: 1. That the City Marshal of the City of Schertz, Texas, and in the event that such office is vacant the senior policeman of the City of Schertz, Texas, duly appointed as required by law, shall serve and is herewith designated City Traffic Control Officer of the City of Schertz, Texas. 2~ The City Traffic Control Officer is authorized to place markers, buttons or signs wi thin or adj acen t to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance. 3. W11en authorized markers, buttons, or other indications are placed wi thin an intersection indicated the course to be traveled by vehicles turning there at, no driver or a vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications. 4. The City Traffic Control Officer is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at V'fu ich drivers of vehicles shall not make a ri3ht, left or U turn, and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at othe r hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted. 5. Whenever authorized signs are permitted indicating that no right or left or U turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign. 6. \~enever any ordinance of this City designates any one way street or alley the City Traffic Control Officer .... - I shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. 7. Whenever any ordinance of this City designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Control Officer to place and maintain a stop si~n on each and every street intersecting such through street or intersecting that portion thereof described and designates such by any ordinance of this city. 8. The City Traffic Control Officer is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop or yield the right of way at one or more entrances to any such stop or yield right of way intersection and shall erect a stop or yield right of way sign at every such place where a stop or yield right of way is required. 9. Every sign erected pursuant to this article shall bear the word II STO pll or lIYIELD RIGHT OF WAY" as appropriate in letters not less than six (6) inches in height. 10. Every stop or yield right of way sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the cross walk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, at the nearest line of the roadway. 11. iVhen stop signs are erected as herein provided at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop the ir vehicle at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal. .... - I 12. lLf'ter the driver of a vehicle has stopped at the entrance to a through highway, such driver shall yield the right of way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from said through hibPway or which are approaching so closely on said through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded may proceed and th3 drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on said through highway shall yield the right of way to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the through highway. 13. After the driver of a vehicle has stopped in obedience to a stop sign at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto although not a part of through highway, such driver shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obligated to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an imraediate hazard, but may then proceed. 14. rlhen yield right of way signs are erected as herein provided at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle, when approaching such entrance to such intersection shall yield the right of way to vehicle not so obligated to yield such right of way which are within such intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard but may then proceed. Vfuen directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, such vehicle approachins such intersection marked by such sign shall proceed in accordance with the directions of such officer or traffic control signal. 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation to place or cause to be placed, paint or cause to be painted upon any sidewalk or street within the corporate limits of the City of SChertz, Texas, any sign, notice, pole or post, or any other obstruction, and any .... - I person found guilty of any such unlawful act as herein above described shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 16. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal or ooy City Policeman to remove any signs, placard, obstruction, pole, post, notice bulletin board located within or upon any street in the City of Schertz, Texas, unless such pole, post, or obstruction shall have been authorized by law or ordinance of this city. 17. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to remove, alter, destroy, mar or impair any sign for the control of traffic placed on any street or sidewalk of the City of Schertz, Texas in accordance with ordinance of this council or by the Ci ty Traffic Control Officer and any person, firm or corporation found guilty of any such unlawful act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 18. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred and No/IOO ($200.00) Dollars. This ordinance shall take effect after its passage and adoption by the City Council and its approval by the Mayor of the City of Schertz, Texas, and its publication as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~:J:J> day of February, 1961. ATTEST: w~fJd~ /?:t,; Q Jk k