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ORDINANCE NO. 3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF THE TRAFFIC CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BY ADDING SECTIONS 34a, 34b
AND 34c; PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF "YIELD RIGHT-OF-
WAY" SIGNS AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS; PROVIDING TILE
MANNER IN WHICH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC MAY BE PERMITTED TO
ENTER AN INTERSECTION WHERE A "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY"
SIGN EXISTS: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Article II of the Traffic Code of the City of Fort Worth
be amended by adding thereto Sections 34a, 34b, and 34c, which shall read
as follows:
Section 34a. The City,Traffic Engineer is hereby
authorized to determine and designate intersections where a
particular hazard exists and to determine whether vehicles
on one of the intersecting streets shall yield the right-of-
way to vehicles on the other street and to erect a "YIELD
RIGHT OF WAY" sign at every pace where need is determined
for such a sign.
Section 34b. Every sign erected pursuant to this
section shall bear the message "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY.n Such
signs shall at night time be rendered luminous by steady or
internal flashing illumination, or by a fixed flood light
projected on the face of the sign or by efficient reflecting
elements covering the entire face of the sign.
Section 34c. Every vehicle upon approaching such a
sign shall slow to a speed of not more than ten miles per hour,
and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have
entered the intersection from either direction on the other
street or which are approaching so closely from either direction
an the other street as to constitute an immediate hazard.
SECTION 2.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance or any rule or regulation made by the City Traffic Engineer
pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as
provided in Section V of Chapter 1 of the Fort Worth City Code.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and publication as provided by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM .1qLEGALITY:
Asst. CitJ �_ttorney.
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