The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-10-20
ORDINANCE NO. 5e.
An Ordinance Regulating Travel and Traffic Upon the Public Streets.

The Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Clifton do ordain as fol- lows:
 Sec l The following terms when ever used in this ordinance, except as otherwise specifically indicated, shall be deemed to have and shall be held to include each of the meanings re- spectively set forth in the following sections, and any such terms used in the singular number shall be held to include the plural.
 Sec. 2. Street: Every public avenue, highway, roadway, lane or alley used by or laid out for the use of vehicles.
 Sec B. Curb: The lateral boun- daries of that portion of street de- signed or intended for the use of ve- hicles, whether marked by curbing construction of stone, cement, con crete, or. other material or not so marked.
 Sec. 4. Vehicle: Every wagon, hack, coach, carriage, motorcycle, motortruck, automobile or other con- veyance.
 Article II.
 Sec. l. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to- stop the same or cause the same to be stopped in or upon any street with the left side of such vehicle toward, along or next to the curb.
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop the same or to cause the same to be stopped in or upon any street unless the wheels of such vehicle nearest the curb are not more than one foot distant from such curb, provided however that the provisions of this section shall not apply in case of | emergency or when such stop is made for the purpose of allowing another vehicle or pedestrian to pass in front of such vehicle so stopped.
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle or the per son in charge of any animal to per init or allow such vehicle or animal to stand upon any public street in such a manner as to obstruct the free use of such street.
 Sec. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave hitched or to cause or permit to be left hitched any animal, or to leave standing or to cause or permit to be left standing any vehicle, upon any portion of that certain street known as Chase Creek between that certain building known as Vienna Bakery and that certain building known as the Old Empire Theatre for a longer period of time ithan ten minutes; provided however the provisions of this ordinance shall not amply to any vehicle stopped for the purpose oe heing actually lo1 I'd or unloadcd.
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave standing or to cause or permit to be left standing any ve- hIvle upon any portion of any public street within 150 feet of any hospital; provided however the provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any vehicle stopped for the purpose of be- ing actually loaded or unloaded.
 Article III
 Sec. l. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive or propel, or to cause or permit to be ridden, driven or propelled upon any public street Fin the town of Clifton any motor Dvehicle unless the front lights of such motor-vehicle be dimmed so as to pre- vent any glare therefrom which might interfere with the convenience or safety of the use of such street or unless such lights be so directed that the center rays thereof shall strike the ground at a distance not to exceed seventy-five feet from the front of such motor-vehicle; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to render imperative any existing provision of law relative to the plain visibility of such lights in the direction in which such vehicle may be faced.
 Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be | punishable by a fine of not to exceed Fifty (S5O O0) Dollars or by imprison- ment in the city jail not to exceed fifty (5O) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 Passed and adopted this the End day of October, 1916.
 Approved:
 O. J. COTEY, r. Acting Mayor