Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-12-29
LEGAL NOTICE

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a railroad and intended to
give notice of the presence of
railroad tracks or the approach
of a railroad train.
(MM) Traffic" means pedes-
trians, ridden or herded ami
mails, vehicles, and other di-
vices. either singly or together
while using any street for pur-
pose of travel.
(NN) Right of way" means
the right of a vehicle or ped
estrian to proceed uninterupt-
edly in a lawful manner in
the direction in which it or
he is moving in preference to
another vehicle or pedestrian
approaching from different
direction into it's or his path.
SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE
WITH ORDER OF POLICE OF
FICER:
No person shall fail to COM
ply with any lawful order or
direction of any police officer
invested with the authority to
direct, control, or regulate traf-
fic.
SECTION 8. EMERGENCY We
HICLES TO PROCEED eau
TIOUSLY PAST RED OR STOP
SIGNAL:
The driver of any emergency
vehicle, when responding to an
emergency call, upon approach
ing a red or stop signal or any
stop signal or any stop sign
shall slow down as necessary
for safety to traffic, but may
proceed cautiously past such red
or stop sign or signal with due
regard for the safety of all per-
sons using the streets.
SECTION 4. EXCEPTIONS:
Sections l to 62, inclusive, Sec
tions IS to 81, inclusive and
section 1O5 of this traffic Or
dinance does not apply to per-
sons, teams, motor vehicles,
and other equipment while act
ually engaged in work upon
the surface of highway within
an area designated by traffic
control devices, but apply to
such persons and vehicles when
travelling to or from such work.
SECTION 5. PERSONS RID
ING OR DRIVING ANIMALS
UPON STREETS.
Every person riding, driving,
or leading an animal upon a
street Is subject to sections l
to 62, inclusive, of this ordinance,
applicable to the driver of a
vehicle, except those provisions
of such sections which by
their nature are inapplicable.
SECTION 6. UNIFORM SYS-
TEN OF TRAFFIC CONTROL
DEVICES.
The street department shall
adopt a manual and specifi-
cations for a uniform system
of traffic control devices, in
cIuding signs denoting names
of streets and highways, for use
upon the streets within this
village Such uniform system
shall correlate with, and SO far
as possible conform to, the SyS-
tenn approved by the State High
way Patrol an American Assoc
iatiOn of State Highway OffiC-
ialS.
SECTION 7. RADAR: WARN
INGS SIGNS.
ca Whenever the village safe
ty committee or any law enfor-
cement officer uses radar for the
determination Of the speed Of
a motor vehicle, or uses any
mechanical or electrical timing
device for the determination of
the speed of a motor vehicle ov-
er a measured distance of the
highway rectangular sign
appriSing drivers Of motor veh-
icleS of the presence of such ra-
dar or mechanical or electical
timing device shall be posted on
or as near as is practicable
to the highway or street and not
less than 750 feet nor more
than 1900 feet in advance of
such radar tranSmitter or any
component part of such mech
anical or electrical timing de-
vice.
(b) The street department
shall adopt a uniform sign for
the purposes of this section,
which sign shall be so design
ed as to be legible to the opera
tors of approaching vehicles.
Any officer arresting or par
ticipating, or assisting, in the
Arrest of a person charged with
violating any of the speed pro
visions of the motor vehicle or
traffic laws of this village is
incompetent to testify as a wit
ness in any prosecution of such
arrested person if such testi-
mony is based upon or is de
rived from readings obtained
from a radar service or a mec-
hanical or electrical timing de-
vice which is obtained contrary
to the provisions of this section.
SECTION 8. TRAFFIC CON-
TROL DEVICES.
The Safety Committee of said
Village may place and main
tain traffic control devices upon
highways under their jurisdic-
ton as are necessary to in
dicate and to carry out SECTION
6 TO II, inclusive, and 13 of this
Ordinance, to regulate, warn
or control traffic.
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