Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-05
LEGAL NOTICE

tersect and no traffic control de-
vice or signal is in operation,
stop signs shall be erected at
one or more entrances thereto
by the local safety committee
The safety committee m a y
designate additional through
streets and shall erect stop signs
on all streets intersecting such
through streets, or may desig-
nate any intersection as a stop
intersection and shall erect like
signs at one or more entrances
to such intersections.
Every stop sign shall bear
the word stop" in letters not
less than six inches in height.
Every stop sign shall be located
as near as practicable at the
property line of the street at
the entrance to which the stop
must be made, or at the nearest
line of the crosswalk thereat,
or, if none. at the nearest line
of the roadway.
Every operator of a vehicle
shall stop at such stop sign or at
a clearly marked stop line be-
fore entering an intersection ex-
cept when directed to proceed
by a police officer or traffic
control signal.
SECTION 54. PROHIBITION A
GAINST KING ON
STREETS.
Upon any street outside the
business district no person
shall stop, park, or leave stand =
ing any vehicles, whether at
tended or unattended, upon the
paved or main travelled part
of the highway if it is practi-
cable to stop, park or so leave
such vehicle off the paved or
main Travelled part of said street
except in those areas where
parking is permitted by Or
dinance. In every event a clear
and unobStructed portion of the
street opposite such standing
vehicle shall be left for the free
passage of other vehicles and a
clear view of such stopped veh-
icle shall be available from
a distance of two hundred feet
in each direction upon such
street.
This section does not apply to
the driver of any vehicle which
is disabled while on the paved
or improved or main travelled
portion of street in such man
ner and to such extend that it
is impossible to avoid stopping
and temporarily leaving the dis
abled vehicle in such position.
SECTION SIS. POLICE MAY RE
MOVE ILLEGALLY PARKED
VEHICLE
Whenever any police officer
finds a vehicle standing upon
a street in violation of section
54 of this Ordinance, such Off |
Ger may remove such vehicle, or
require the driver or other per-
son in charge of the vehicle to
move the same, to a position off
the paved or improved or main
travelled part of such street.
Whenever any police officer
finds a vehicle unattended upon
any street where such vehicle
constitutes an obstruction to
traffic, such officer may pro-
vide for the removal of such
vehicle to the nearest garage
or other place of safety.
SECTION Sc PARKING PRO
HIBITIONS
No person shall stand or park
a vehicle, except when nee
eSsary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or to comply with
section l to 81, inclusive, sec
tionS IS to 81, inclusive, and
section 105 of this ordinance, or
while obeying the directions of
a police officer or a traffic con-
troll device, in any of the fol-
lowing places:
Ca) On a sidewalk, except a
bicycle.
(b) Within 3 feet of a pub |
lie or private driveway.
(c) Within an intersection.
Cd Within ten feet of a fire
hydrant
(e) On a crosswalk.
f) Within twenty feet of a
croSSWalk at an intersection IN
less parking stalls are so dedi- |
Gated.
(g) Within thirty feet of, and |
upon the approach to, any
flashing beacon, stop sign, or
traffic control device.
(h) Within fifty feet of the
nearest rail of a railroad cross
ing
Cd Within twenty feet of a
driveway entrance to any fire
station, unless opposite the en-
trance when it is properly post
ed with signs.
% Alongside any veh i C e
stopped or parked at the. edge or !
curb of a street except en-
ergency vehicles while in the act |
of rendering assistance to dis
abled vehicle such assisting veh-
icIe shall be moved Immediate
ly upon the completion of said
emergency service.
(k) Alongside or. opposite any |
street excavation or obstruction
when such standing or parking
would obstruct traffic.
Cd At any place where signs
prohibiting stopping are placed.
(m) Within one foot of another
parked vehicle except where