Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-166 Designation of through streets.
Sec. 6-166. - Designation of through streets.
Through streets shall be as designated from time to time by the mayor and city council by resolution or order.
(Code 1963, § 25-111)
STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS, ETC.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances ch. 6, art. VII
in effectGulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-167 Signs required at through streets.
Sec. 6-167. - Signs required at through streets.
Whenever any resolution or order designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the city traffic engineering superintendent to place and maintain a stop sign or, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation at any intersection a yield sign, on every street intersecting such through street unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic-control signals; provided, however, that at the intersection of two (2) such through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy-traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of such streets as may be determined by the city traffic engineering superintendent upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
(Code 1963, § 25-112)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-168 Other intersections where stop or yield required.
Sec. 6-168. - Other intersections where stop or yield required.
The city traffic engineering superintendent is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine (a) whether vehicles shall stop at one (1) or more entrances to any such intersection, in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required, or (b) whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in section 6-171(a); in which event he shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
(Code 1963, § 25-113)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-169 Construction and location of stop and yield signs.
Sec. 6-169. - Construction and location of stop and yield signs.
(a) In the absence of contrary requirement adopted by the state commissioner of public safety, every stop sign shall bear the word "Stop" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height. Every yield sign shall bear the word "Yield" in letters not less than seven (7) inches in height. Every stop sign and every yield sign shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by internal illumination, or by a floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements in the face of the sign.
(b) Every stop sign and every yield sign shall be located as near as practical at the property line of the highway 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.
(Code 1963, § 25-114)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-170 Duty of vehicle entering stop intersection.
Sec. 6-170. - Duty of vehicle entering stop intersection.
(a) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
(b) Such driver after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on the highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but the driver having so yielded may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding.
(Code 1963, § 25-115)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-171 Duty of vehicle entering yield intersection.
Sec. 6-171. - Duty of vehicle entering yield intersection.
(a) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed of not more than twenty (20) miles per hour, or shall stop if necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving, and to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard. Such driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding, provided, however, that a driver who enters a yield intersection without stopping and has or causes a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection shall prima facie be considered not to have yielded as required herein. The foregoing shall not relieve the drivers of other vehicles approaching the intersection at such distance as not to constitute an immediate hazard from the duty to drive with due care to avoid a collision.
(b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver or motorman has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
(Code 1963, § 25-116)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-172 Emerging from alley, driveway or building.
Sec. 6-172. - Emerging from alley, driveway or building.
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across an alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
(Code 1963, § 25-117)
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-173 Stop required when traffic obstructed.
Sec. 6-173. - Stop required when traffic obstructed.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(Code 1963, § 25-118)
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