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168 284 . --- ---- oRDII1AI1CE 210. 168 OF THE C1 11Y OF CLEAMIATLR, FLORIDA. AN ORDINANCE NITITZ'M 'SAN OIDINANCE PROVIDING FOR TIIE RIs'CZY- ? I TS CP THE CITY OF LATION OF TRAFFIC OV)M AIM Up ON TIEN SITREIS - I CLEAMAl'LIt, FLO,(i1LA: AND A FIs1,1ALTY FOR 'i'Iils VIOLATION THEAEOF". BE IT ORDAIIII) BY THL CITY COUNCIL OV THE CITY OF, CLE MIATER, F FLOhIDA: Section I. The owner, opoi%ator, driver or person in charge of any vehicle propelled or driven upon any street, alley or public place in the City of Clearwater, Florida, " shall conform to and observe the followirig rules of the road: Section 2. All vehicles shall keep to the right of the center of the street. All vehicles meeting shall pass each other to the right. Any vehicle in overtaking another shall pass to the left. .,,. ` Section 3. Vehicles being driven on the avenues shall have the right of way over the vehicles being driven on streets in the case where two vehicles approach the inter- ' .S. 9 ° section of streets and avenues at the same time. This section shall not be construed to in?ean that anyone is re -- :. lieved of responsibility 3si case of accident. .. Section 4. All vehicles turning to the right into ' another street shall turn the corner as near to the curb-'stone .4 as practicable. All vehicles turning to the left into another - street shall pass to the right ot the center of said street . • J, ,' ^ before turning. The driver of any vehicle about to turn, ' either from a standstill or while Iii motion, shall giv?6nely . '.tip i •.;?: e ::.;:? ;. signal by hand or whip, or in some other unmistakable manner, ; , to indicate the direction of the turn. All, vehicles cross- I in from one side of the street to the other shall do so i e ? r ? ets b turning to the on of the str only at .the intersect e , ? ?lii•7iR v. :Xi?%F. 5?•^ E . Y..?? , A i .. . < .F.e. ?. J I 14 Left as horeinbefore, provided$ sous to head in the same `,' -t. " the• street, ' c on that sdo 'of as• traff? d3recion` ;, _.•: ; , ? . . . . . t ?? } :! .i V : ?6 r ? :i.i S ' 2' ? ' ' • k S , . . .. _..... __.. . . L. t?. _.._,. .s i+1v .a1 a... Lit.fw.w •..-! ...... ._. _.. <':dt:s::a?:3? .--?•rw-...,.ra+?.: rer. a.iM:.+. r ._ . ...".. j'i-•: '' ;?' ` ' i I, LL . __11 Section 5. No vehicle shall stop or stand within the intersection of any street, or within tvrenty feet of any street corner, or within twenty feet of the.Fire Stntion. No vehicle shall stop in any street except that ' the right front and right rear wheal are close to the curb { line, except on eighty foot streets, where business houses are located, then the right front wheel shall be close to the curb line; and no vehicle shall stop on any street within fifteen feet of any fire--plug; and no vehicle shall stop within the lines that may be fixed by the City Council Ij{ at 'the boat landings and railroad stations No vehicle shall stop .with its left side to the curb of the street, In no case shall any vehicle remain backed up to the curb ,,. of a street, except while loading or unloading, unless in case of emergency. In slovring up or stopping, a signal 3 shall always he given to any vehicle behind, by raising the whip or hand l-larizontal ly. Section 6. All vehicles moving slcvrly along the street shall keep as close as possible to the curb line so as to allow fast moving vehicles f vee passage on the left hand side. Section 7. The driver, or any person having charge of any vehicle before turning the corner of any street, or turn- ing out before starting from or stopping at a curb-stone line of any street, shall first see, that there is sufficient space 4 free from vehicles, so that such turn, stop or st€,rt may be ;; .. safely made, and the driver shrill give a plainly visible or ; audible signal indicating his intention, by raisin; the hand or making some vocal or mechanical sound. Automobiles leaping ? any public or private garage or al_eY, must slow down or p sto :. .;. s before gL!.?,?,.?..f•-:t ,??• wa;.,.'?,,:,; ?L . crossing the side-walk and give 'a signal., either by ?' ? ''0.'g Y?{'?}?,??s?3??.d??;?y;;? ? ` i `rt -• ??[??. r,.k<: vocal or mechanical s nd ou , and the utmost care shall be used •_ ;;°;f r' 'ti; -s. ??rs?3}1y ;`. ,I?fa: 'tF;.q?;E'• `' 3 A?''' ?=k?:l.:.•:•;-?t..;4??.y?•?°::: [`e .1• 31x: {?.• rte. 'J ,?., f?'?.- t?'.y L?',7.?'. ,1i. , ..... ' i•: = ?'.s:•'', :.:?`; 1a T„ ? ,;:.?i?.?:?:"7 ;f.. ?'- i..?r?,;:: - °,<< .ta'f,.y. :it.:?..t•c.° ? ?t•.4., fix; a > "'F '?? CIS a ref •'l 'f•-{ I 1t ? ' in entering such public or private garage where it is noc- ? essary to cross a side-vialk in so doing. Signals in such k f cases must be used freely. Section Ba The driver of any vehicle shall stop and start upon signal from a police officer. The Police Department, under the direction of the Mayor, shall have full pourer and be charged with all duties in relation to s 3 ? L ? • ? ? F',, ?`l ,l t 1 / f 4 the management of the vehicular traffic. Whenever the Police Department, by and with the advice of the Mayor, shall deem it advisable for the public safety, or convenience, to close temporarily any street or parts of streets to vehicular traffic, or to vehicles of certain descriptions, 'or to divert the traffic thereon, or to divert or direct the course of pedestrian travel, said department shall have pourer and authority to do so. Section 9. It shall be doomed a violation of this ordinance for any person to hitch onto or got upon or take passage upon any vehicle which is passing through or upon any of the streets of this City without the consent of ' the driver or operator of such vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ride or drive any vehicle on, through or over the.streets of the City of Clearwater, Florida, in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger 1 the safety of either themselves or others. Section 10. The officers and men of the Fire Depart- ment, with their fire apparatus of every kind, when in the performance of their duty, all ambulances, and officers and men and vehicles of the Police Department, shall have the right, of way through any street at any time when answering a service call, except over vehicles carrying the United f' States mail. Any vehicle, on meeting or being overtaken by fira;`apparatus, shall 'iumediately'draw.near to and parallel with the curb and stop. Such vehicle, if ovortaken by the is fire apparatus, shall not procood on its way until ouch fire apparatus shall have reached a point not lass than T{rro ,j hundred feet beyond the point whore such vehicle has come to j a stop, and such vehicle after proceeding on its' ?ray,: sl2d11 ' A not approach the fire apparatus or follow the same at a closer f distance than Two Hundred ,feet. It shall be unlawful for any = - vehicle to approach within a distance of Wo Hundred feet of ' any burning building or fire apparatus while the members of the Fire Department, with the fire apparatus are engaged in . extinguishing the flames. It shall also be unlawful for any person, other than a member of the Fire Department of the t .r City'of. Clearwater, to ride upon any of the fire apparatus of said City when the same is being used in gong to or coming from a fire. Section 11. No person shall ride a bicycle or use or propel any other vehicle, except a baby--carriage or invalid's rolling chair, upon the aide--vralk of any street which is paved. It shall bo unlawful f or any person to ride ' a bicycle on any of the side-vialks of the City of Clearwater on streets not paved, at a speed of more than eight miles per hour. No person shall leave in any of the alleys of the City any vragon, ' buggy or vehicle of any description, or any other obstruction. Section 12. No agent, conductor, engineer or other employee of a railroad company shall permit any train, car or I locomotive to stand on or across any street or side-vralk of the City, except in case of necessity, and then not to exceed [ five minutes at a time. No engine or train shall be allowed to run at a rate of speed exceeding 15 miles per hour ?.?''t•y"4`1,t< limits oft City. Ito a ;?,.y?•;:••f,.;-'•: ' ;:?:. _ within the corporate he y. engineer, can- __ • ductor or any other person in-charge of any engine, ?rain,or cars upon:.any railroad or street railcray crossing Cleveland - 5 - Street or Drevr Avenue, in the City of Cleantater, shall be a1- lovred to cross such streets with any engine, train or cars without bringing such engine,.train or cars to a atop on ap- proaching the intersection of the above named streets vrith such railroad or street railways, and then procoeding across the above named streets at a speed not exceeding four miles per hour; provided, this shall not apply to any railroad or M, . 3 street railway Which shall provide gates or guards or a flag- man at. the intersection of the above named streets vrith its . tracks. Section 13. No hack, dray or other vehicle maintained for public hire shall use as a place of rendezvous any streets or avenues in the City, except by permission of the City Coun- cil, and of the tenants of buildings fronting such street or avenue at the point desired to be occupied as aforesaid. No horse, mule or other animal or any vehicle shall be driven on or allowed to stand on any of the side-vralks of the City; provided, hovrever, that any person who has no other means of access to his premises may construct arnd keep in repair a suitable crossing with safe approaches, and so cross the side-walk. 5ectlon 14. From and after the passage of this ord- inance, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tion to drive or permit to be driven, over the streets or pub- lic highvrays of the City of Clearrater, Florida, any vragon, cart, truck or other vehicle loaded vrith sand, brick, crushed rock or other commodity, unless such vehicle shall be construct- ed and arranged as to prevent the escape or falling therefrom, and the depositing and scattering upon said streets of the materials composing such loads. Section 15. It shall be unlawful for any person under .the ap.of' 15 years to operate any motor vehicle upon MOM 3 a I I i - 6 - the streets of tho City of Clearviater, Florida$ and the owner of such vehicla shall be held rosponsible and subject • F to fine upon violation of this section. 11o person Luzder the ? influence of intoxicants shall oporato any motor vehicle upon any of the streets of the City of Clear';rater, Florida. Suction 16. It shrill be unlawful for any motor vehicle -? to be operated upon the streets or avenues of the City of € Clearwater, Flori(Aa, which creates an unusual amount of stnoSte, < k. or to be operated with the muffler open. No automobile, F motorcycle or s imil.az, vehicle shell be ridden or driven upon the streets of the City unless the same be provided with a bell, horn or similar alarm; and all pedestrians are cautioned against crossing any street except at regular crossings. Section, 170 It shall be unlawful for any person to ? operate or alloy to be operated upon Cleveland Street between „ Last Street and Clgarvrater Bay or on Ft. Harrison Avenue between Pierce Street and Drew Street, any automobile or other motor vehicle at a greater gate of' speed 4han eight miles per hour; and upon any other street or part of street at a greeter rage of speed than ttirenty miles per hour; and upon the public • t t pier at a greater rage of speed than four miles por hour. Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any circus or shout vragons weighing over 4 tons gross weiSht:, or any vragon carrying a loan of over 4 tons gross vreiC,;ht, to be run over or upon any of the brick paved streets of the City of Clearwater, Florida. Section 19. It shell be unlawful for any person to ride `':-• ;;?"', '_ or drive any horse or other like animal., or to drive or propel, , .-i--r' . any wagon, buggy, motor vehicle or other kind of vehicle over the curb and onto the park portion or side-vralk of any street ° Florida. ';x :? `;` ''' <, . f,.• 3 of the City of GlaarYratier, -min ,•?"J: ° - ?'` .. .... ?s•' + ^:3A•"f4v c.;•E'P`i^i,r'i,",?"..;' : a`i'i!'3...it+d., ,»??rr. .'a' ..+; .. '•i'° C.':P r: ;s".F5`pF.> Sr:°:•d,.'.:::7': .a. :,4t '+r. L4- '.° N'1i^:... +:': ° ,a.a ;s • ) M 4W 2MOa., n . i Section 20. No automobile, bicycle, motorcycle or tiimilrar vehicle shall stand, be driven, or propelled upon any ?. of the atroets of the City-of Cleaz?vrr?1;or, 1•larida, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, unlena the Ourne shall be provided with clear lights carried in some conspicuous place on the front of the vehicle; and all automobils and aimi.lar vehicles shall carry a red light in the rear between sunset - and sunrise, and also carry on the rear of the machine near j t the light, in such position that the number may be read, a t plate or placard bearing the State register number; and that inside of the corporate limits all large or regular ' head lights on automobiles., motorcycles or eimilar vehicles, ; shall be dimmed by the use of a dimmer, shading upper part ' of lamp,, or by other' means. That during the hours that the ; electric lights. are burning on Cleveland Street, automobiles, motorcycles or other similar vehicles standing near the curb may dispense with all lights in front of the machine, but .. must Iceep the rear red light burning. Section 21, In case of accident to or collision with • person or property, upon any of the public streets, avenues or alleys of the City of Clearwater, Florida, due to the driving or operation of any vehiclo, the porson so driving such vehicle shall stop and give such reasonable assistance as can be given, and shall upon request of the person injured, or any other person, give such parson his name and address, ' aryl, if not the ovrner, the nacre and address of the avrner of t ' . ' such vehicle, together with the registered number of such . ? vehicle, in case such vehicle is motor propelled. ' Section 22. No person shall drop, place or tlu?orr or cause or alloy to be dropped', placed or thrown, upon any street in said City of Clearc1ater, any glass, brick, crushed. brick, nails, tacks, vrire, serape of metiil or any other substance dii in ere the tires o . ch may . of any Automobile, motor' . • ?yh lla•R'e vtl i.?°: `C`. J t • ?1 ,?"E t.. o3t': ):_ •r ,' _ i ",1... tei1. _ t' . ?' - , ? q 11 ' ? M NO . -e cycle or other vehicles. Section 23. It shall be the duty of person keeping and operating public garages, delivery wagons, trucks, etc., to keep a copy of those regulations posted in a conspicuous plaice in their respective places of business. Section 24. Nothing contained herein or omitted here- from shall be construed to relieve any person using or . r ??ee??1JJ1 ?.rY .s traveling or being on any street for any purpose whatever from exercising all reLsonable care to avoid and prevent injury through collision with all other persons and vehicles Section 25. For the purpose of this ordinance tho-1 following terms, whenever us cad, shall be defined to have and shall be held to include each of the meanings as hereinafter respectfully set forth. Street: Every avenue, boulevard, alley, path, square place used or laid out for the use of vehicles. Roadways: That portion of any street which is included between the curb or curb line thereof and designated for the use of vehicles. Vehicles: Every automobile, motor car, motor wagon, motor truck, carriage, buggy, omnibus, wagon, push cart, bicycles, motorcycle, and other conveyance (except baby carriages and invalid's rolling chair) in whatever manner or by whatever force or power the same may be driven, ridden or propelled, which is or may be used ro'-or adapted to pleasure riding or the transportation of baggage or merchandise and passengers upon the streets, and every N draft and riding animal shall constitute a vehicle. Section 26. Any person, firm or corporation, or the agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate any of the ,?prov3.sioris of this ordinance, shall upon conviction, a 'puiiiskied by a fine not exceeding fro Hundred (;200.00) -qM S , 12 MIR 01 /N,F. ?. ,... •j ,/xJ, ?•? I dollars or by iinprisonment in the City Jain, or by labor upon , the public works of the City not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisomnent at the discretion of the Mayor. Section 27. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Passed by the City Council of the City of Clearvia.ter, : Florida, this 9th day of February A. D. 1916. ..?._.? r ' %, SAx? ,`,X9,.:1,•. J. R. IUMYAS `. President City Cauilcil (SEAL) ? .. ,F.' .}? .:IF .' F..'}4, ,, - ? `'.•.••}?• ? ?rv.^.; ,•111 ?"??•i .?. :. `?f ATTEST : ; I R. T. DANI City Clerk. Approved by me this 10 day of February A. D.°1916. -' J. R. JEFFORDS. , :J Mayor. 1 •.111 5 r., :? 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