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MEMPHIS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Kest Memphis
Section 1. Vehicle entering through highway or street
The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by this
Ordinance at the entrance to a through higklway or street, and shall
yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the
intersection from said through street or highway or which are
approaching so closely on said through street or highway as to
constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded
may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the
intersection on said through highway shall yield the right..of-way
to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the through highway
or street.
Section 2. Vehicle entering stop intersection
The driver of a vehicle shall likewise stop in obedience to
a stop sign at an intersection vhere a stop sign is erected at
the right of the entrance thereto although not apart of a through
highway or' street, and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to
vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection
or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard,
but may then proceed.
Section 3. Stopping, standing, driving or parking prohibited
in specified places.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device,
in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk
2• In front of a public or private driveway
3. ~'ithin an intersection
~., Tl~ithin 15 feet of afire hydrant
5. On a cross walk
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6, ihtithin 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection
7. Vf~ithin 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon,
stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a
roadway or s tree t
8. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing
9. alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic
10. On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge of a cur b or s tre e t
11. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping,
parking or driving
Section ~.. Moving a vehicle
No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into
any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is
unlawful,
Section 5. Parking on streets overnight
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No per son shall stop or park any vehicle and leave said
vehicle unattended from 12:01 A.M. to 6:00 ~.M. on the improved
or main traveled portion of any of the streets of the City of
1~'e s t Memphis
Section 6. Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped
vehicle s
1~Gh®never any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a
street in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this
Ordinance such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or
require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move
the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled
part of such street.
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Section 7. Penal
~,n.y person who violates any of the provisions of this
Ordinance and on conviction thereof shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than
X3.00 nor more than X25.00.
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Section 8. Stopping, standing or parkin
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle,
whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or improved or
main traveled part of any street in the City of West Memphis when
it is pr~.ctical to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such
part of said streetu~tr in every event a clear and unobstructed
width of at least g feet of such part of the street opposite
such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other
vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle be available
from a distance of three hundred feet in each direction upon such
street.
Section 9• Repealing Clause
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
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are hereby repe ale d.
Section 10. Severability Clause
Should any word, phrase, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance be declared illegal or unconstitutional for any
reason, such illegality or unconstitutionality shall not affect
the remaining portions of said Ordinance.
Section 11. Emergency Clause
It appearing that the City of West Memphis does not have
adequate regulations governing traffic upon the streets of the
City of l~dest Memphis, and this Ordinance being necessary for the
preservation of peace, health and happiness of the citizens of
11~est Memphis, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this 21{.th day of October, 1950.
Mayor
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