Ordinance 1193Alameda City Ordinances New Series
Ordinance No. 1193
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE
XVII, CHAPTER 4, OF THE ALA -
MEDA MUNICIPAL 'CODE BY ADD -
ING THERETO' ARTICLE 6, SEC-
TIONS 17 -461, 17 -462 AND 17 -463,
RELATING 'TO.YIELD RIGHT -OF-
WAY TRAFFIC SIGNS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA:
Section 1. Title XVII, Chapter 4, of
the Alameda Municipal Code is here-
by amended by adding thereto Article
6, Sections 17 -461, 17 -462 and 17 -463,
which shall read as follows:
Article 6. Yield Right -of -Way Signs
Sec. 17 -461. Yield Right -of -Way In-
tersections. The intersections of pub-
lic streets and highways in the City
of Alameda hereinafter specified are
hereby designated and established as
yield right -of -way intersections
under the provisions of the Vehicle
Code of the State of California, and
yield right -of -way signs are hereby
ordered to be erected and maintained
at the entrances thereof.
Said intersections and places where
such yield right -of -way signs shall
be erected and maintained are as
follows:
(1) At the southeast and the north-
west corners of the intersection of
Sixth Street and Haight , Avenue.
(2) At the southeast and north-
west corners of the intersection of
Everett Street and Eagle Avenue.
See. 17 -462. Vehicle Entering In-
tersection of Roadway Controlled
by Yield Right -of -Way Sign.
(a) The driver of any vehicle,
upon approaching any yield right -of-
way sign at the entrance to a high-
way or intersection, shall not drive
at a speed exceeding fifteen (15)
miles per hour across such high-
way or intersection and shall slow
down and stop if necessary and shall
yield the right -of -way to other
vehicles which have entered the in-
tersection from an intersecting street
or which are approaching so closely
on the intersecting street as to con-
stitute an immediate hazard.
(b) Said driver, having so yielded,
may then proceed and the drivers of
ail other vehicles approaching the
intersection on the intersecting road-
way shall yield the right -of -way to
the vehicle so about to enter or
cross the roadway protected by the
yield right -of -way sign; provided,
however, that the provisions of this
section shall be non- operative at
any such intersection when the
traffic thereat is directed and con-
trolled by an officer, flagman, sema-
phore or other traffic signal device.
See. 17 -463. Unless otherwise spe-
cifically provided by said Vehicle
Code, the signs required in this
Article shall be erected at a height
of not less than four (4) feet nor
more than ten (10) feet from the
ground and shall carry the mes-
sage `Yield Right -of -Way" with
letters of the word "yield" at least
six (6) inches in height, and shall
otherwise conform to the specifica-
tions as set forth in the National
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices for Streets and Highways.
Said sign shall be placed on the
right hand side of the street or high-
way at the entrance thereof into
such street or highway to which
the right -of -way is yielded.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect from and after
the expiration of thirty (30) days
from the date of its final passage.
R. P. KRANELLY
Presiding Officer of the Council.
Attest:
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER,
City Clerk.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted and passed
by the Council of the City of Ala-
meda in regular meeting assembled on
the 7th day of August, 1956, by the
following vote, to wit;
AYES: Councilmen Haag, Hove, Mc-
Call, Moresi and President Kranelly,
(5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 8th day
of August, 1956.
(SEAL) SHIRLEY H. TENNIER,
City Clerk of the City of Alameda.
Publish August 8, 1956.