HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 390 ORDINANCe, NO. _~___
~AN ORDINANCE A~ENDING SECTION 10 amd SECTION [6
~OF TRAFFIC ORDINANCE No. ~4 OF T~ n~v
~ND REPF~LING ALL OmlNAN~S'AND m[T~'6~ OF BAKERSFIELD
IN CON~ICT HEt~WITH. _ OmINANCES
BE IT O~KINED BY T~ COUNCIL OF T~ CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD, as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 10 of Traffic Ordinance
No. 314, en'~itled "An Ordinance regulati_ng trayel and _traffic
upon and th,~ us~ of the public streets of the City of Bakersfield'
~roviding a penalty for violation thereof, and repeali.ng ,, '
Ordinances Nos. 20] 29g and ~ and all amendments thereto,
be an~ the same is ~ere~y amen~e~ to read as follows:
SIGNALS: SECTION 10,,~ (a). It shall be the duty of the person operati_ng
or in char_g~, of an overtaken vehicle to sound audible and suitable
signal before passing, a veh. icle proceeding in the same direction.
(b). It shall be the duty of the drivel or operator
of any vehicle while driving or ooeratin~ s~ch vehicle ~lon~ any
public high~ay~, to give a warning'~signaL~in the manner hereYnaf~er
prescribe~ before turning to the lef~ or right or stopping_, such
vehicle, or before making any sud¢~,en reducti~on is the~'~pe~d, of
travel of s~mh vehicle. ·
(c). Be[ore turni~ to the left, the driver or
operator of any vehicle ~hall, if h~ is situated nearer the left
s~de of said vehicle than to the right, give a signal of his
intention t9 so tu~n~ by extending_his leYt arm hoi~izontal].y beyond
the left side of said vehicle. If such driver is situated nearer
the right side of smch vehicle than the left, he shall signal his
intention to turn to the left by extending h~s right arm l~eyond
the right side of such vehicle ~n a vertical manner with the
arm and hand pointed upward.
(d). Before turni~'~ to the right on any public
~ighway, the driver or operator of ~ny vehicle~shall, if he is
sit~uated nearer the left side of s~ch.vehicle than to the right,
give a signal of his i~tention so to ap by extending his lef~ arm
l~eyon~ the left side pi said. vehicle in a vertical manner with the
hand and arm pointed u~w~$d If he is situated nearer the right
side of suc!~ vehicle than the left he shall, before t~rning t~ the
left, give., si_~nal of his intention so to d~ by extendi~n~., his
right arm beyone, the right side of such vehicle in a hori~,ontal
manner.
(e). Before stopping any vehicle upon the public
highway, and before making any s[~dden reduction in the speed of
any such vehicle upon the highway, the driver or operator thereof
shall give a signal of his i~tent~on ~o to do by extending his_
arm beyond the side of the vehicle nearest which he is si'duated
. having the hand and. an~ pointed down~rdJ
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SECTION 2. That Section ~6 of said Traffic
0rdinance'No. 3~4, be, and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows: ,
STREET oECTI£~N ~6. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
CLEANING: of any automobile or other vehicle to leave same standin~ on
_any paved street within the City of Bakersfield, at anytime
between the hours of ~ o'clock A.M ~ ~
A.M. and any person wolatlng the prow slons of this section
sh~,l~l be g,u~lt~[ o~_foa~ misdemeanor and subject to a fine Of~o
nod less Dnan ~.__~_~ ' or more than
· ~., o.r.b~ im'pr'isonm~nt in ~he County ,Jail for
a~ pemod, not exceed~,~..5 ~~a_ d~ys, or by ooth such
· ine ane imprisonment, ProvidSd, however, that the provisions
of this section shall not apply 'to physicians when on pro-
fessional vi sits. '
§ECTION 3. That all Ordinances and parts of Ordi-
nances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed..
SF, CTION 4. Every breach of this Ordinance or any
of its term,~, conditions, prowszons, requirements, restrictions
or limitations as the same are herein established, created, -
declared., defined and set forth, shall be decerned to be and
shall be a ~'~eparate breach thereof.
I hereby certify that the f_oregoi _ng Ordinance was
passed by the Co~uncil of the City of ~akersfield on the //~/..day
of November, 191~, by the following vote:
C~oy Cl~ic~o lerk
of the Council' of the Ci~ty of
Bakersfield .. z~/,~ ~ -
Approved t~is _/~_..~._,_ day of November, 1918,
~f~yor of the' ~/ty of' Ba'k'ersfi~.