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ORDINANCE NO. 3522 AN ORDINANCE amending Sections 23, 27, 93, 95, of Ordinance No. 3211, entitled: An Ordinance relating to and regulating traffic, travel, transportation and pedestrians and their incidents upon the streets, alleys and public ways of Everett, a municipal corporation; prescribing the rules of road for vehicular, pedestrian and other traffic upon such streets, alleys and public ways; pre- scribing the powers and duties of the officers and other per- sons in relation thereto; defining offenses, providing penalties, adopting certain portions of the motor vehicle laws of the State of Washi_lgton and existing amendments thereto; and re- pealing ordinance numbers 2318, 2734, 150, 2348, 2522, and 2612, all relating to traffic. and declaring an emergency to exist. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OFEVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That Section 2.$ of Ordinance No. 3211 be, and it is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 23: OBEDIANCE TO; NO-TURN SIGN; TURNING MARKERS; STOP SIGNS; and YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS. (1) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or "U" turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign, and when authorized marks, buttons, or other indications are placed indicating the course to travel by vehicles, no driver of a vehicle shall dis- obey the directions of such indications. (2) In order to provide safety at intersections on the public streets of the City of Everett, the Chief of Police or the Traffic Division of the Everett Police Department may require persons traveling upon any portion of such a street to stop before enter- ing the intersection. For this purpose there may be erected a standard stop sign as prescribed in the State of Washington "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devises for Streets and Highways." All persons traveling upon said streets or arterial highways within the corporate limits of said city shall come to a complete stop at such a sign and the appearance of any signs so located shall be sufficient warning to a person that he is required to stop. A person stopping at such a sign shall proceed through such portion of the street in a careful manner and at a reasonable rate of speed not to exceed _ten., miles per hour. It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with the directions of any such a stop sign: PROVIDED, That when the find- ings of the traffic Division of the Everett Police Department show that the condition of the intersection is such that vehicles may safely enter the major artery without stopping, then the Chief of Police or the Traffic Division of ,he Everett Police Department shall install and maintain a "field Right-of-Way" sign. The driver of a vehicle approaching a "Yield Right-of Way" sign shall reduce speed or stop if necessary in order to yield the right of way to all traffic on the intersecting street which is to close