HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommForm.1738.10-08-1956COMKISSION FORM ORDINANCE NO. 11 d0
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING DRIVERS OF VEHICLES UPON THE
STREETS OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI TO
STOP UPON MEETING OR OVERTAKING FROM EITHER DIRECTION
ANY SCHOOL BUS WHICH HAS STOPPED ON THE STREET FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RECEIVING OR DISCHARGING SCHOOL CHILDREN
AND WHOSE DRIVER HAS GIVEN A SIGNAL TO STOP AS PRO-
VIDED BY THIS ORDINANCE; AND REQUIRING EVERY BUS USED
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TO BEAR
UPON THE FRONT AND REAR THEREON A PLAINLY VISIBIE
SIGN CONTAINING THE WORDS "SCHOOL BUS" AND ON THE
REAR THEREON A PLAINLY VISIBLE SIGN CONTAINING THE
WORDS °'STOP WHILE BUS IS LOADING AND UNLOADING";
AND PROVIDING THAT SCHOOL BUSSES SHALL BE EQUIPPED
WITH A MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING DEVICE,
WHICH WILL DISPLAY A SIGNAL PLAINLY VISIBIE FROM
THE FRONT AND REAR AND INDICATING INTENTION TO STOP;
AND PROVIDING THAT ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT
REGULARLY BEING OPERATED AS A SCHOOL BUS SHALL NOT
BEAR SUCH SIGNS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The driver of a vehicle upon a street of the City of Cape Girar-
deau, Missouri, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus
which has stopped on the street for the purpose of receiving or discharging any
school children and whose driver has in the manner prescribed by this ordinance
given the signal to stop, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus
and shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signalled
by its driver to proceed.
SECTION 2. Every bus used for the transportation of school children upon
the streets of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri shall bear upon the front
and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words "School Bus" in
letters not less than eight inches in height. Each bus shall have lettered on
the rear in plain and distinct type the following: "Stop while bus is loading
and unloading." Each school bus subject to the provisions of this ordinance
shall be equipped with a mechanical or electrical signalling device, which will
display a signal plainly visible from the front and rear and indicating intention
to stop, and when such bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging
any school children the driver thereof shall give such signal.
SECTION 3. Any motor vehicle which is not regularly being operated by a
school district or under contract with a school district or by private schools
for the transportation of school children shall not bear signs indicating that
it is a school bus. When any person operating a school bus under contract with
a school district uses it for purposes other than for the transportation of school
children, he shall cover the signs thereon in such manner that it will not appear
on the streets as a school bus.
SECTION 4. Any person violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than One ($1.00) Dollar and not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or
imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than 10 days nor more than 3 months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment together with the costs of prosecution.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect ten (10) days
after its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this ftJ day of October, 1956.
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Mayor
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City Clerk