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Ordinance No. 78-03 O CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON ORDINANCE No. 78 - 3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF TIGARD AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: TITLE 10. VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC of the Municipal Code 6f the City of Tigard is amended by this ordinance. It is the purpose of this ordinance to simplify and clarify the procedures of the city's law enforcement system without accomplishing changes in the substantive law, except where changes in substantive law are necessary to cause the law to conform to the laws of the State of Oregon as amended by the legislative sessions of 1975 and 1977. Section (1) Chapter 10.04 Adoption Provisions (including Sections 10.04.010 through 10.04.060) is repealed. Section (2) Chapter 10.08 Wreckers (including Sections 10.08.010 through 10.08.040) is repealed. Section (3) Chapter 10.12 Operator and Chauffeur Licenses (including Sections 10.12.010 through 10.12.080) is repealed. Section (4) Chapter 10.16 Vehicle Operation and Ea2j2ment is renamed Chapter 10.16 Traffic and Parking Regulations. (a) The following sections of Chapter 10.16 are repealed: 10.16.010 10.16.030 10.16.050 10.16.060 10.16.070 10.16.080 10.16.090 10.16.100 10.16.110 10.16.120 14.16.130 (b) Section 10.16.020 is amended to read as follows: ORDINANCE No. 78-3 f { k -2- Section 2- Section 10.16. 020 One-T7ay Streets: The followinstreets within the City of Tigard, or the portions of those streets identified by this section, are hereby designated one-way streets. Traffic shall be permitted to move in one direction only. " (a) S. W. McKenzie Street from its inter- section with the Westerly right-of-way line �- of S. W. Pacific Highway to its intersection i;- with the Fasterly right-of-way line of S. W. Grant Avenue. Traffic is hereby permitted to move only in a Northwesterly direction, away from S. PI. Pacific Highway and toward S. W. Grant Street. " (c) Section 10.16.040 Right-of-way is amended to read as follows: "Section 10.16.040 Right-of-way (1) The following streets and locations are designated stop streets. All traffic pro- ceeding in the directions stated shall come to a stop before proceeding into the designated intersections: ` (a) Eastbound traffic on S. W. Center Street shall. stop at or prior to the intersection .of the west line of S. W. 87th Avenue G7ith the south line of S: W. Center Street. p (b) All traffic on S. W. 87th Avenue shall stop at or prior to intersection of the south , line of S. W. Center Street with the west line of S. W. 87th Avenue. g F (c) Southbound traffic on S. W. Burlcr_est Drive shall stop before entering its intersection with S. W. Summercrest Drive. (d) Westbound traffic on S. W. Lomita Avenue - shall stop before entering its intersection with S. W. 90th Avenue. i (e) Westbound traffic on S. W. Murdock Street shall stop before its intersection with S. W. 96th Street. (f) All traffic on S. W. Grant at its intersection t ' with S. F1. Johnson Avenue shall stop before entering r the intersection. u p° PAGE 2 ORDINANCE No. 78-3 . F -3-, r (2) All traffic entering a collector street or an arterial from a residential street (other than a collector or arterial) shall come to a stop before entering the collector or arterial in obedience to a duly erected stop sign or signal, except at those entry points where traffic is required only to yield, pursuant to a "yield right--of-way" sign. (3) All traffic entering an arterial from a collector street shall come to a stop before entering the arterial, 'in obedience to a duly erected stop sign or signal, except at those entry points where traffic is required only to yield, pursuant to a "yield right-of-way" s gn. i- (4) The designations of the streets within the city as "arterial," "collector," and "residential" shall be the designation assigned to each of the streets and portions of streets by the Tigard Comprehensive Plan. Section (5) Chapter 10.20 Traffic Offense Procedures is repealed. Section (6) Chapter 10.24 School Busses is repealed. Section (7) Chapter 10,32 Miscellaneous Provisions is amended in the following respects: (a) Section 10.32.020 P_uthority of city administrator to have traffic control signs, markings, and signals installed is amended to read as follows: "10.32.020 Authority of city administrator to have traffic control signs, markingsand is fi .nals installedSubject to authoriut, vested in the State Highway Commission and subject to the relevant provisions of the laws of the State of Oregon, the city administrator shall cause to have erected, installed, and maintained appro- priate signs, markings, and traffic control signals as may be deemed necessary to direct and regulate traffic and carry out the provisions of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32, including such signs as may t' be appropriate to give notice of local parking and other special regulations. PAGE ORDINANCE No. 75-3 4 -4- The erection and maintenance of such signs, markings, and signals within the city by direction of the city administrator shall be deemed an admin- istrative act to be performed under the authority granted by state law, and the provisions of Chapters 10.16 through 10.32. (b) All references in Chapter 10.32 to "Chapters 10.04 through 10.32" are amended to read "Chapters 10.16 through 10.32." (c) Section 10.32.250 Penalties is amended to read as follows: "10.32.250 Penalties Violation of any provisionf this chapter is class B traffic infraction." Section (8) Chapter 10.36 Bicycles is amended to read as follows: (a) The footnote to the chapter* title is deleted. (b) Section 10.36.030 is amended to read as follows: "10.36.030 License-Issuance. City Police Department is authorized and directed to issue bicycle licenses. Bicycle licenses shall be permanent, and shall remain valid during the time the person who applies for and receive., the license remains the owner of the bicycle." (c) Section 10.36.040 is amended to read as follows: "10.36.040License-Plate, Registration Card- Inspectioon. License plates and registration cards shall be provided by the city. Such license plates and registration cards shall be issued only to applicants who submit satisfactory proof of owner- ship of the bicycle and demonstrate reasonable knowledge of traffic safety rules. The City Police Department shall inspect each bicycle before regis- tration and licensing and shall refuse to issue a license or registration for any bicycle determined to be in unsafe mechanical condition. All license plates shall be suitable for the attachment to the frame of a bicycle at such place and in such manner as the police department shall designate and one such plate shall be issued for each bicycle. " PAGE 4 ORDINANCE No. 78-3 t, (d) The following sections are repealed: 10.36.080 10.36.090 10. 36.110 (e) Section 10.36.100 is amended by the addition of the word "certain" in the title, making the title read: Section 10.36.100 Riding on Certain Sidewalks Prohibited. Section (9) Except as amended by the language of this ordinance Title 10 Vehicles and 'Traffic shall continue in effect. Section (10) Because of the impending work on updating the Tigard Municipal Code, an emergency is declared to exist. This ordinance becones effective immediately upon its passage and signature. y unanimous PASSED: By / vote of all Council members present this 9th day of January , 1978, after being read two times by number and title only. Recorder - i y o igard APPROVAL: By the mayor this 9 day of January . 1978. Mayor - City of Tigard PAGE 5 ORDINANCE No . 78-3