HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-20 - Requirement for Vehicles to Stop for Properly Marked School BusesBILL NO. 86-20
ORDINANCE NO. R6<-~n
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING DRIVERS TO STOP FOR PROPERLY MARKED
SCHOOL BUSES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID
ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway upon
meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus
which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving
or discharging any school children and whose driver has in the
manner prescribed by law given the signal to stop, shalt stop
the vehicle before reaching such school bus and shall not
proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled
by its driver to proceed.
SECTION 2. Every bus used for the transportation of school
children 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: "State
Law: Stop while bus is loading and unloading". Each school
bus subject to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
equipped with a mechanical and electrical signaling device,
which will display a signal plainly visible from the front and
rear and indicating intention to stop.
SECTION 3. No driver of a school bus shall take on or
discharge passengers at any location upon a highway consisting
of four or more lanes of traffic, whether or not divided by a
median or barrier, in such manner as to require the passengers
to cross more than two lanes of traffic; nor shall he take on
or discharge passengers while the vehicle is upon the road or
highway proper unless the vehicle so stopped is plainly visible
for at least thr•~e hundred feet in each direction to drivers of
other vehicles upon the highway and then only for such time as
in actually necessary to take on and discharge passengers.
SECTION 4. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with
separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or overtaking a
sctio'ol bus which is on a different roadway, which is proceeding
in the opposite direction on a highway containing four or more
lanes of traffic or which is stopped in a loading zone
constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited or controlled
access highway at a point where pedestrians are not permitted
to cross the roadway.
SECTION 5. The driver of any school bus driving upon the
highways of this state after loading or unloading school
children, should remain stopped if the bus is followed by three
or more vehicles, until such vehicles have been permitted to
pass the school bus, if the conditions prevailing make it safe
to do so.
SECTION 6. If any vehicle is witnessed by a peace officer
or the driver of a school bus to have violated the provisions
of this section and the identity of the operator is not
otherwise apparent, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that
the person in whose name such vehicle is registered committed
the violation. In the event that charges are filed against
multiple owners of a motor vehicle, only one of the owners may
be convicted and court costs may be assessed against only one
of the owners. If the vehicle which is involved in the
violation is registered in the name of a rental or leasing
company and the vehicle is rented or leased to another person
at the time of the violation, the rental or leasing company may
rebut the presumption by providing the peace officer or
prosecuting authority with a copy of the rental or lease
agreement in effect at the time of the violation. No
prosecuting authority may bring any legal proceedings against a
rental or leasing company under this section unless prior
written notice of the violation has been given to that rental
or leasing company by registered mail at the address appearing
on the registration and the rental or leasing company has
failed to provide the rental or lease agreement copy within
fifteen days of receipt of such notice.
SECTION 7. Violations of any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of no more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or a term of imprisonment in the City
Jail or the Platte County Jail of not more than six {6) months
or a combination of such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 8. Should any section, sentence or clause of this
Ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of
competent jurisdiction, such declaration -shall not affect the
validity of the remainder of this Ordinance which shall remain
in full force and effect.
PASSED THIS i5th DAY OF April
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ATTEST:
CITY LERK
APPROVED THIS 15th DAY OE April
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