HomeMy WebLinkAbout5582-12.07.2020Prepared LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA
50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5582
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2020 TRAFFIC CODE,
ORDINANCE 3842, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 92,
APPROACHING CERTAIN STATIONARY VEHICLES, TO
THE 2020 TRAFFIC CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, that the City of
Waterloo Traffic Code is hereby amended as follows:
That Section 92, Approaching Certain Stationary Vehicles, is added as follows:
92. APPROACHING CERTAIN STATIONARY VEHICLES.
1. The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary authorized emergency
vehicle that is displaying flashing lights, as permitted under Section 321.423, shall
approach the authorized emergency vehicle with due caution and shall proceed in one of
the following manners, absent any other direction by a peace officer:
a. Make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to the authorized emergency vehicle
if possible in the existing safety and traffic conditions.
b. If a lane change under paragraph "a" would be impossible, prohibited by law, or
unsafe, reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a reasonable and proper speed for the
existing road and traffic conditions, which speed shall be less than the posted speed limit,
and be prepared to stop.
2. The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary towing or recovery
vehicle, a stationary utility maintenance vehicle, a stationary municipal maintenance
vehicle, a solid waste or recycling collection service vehicle, that is displaying flashing
lights, as permitted under section 321.432, shall approach the vehicle with due caution and
shall proceed in one of the following manners, absent any other direction by a peace officer.
a. Make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to the stationary motor vehicle if
possible in the existing safety and traffic conditions.
b. If a lane change under paragraph "a" would be impossible, prohibited by law, or
unsafe, reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a reasonable and proper speed for the
existing road and traffic conditions, which speed shall be less than the posted speed limit,
and be prepared to stop.
3. The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary motor vehicle that is
continually displaying its emergency signal lamps flashing simultaneously shall approach
the vehicle with due caution and shall proceed in one of the following manners, absent any
other direction by a peace officer:
a. Make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to the stationary motor vehicle if
possible in the existing safety and traffic conditions.
b. If a lane change under paragraph "a" would be impossible, prohibited by law, or
unsafe, reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a reasonable and proper speed for the
existing road and traffic conditions, which speed shall be less than the posted speed limit,
and be prepared to stop. 4. A person convicted of a violation of this section commits a
simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation in the amount of $100.00.
Ordinance No. 5582
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INTRODUCED: December 7, 2020
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: December 7, 2020
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: December 7, 2020
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: December 7, 2020
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December 2020.
ATTEST:
Kecee et'chie
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
DIGITALLY
SIGNED
CZ/e/1`1-i/1 Hc.r"t-
Quentin Hart, Mayor