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ORDINANCE NO. '01,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2644 KNOWN
AS THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION #263 PROVIDING FOR
THE REGULATION OF SCHOOL BUSES AND MOTOR VEHICLES
APPROACHING SCHOOL BUSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA that:
Ordinance No. 2644 known as the Traffic Ordinance of the City of Waterloo
is hereby amended by adding the following new section:
Sec. 263. SCHOOL BUSES; DISCHARGING PUPILS; REGULATIONS. (a) The driver
of any school bus used to transport children to and from a public or private school
shall, when stopping to receive or discharge pupils, turn on the flashing stop
warning signal lights at a distance of not less than 300 feet, nor more than 500
feet from the point where said pupils are to be received or discharged from the
bus. At the point of receiving or discharging pupils, the driver of the bus
shall bring the bus to a stop and extend the stop arm. After receiving or
discharging pupils, the bus driver shall turn off the flashing stop warning
lights, retract the stop arm, and then proceed on the route. No school bus shall
stop to load or unload pupils unless there is at least 300 feet of clear vision
in each direction.
(b) All pupils shall be received and discharged from the right front
entrance of every school bus; and if said pupils must cross the street, they
shall be required to pass in front of the bus, look in both directions, and
proceed to cross the highway only on signal from the bus driver.
(c) The driver of any vehicle, when meeting a school bus on which the stop
warning signal lights are flashing, shall reduce the speed of said vehicle to
not more than 20 miles per hour and shall bring said vehicle to a complete stop
when school bus stops and stop signal arm is extended, and said vehicle shall
remain stopped until stoparm is retracted after which driver may proceed with
due caution.
(d) The driver of any vehicle overtaking a school bus shall not pass a
school bus when flashing stop warning signal lights are flashing and shall bring
said vehicle to a complete stop not closer than 15 feet of the school bus when
it is stopped and the stop arm is extended, and shall remain stopped until the
stop arm is retracted and school bus resumes motion, or until signalled by the
driver to proceed.
(e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway providing two or more lanes in
each direction need not stop upon meeting a school bus which is traveling in the
opposite direction even though the said school bus is stopped.
(f) A school bus, when operating on a highway with four or more lanes,
shall not stop to load or unload pupils who must cross the highway, except at
designated stops where pupils who must cross the highway may do so at points
where there are official traffic control devices or a police officer.
Passed and adopted this 1!pt day of 6-C uz.-v-' ,1973.
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STATE OF IOWA, SS I, Robert J. McCoy
Black Hawk County, Publisher of the Waterloo Pailp,,QC,� ourier
a daily newspaper printed in the English
language and published in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa do solemnly swear that
the annexed copy of Ordinance No. 2652
AN ORDINANCE CE oA2M5E N DI N G 2 notice was published in the English language only rajdliy
ORDINANCE NO.2644 KNOWN AS THE
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. Y THE CITY once a for consecutive
OF WATERLOO, InA
BY ADDING A
NEW SECTION- 263 PROVIDING FOR• A E AND MOTOR
LA OTOR VEHICLES day ION OF SCHOOL BUSES
AN commencingon the of
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WITHIN THEW TYG SL LIMIL TS OF TSES
HEOctober 4, 1973
CITY OF WATERLOO,IOWA. in the issues of
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA of said newspaper, and
that:
Ordinance No. 2644 known as the Traf-
fic Ordinance of the City of Waterloo is that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of
hereby amended by adding the following
new section:Sec. 263. SCHOOL BUSES; said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for pub-
DISCHARGING PUPILS;
L S; lishingsaid notice.
REGULATIONS. (a) The driver of any
school bus used to transport children to 22.08
and from a public or private school shall, Printer's Bill C7
when stopping to receive or discharge
pupils,turn on the flashing stop'warning
signal lights at a distance of not less
than 300 feet, nor more than 500 feet from the point where said pupils are to
be received or discharged from the bus.
At the point of receiving or discharging
�pu•pils,;the driver of the bus shall bring; Subscribed and sworn to before me this t day
The btii fa a stop and extend the stop
arm. After receiving or discharging
pupils,the bus driver shall tti:n pJ the of Ct0 er A. D., 19 73
floshi 'stop warning lights, retract the
stop or and then proceed on the route.
No schoo bus shall stop to load or unload Notary Publics pupils unl Ss there is at least 300 feet of
clear visio in each direction.
(b) All pits shall be received and
discharged from the right front entrance Received of
of every school bus; and if id pupils
must cross the street, the shall be
required.to pass in front of t bus,look the sum of Dollars
in both directions, and proce,d to cross
the highway only on signal f m the bus
driver. in full for publication of the above notice.
(c) The driver of any ve icle, when
meeting a school bus on which the stop
warning signal lights are flashing, shall
reduce the speed of said vehicle to not Publishers
more than 20 miles per hour and shall
-ing said vehicle to a complete stop
•n school bus stops and stop signal
is extended, and said vehicle shall
I stopped until stoparm is retrac-
sr which driver may proceed with
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,,(d) The driver of any vehicle over-
taking a schnal him