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Prepared by Martin Petersen, City Attorney, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
IA 50703, (319) 291-4327.
ORDINANCE NO. 5829
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF WATERLOO TRAFFIC
CODE BY UN -RESERVING AND ADDING SECTION 420,
APPROACHING CERTAIN STATIONARY VEHICLES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 420, APPROACHING CERTAIN STATIONARY VEHICLES,
of the City of Waterloo Traffic Code is hereby un-reserved and added as follows:
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
stationary highway maintenance vehicle, a stationary construction vehicle, or a stationary
solid waste or recycling collection service vehicle, that is displaying flashing lights, as
permitted under section 321.423, 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. A person convicted of a violation of this section commits a simple misdemeanor
punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 11.
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Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
b. A person convicted of a violation of this section which resulted in an accident
causing bodily injury to or the death of another person may be subject to the
following penalties in addition to the penalty provided for a scheduled violation in
section 805.8A, subsection 11, or any other penalty provided by law:
(1) For a violation causing bodily injury to another person, a fine of five hundred
dollars.
(2) For a violation causing death, a fine of one thousand dollars.
c. Upon receiving a record of a person's conviction for a violation under paragraph
"a" which resulted in an accident causing damage to the property of another person or
bodily injury to or death of another person, the department shall suspend the person's
driver's license or operating privileges, upon thirty days' notice and without
preliminary hearing, as follows:
(1) For a violation causing damage to the property of another person, but not
resulting in bodily injury to or death of another person, the department shall
suspend the violator's driver's license or operating privileges for ninety days.
(2) For a violation causing bodily injury to another person, the department shall
suspend the violator's driver's license or operating privileges for one hundred
eighty days.
(3) For a violation causing death, the department shall suspend the violator's
driver's license or operating privileges for one year.
Section 2. If any section, provision or part of this chapter shall be adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any
section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: March 16, 2026
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of March, 2026.
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CERTIFICATE
I, Kelley Felchle, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5829 as passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 16th day of March 2026.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 16th day of March 2026.
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