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Section ~6-5. Every stop sign shall bear the word "stop" in letters not less than six inches in height~ Every stop sign shall be located as nearly as practicable at the proper line of the street at the entrance to which the stop must be made, or at the nearest line of the cross-walk thereat$ or, if none, at the nearest line of the street. Section 56-6. Every operator of a vehicle, street car, or trackless trolley shall stop at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering an inter- section except when directed to proceed by the police officer or traffic control signal. Section 57. No person shall stand, or park a trackless trolley or vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or with the provisions of this ordinance, or in compliance with the directions of a police offioer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (a) On a sidewalk, except a bicycle. (b) In front of a public or private driveway. (c) Within an intersection. (d) Within ten feet of a fire hydrante (e) On a crosswalk, (f) Within twenty feet of a crosswelk at an intersection. (g) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal~ (h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device. (i) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. (j) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly sign-posted. (k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stand- tng, or parki~ would obstruct traffic. (1) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. highway (m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a tunnel. (n) At any place where signs prohibit stopping. (o) Within one foot of another parked vehicle. Section 57-1. No person shall stand, or park a trackless trolley or vehicle ex- cept when necessary to avoid conflict m~ith other traffic or with the provisiens of this ordinance, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic-control device, in ~uy of the.places, or for l?nger periods of time, or during the. hours spec- if led, as may be applmcable and as desmgnated in Sections 57-2 to 57-11, mnclusive, or as designated in the Regulations promulgated by the Director of Public Safety as pro- vided for and authorized by, this ordinance. Section 57-2. Parking on streets the pavement of which is 26 feet or less in width shall be restricted to one side thereof. No person shall park a vehicle at any time on that side of any such restricted street or part thereof designated by the Mayor as no parking area, after signs are erected giving notice of such no parking. In designating the area of and along the side of any such street in which there shall be no psrking, the Mayor shall take into consideration the location of fire hydrants and other conditions on or adjacent to such street or part thereof°