52-12 Amend 313.03 and 313.05 Traffic Signals

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PLACED ON SST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 10/15/12. PLACED ON 2ND READING 11/5/12. ORDINANCE NO. 52_12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 313.03, Traffic Control Signal Terms and Lights, and 313.05, Pedestrian Control Signals, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of comply- ing with changes to the State of Ohio traffic code. WHEREAS, the following changes have recently been made to the State of Ohio traffic code; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits mu- nicipalities to exercise all powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as ace not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the City wishes to close any window of time between the effective date of the state code change and the effective date of the local code change; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SEC"PION 1. Section 313.03, Traffic Control Signal Tertns and Lights, currently reading as follows: 313.03 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL TERMS AND LIGHTS. Whenever h•affic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combina- tion, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be used except for special pedes- trian signals carrying words or symbols. The lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and to pedestrians as follows: (a) Green Indication: (1) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohtbrts either such turn. But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right of wad to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the urterseetion or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited. (2) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection