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Show COMMISSION PASSES TRAFFICORDINfiNCE Shearman Opposes Section Governing Parking of' Automobiles. SPEED LIMITS FIXED Pedestrians Will Be Permitted Per-mitted to Cross Streets Only at Intersections. TVitb but one important amendment, relating to the parking of autos in the congested district, the new traffic ordinance, or-dinance, compilation of which has held the attention of the city commission more or less for the past &ix months, was passed by unanimous vote yesterday yester-day morning. li becomes effective, with its far-reaching and sweeping provisions, provi-sions, March 1o. The ordinance is designed to regulate all manner of traffic on the city streets, but is directed specially toward the control of auto traffic. It is as revolutionary, revo-lutionary, compared with .former traffic regulations, as modern traffic conditions aro different from those obtaining before be-fore the coming of the automobile. The important amendment substituted substitu-ted at the last minute yesterday provides pro-vides that autos may not be left standing stand-ing in the congested district longer than one hour, save on the following streets: Sta.te street below Third South, West Ten'ple below Third South and Fourth South from State to West Temple. Elsewhere in the congesteu district, including the territory between be-tween South Temple and Fifth South and Second East" and West Temple, narrow streets and avenues, such as Exchange place or Postoffice place, are entirely forbidden to the autoist for parking purposes. Shearman Opposes. Commissioner W. H. Shearman opposed op-posed the parking restrictions, contending contend-ing that autos siiould be allowed to stand indefinitely, provided they are kept ten feet apart. The following amendment on this subject was finally adopted: Amendment. Section 17. How Ion? may stand. No persons shall at any time allow any vehicle to stand longer long-er than necessary to take on or dis-eharge dis-eharge passengers or merchandise in any part of that portion of a street in front of any railroad depot or the-nter the-nter or any place where larpe numbers num-bers of persons congregate or pass In or out; nor shall the driver of any vehicle stand such vehicle in uny piace so as to obstruct or impede travel, tra-vel, ingress or egTess. The chief of police la hereby directed and empowered em-powered to designate places where vehicles may stand and to so arrange that travel, ingress and egress tu and from such places shall not be imped im-ped ed. No person shall, between the hours of 0 o'clock a. m. and G o'clock p. in., allow any vehicle to stand in one place in the congested district as defined de-fined in this ordinance longer than one hour; provided that thi- provision provi-sion shall not apply to either side of State street to the south side of Fifth South street and Fourth Pouth street from State to West Temple; provided further, that no vehicle shall be allowed al-lowed to stand longer than neoespary to take on or discharge passengers or merchandise on the following .streets; Cactus street, I0:t change place, Pott-offle Pott-offle place, Edison street and Pier-pom Pier-pom street. Must Cross Directly. The ordinance forbids the common practice of pedestrians ro?:iig street intersections in-tersections diagonally. It will be a misdemeanor mis-demeanor to do so afif-r March 15. Pedestrians Pedes-trians also are forbidden 'Tossing the streets except at the regular intersections and in the middle of the block at the point where street cars come to a stop. Vehicles so enclosed that the driver cannot look behind him without difficulty will not be allowed the use of the streets at all unless a mirror is used so that the driver can always see behind him. This provision Js direr-tcd at rhe cl;iss of delivery de-livery wagons so hooded In front that the driver can only see straight ahead. Besides the congested district . restricted re-stricted district created, v. herein certain cer-tain speed HTitl other regulations will obtain, ob-tain, slightly Ie? rigid than those governing gov-erning the -ongeted district. The re-;i'ricted re-;i'ricted district includes Ninth East from Fhghth South to Ashton avonu--; fclcvnth att from Ninth to Twelfth South preft: Fifth Kant from Ninth South to Twelfth South street ; Ninth South from Fifth Fvast to Eleventh East; Fourth South from Third to Eighth West: th Intersection of Second West and South Temple streets; the int'THections oi Second Houtii with First, .Second and Third V:-t streets; the intersections of Tl nrd Sout h with the same streets: In Intersection of South Temple and E streets and Fifth South street and Ninth hast. T lie need limit in the i.-o r. d district dis-trict win not ex'-ecj .ght miles on the erodings and twelve, mil en otherwise in ihe rit rioted district flftrfu mills' an Lour and in rhe territory not Included in either of theae, twenty-five unties an hour. Heavy penalties are attached for violation viola-tion of the speed provisions. Henry W. Lawrence nought to liavo adopted an amendment limiting the Hr department to a speed of fifteen ndl-s an hour. None of t other comm I :-; doners favored this restriction, however. Scorew of other provisions renting to the details of traffic are Included. |