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Show I TRAFFIC RULES 1 I BECOME LIS ity Commission Passes Ordi-I Ordi-I nance Drafted by Head of Public Safety i Z Ogden's new traffic ordinance pass- i Z. ed the board of city commissioners i this morning and became a city or-1 dlnance The system with the exeep- iifl J S l'on ' c,aus,s recently Inserted, hasj S "2 been In uoc here for come time and nan i I r, proven successful, according to the I 5 reports made to the commission. Parking In the downtown districts, right of way. regulations covering H ! ntandlng Vehicles, and many other fca- I Jures arc Included In the new ordln- ncc. With its adoption this morn- fl l 2 nig the provisions will be made to 5 come under the law and violators of H any section are liable to punishment Z bv a fine not to exceed '.'9 9 or Im- s p'rtsonment In the city Jail, or loth fin- and Imprisonment, j PARKING ROM - H 2 The first section of the ordinance . 3 explains the downtown non-parking, K and parking zone and provloes that J red lines shall mark non-p.irklng I ,r.iH nn,l whit.' stall- Htiall I Z hate where automobiles can be parked. Section No. 2 sets forth "that It Is 1 I unlawful for any person to park or S leave standing any vehicle between Di" hours of ? a. m and 7 p. rn. in the I non-parking areas longer than fifteen ( H ad, ores and onl; v h( n paasenffci I S being discharged. 8 The third rectlon explains that no H I P person Is allowed to create his own C non-parking r.one and th- SOOM pro-fl pro-fl sttded shall be designated and marked off bv traffic officers. I m u RJGH i i WA1 Section No. 4 create, a new right of fl way system In 'g-t- n ' 11 fl driver of a vehicle, upon approaching or crossing an Intersection "f u,r jjH shall grunt the right of way, and way at each Intersection to any ve-hide ve-hide approaching from the rlEht, pro-1 - -vlded that when a traffic officer lj I Vtationed at an-- Intersection he shall H i. have full power to regulate traffic. jjPjb Section No. 6 makes h unlawful for motorists to follow the fin- apparatus H t a distance closer than pne-eeventh of a mile nnd to appro ICh H being used by the fire dcpartnn nt at: 1 the samed 1st nce. When paratus Is approaching following an jpH alarm, motorls'.s are urged to draw up H -to the right curb of 'he sir, et I -as possible in cider thai the apparatus H may be given ample space to pftsa. H Another section provides that every jpH motor vehicle shall in- equipped v h B efficient brakes, warning signals and J front and rear llgh'. REGULATE HEADLIGHTS H Glaring headlights also come under PBp the ordinance and provisions ban PPPP electric lights of mort than four can- H die power. The light must be so re PPPJ fleeted thai no portion of the PPPpV when measures seventy-five feel PPpfl more, ahead of the vehicle shall H above forty-two Inches from tin pfli ground, ppppp Section No. ' bars I he repair or cars; PPPP, while standing upon streets. PPPS The closing section of the ordinance H provides for parkin: on PPPP nue as follows. p It shall be unlawful for any person H to park, or standing an ve- H hi, 1" on the of Hudson PPPPPj flue between Twentv -fourth ami Twen- H fy-flfth streets, and It K Jul for any person to park or leave PPPPpT Flandlng any vehicle on Hudson ave- pppV nue between Twenty-third ami Twen- 1 -fourth streets, except that such ve- i H hide shall be parked parallel with the H - -qurb of said street, und within at least twelve Inches from said urb. PPPJ The ordinance If as drafted J- pppj Ray Ward, commissioner of public H safety, after careful Investigation had PPPJ u been made by traffic officers of the H portions of the xv.stem whl h have Hi been In effect The ordinance was Hpppp unanimously passed by the niemhers HI of the commission |