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ORDI ANCS NO. AN ORDINANCE A~ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10~0, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WITHIN SAID CITY". THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN A~ FOLLOWS: SECTION ~: That Ordinance No. 1030, entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Santa Aha Regulating the use of Public Highways Within said City", be and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of new subdivisions to Section 9 of said Ordinance, to be numbered Subdivisions "J", "k" and "l". SECTION 2.: That said Subdivision "J" of Section 9 shall read as follows .(j) ..P.mSFic CONTROL SIGNALS. Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibitin the words, 'Go', 'Caution', or 'Stop~ or exhibiting d~fferent colored lights successively, one at a time, the following colors only shall be used, and said terms and lights shall indicate as follows: (a) Green alone or 'Go'. 1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall proceed either straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn, except that: 2. Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or adjacent cross- walks at the time such signal is exhibited. 5. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. (b) Yellow alone or with green or 'Caution' when shown following the green or 'Go' signal. 1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection, bUt if such stop cannot be made in safety a vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection. 2. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway until green or 'Go' is shown alone. (c) Red alone or 'Stop'. 1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall remain standing until green or tgo' is shown alone, e~ept as provided in the next succeeding paragraph. 2. At any intersection outside of the Central Traffic Dis- trict the driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close as practicable to the right hand curb and at the entrance to the nearest crosswalk may make a right turn but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at said intersection. 5. No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway until green or 'go' is shown alone. (d) The ringing of a bell in connection with any official traffic signal shall indicate preparation for a change in the direction of traffic move- ment. When such bell is sounded no traffic shall enter an intersection until a green or 'go' slgual is shown. (e) The motorman of any street car shall obey the above signals as applicable to vehicles except that a street car shall be stopped in obedience to a red or stop signal and shall remain standing until green or 'go' is shown alone. (f) No person shall disobey the directions of this section except when it is necessary to stop for the purpose of avoiding an accident or in case of other emergency or when otherwise directed by a police officer. (g) When a yellow light is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution. (h) When a red light Is llluminated with rapid, intermittent flashes~ drivers or vehicles shall stop before entering the intersection and then may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution." SECTION 5: That said subdivision "k" of Section 9 shall read as follows "(k) No vehicle shall be turned at an intersection so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection where there is displ~d a sign indicat- ing that such movement is prohibited, which sign may read as follows: 'No U turn'