Ordinance 252r
ORDINANCE N0,
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED AND OXRRATION OF AUTOMOBILE
AND MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF GILROY.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Gilroy do
ordain as follows: --
Section 1
No person, firm or corporation shall line, run, drive or
operate, or casue to be used, run, driven or operated any auto-
mobile, locomobi le, motorcycle, or motor vehicle of any kind
moved, operated, or propelled by steam, electricity, gasoline,
or ^ny gaseous fluid upon or along any street, alley, avenue
or public way, in the business section of the City of Gilroy,
at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour, or elsewhere
in said City at a greater ratio of 'peed than fifteen miles per
hour, or at or on any street crossing or intersection at a greater
rate of speed than ten miles per hour, or at any alley while
crossing any sidewalk thereon,oT crossing any sidewalk at any
.place at a greater rate of speed than five miles per hour.
Section 2,
The business section of the City of Gilroy as defined for
the purpose of this ordinances shall consist of that portion of
said City which lies South of the center line of Third Street,
East of Eigleberry Street, North of Eighth Street, and ?Pest of
the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks.
Section 3.
Every person using, operating, driving or running, or
causing to be used, operated, driven or run in the night time,
between, one hour after sunset and one hour before .spnrise, in
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said City of Gilroy, any vehicle mentions in Section 1, shall
have attached thereto or connected therewith, and in front thereof,
a headlight or two lamps, and in the rear-thereof a lamp or
lantern showing a red light, which shall be lighted. at all times
while said vehicle is on any street, avenue or alley of said
City.
section 4.
All vehicles mentioned in Section 1 hereof shall have
attached thereto or connected, therewith a whistle, horn or gong,
which shall be sovtnded when turning into any cross street, or
alley, and -hen corning out of prrf alley into a 6treet or thorough -
fare, and also on or before crossing arzr sidewalk, All vehicles
mentioned in said Section:. _,l shall also have and use at all times,
R muffler or other suitable contrivance to suppress or miniiiiize
the sound made by the engine in the operation of such vehicle,
and the use of any cutout whereby the exhaust is disconnected
from such muffler or other contrivance to suppress the sound
is hereby forbidden.
Section 5.
No person under the age of sixteen years shall run or
drive, or be allowed to run or drive any automobile or loeomobile
in the City of Gilroy.
Section 6.
Every vehicle moitioned in Section 1 shall head and turn
rrith the traffic, turning square corners at all times.
In turning to the right into a street it must keep close to the
right hand c,.zrb, and every such vehicle turning to the right
shall have the right of way over all vehicles traveling in the
direction to which said vehicle is turning, in tiLrning to
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the left into another street it must keep to the right of She
center line of `he intersection of such streets and such vehicle
shall give the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the
direction to which said vehicle is turning. Every such `
vehicle must be on the right hand side of the street at all times,
and when standing he within three feet of the curb and facing
the right. Such vehicles must not stop or stand on any street
crossing or within fifteen feet of the intersection of any street
or alley or within fifteen feet of any fire hydrant.
Section 7,
Every vehicle mentioned in Section 1 overtaking and passing
another vehicle going in the same direction shall turn to the
left, and the vehicle so overtaken upon being signalled or re-
quested so to do shall give way to the right. The driver of
airy eueh vehicle wishing to stop or charge gis course shall before
doing so signify his int -Intion to do so to those in the rear by
a plain, visible or audible signal.
Section 8.
Any person violating or wilfully non-complying with any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment in
the City Prison not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine
a*M— imprisonment.
Section 9.
All ordinances or parts; of ordinances in conflict with
any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 10,
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on
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and after its passage and approval.
Passed this (�{, day of January 1913, by the followlbr)g vote.
Ayes, C ounei lmen / ' / / O-41 'I Q • 9krl 66" ..(.o ✓ .0 , C7 ,
Noes, Councilmen;
Absent, Councilmen
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Approved the 7K day'iof January 1913.
Mayor.