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CITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE NO. t1 § -II S 6
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BIRD, DONNELL, ROUNTREE, WARDLE
MERIDIAN CITY CODE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO USE PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A NEW TITLE 7, CHAPTER 1, SECTION
11, PROPERTY AS A THROUGHWAY STREET; AND PROVIDING FORA
WAIVER OF THE READING RULES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1: That Title 7, Chapter 1, Section 10, Meridian City Code is hereby enacted
to read as follows:
7-1-11
USE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY AS A THROUGHWAY
A. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle to drive upon or use any
public or private real property as a throughway to bypass an intersection controlled by
a stop sign or traffic control signal.
B. It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of subsection (A) for an operator of a
motor vehicle to enter public or private real property from a highway or street and
immediately thereafter exit the same property without stopping or slowing before re-
entering an adjoining highway or street.
C. It is not a violation of this ordinance to use any public or private street as allowed by
law.
Section 2: That pursuant to the affirmative vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1) of the
members of the full Council, the rule requiring two (2) separate readings by title and one (1)
reading in full be, and the same is hereby, dispensed with, and accordingly, this Ordinance
shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval and publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO,
this 21 Sf? day of .¿¡- WJ1.L , 2005.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
Z/S? day of \r~ ,2005.
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