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?'�;S�D3�ITTI�I'1 N�.. 996
RvSOI.�U�10T�t URGITdG T� CAI,IF�RT�1I� SiATE
LEGTSL,ATURE TO ��-�IJD S,�CT�C�TJ 533 �r THE
V�`H1"CLE CODE �r TH� �TATE OF CA�IFOF,NIA
T(� REt�uIRE DRIVERS �F 1����Tt�R VEu�CLES II1
r� RESIDETtiTTi�Z DIST�.ICT TO ST�P B�F�RE
P�ISSING AI�Y SCHUG�., BUS ti�Jr�IGH H� STO�PED
Ft)R T'riE PURrI�SE OF REC:��VITvG OR DISCHI�,RG-
ING �CHfl[JL CHII,DRET�.
u�JI�RE�, �ection 533 of the Vehicle Code of th� State
of' Calif`ornia nov� provides that "The driver of any v�hicle
upon a highway outside of a business or residence district
upon rneetin� or overtakin� froM either direction any school
bus equipped with signs as herein rea1uired wha.ch has stopped
on tne highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging
any school children s�lall bring such v�hicle to a stop immedia�t-
e1y befor•e passing s�id sc�ool bus but may then proce�d past
such school bus at a speed not gr�ater than is reasonable or
proper but in no event great�r tnan 10 miles per hour arid with
due caution for the safety of pedestrians°M ; and
u���,REAS the said vehicle code does not require the driver
of a vehicle in �. residential district to stop before passing
a school b,as T�vhich has stop�ed on a highway for the purpose of
receivin�; or dischar�in� any school c�iildren; arld
JJ"riLRE�S there h�-yve recentl�r been num.erous accidents in res-
idence districts in vuhich school cnil_dren have been k?lled or
injured zvhile attemptinb to enter or leave school buses; and
��di-�EREAS school buses pick up and discharge tYie grea�tes�
number of their school cYlildren passengers in residential areas;
l•.�'ud, THEFL'F�RE, B� ?�T RE�t��,V��D that the City Council o� the
CittT of Chula Vista, California urges the ai:lendrAent by the i�gis-
lature of the State of Californ:�� of Section 53� of the Vehicle
Code oi the State of California to recuire tile driver of any
vehicl� upon a hightF�ay in a residence district upon rneeting or
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overtal�ing from either direction ar� school bus tivhich has
stopped on the hi�hti��ay ior the purpose of r�ceiving or dis-
char�ing an;� school children to br•ir�� such veniel� �o a stop
irn�n�diately bez'ore passin� such school bus,
�t�PT�D, S3GN�LD AI� APPROVED this 25thday of Januasy, 1949.
l�"��-G" � ��`�
T47ayor of th ity oz" Chula Vista,
California.
1�TTEST:
�-' �� � -a� ..�--�.
C ty Clerk of th� ity of
Chula Vista, Cal:ifornia.
ST�'�TE t�F CA�T.,IFORI�TIA)
CC�tTT�1'.t�'Y OF 5��.�T DIEGO) ss.
CITY OF CHUI�A V�ST�)
I, F�RBERT V. BRYl�P1T, City Clerk of the City of C'riula Vista,
Califor�ia, DO i��R�BY CERTIFT�L th�,t t:�e fore�oin� Resolution �n•as
duly adopted by the City Council of the s�.id City and was ap�roved
by the i,,iayor of said City at a re�ular ad journed r�eeting of sazd
Council held on the a�' day of Janu�.ry, 1949, and that it was so
adopted by t'rze follovaing votes:
.I�.YES : COUT�c"C�T.I,P,�1EN Kidd_er,Koester,P.iesland,I�asholdsDyson.
Nt�ES: Ct�UNCT�N None
I�BSEP�?T: C�iUI�GI�T',IEIVT ZTone
ti �� Y
,�Ii'` ,t` x° ,�,
City Clerk of the ty of
Chula Vista.
ST�TE �iF C.�IFOF�I��'A)
C�?UNTY CF S�!�Tv D1EGa) ss.
CITY �F Ch'UL�i VIST�)
�, ? ��BERT V. �RYZ�TIT, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista,
California, DO �t�REBY C�,�TIFY tha.t the above and aforegoing is a
fu11, true and correct copy of Resolution T�So. , and that the
sa�e has no�c been �.�ended or repealed.
D�TED:: Januar� ,1949.
City Cler�� of the City of Chula Vista,
Calii ornia.
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