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The city council is hereby authorized and empowered to declare streets or any part of any street as yield-right-of-way streets, subject to the following regulations: (1)
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield-right-of-way sign shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, yielding the right-of-way to all vehicles on the intersecting street which are so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(2)
The driver of any vehicle proceeding past a yield-right-of-way sign facing his/her vehicle and who interferes with or collides with the movement of any vehicle proceeding on the intersecting street shall be deemed prima facie in violation of this section.
Prior to the enactment of any such ordinance, the city council shall seek and take into consideration any report or recommendation submitted by the chief of police, the board of public safety, and the director of the department of public works.
(Code 1971, § 22-75)