Please Do Not Drive Through the Alley

Traffic patterns.  Please drop off students at the side of the building and leave the front of the school for buses and walking studnets.

Please do not use the alley between Beards and Chowen as a shortcut after dropping off your students at the front door.  There is a city ordinance that states that cutting through the alleys is illegal.

Please be a good neighbor

478.260. - Use of alleys for through traffic prohibited.

(a) Purpose. The city council declares that the public alleys of the city are constructed and maintained primarily to provide limited access to abutting residential and commercial property, and are not intended or designed for use as through streets. The city council finds that it is necessary to limit access to public alleys in order to address the use of public alleys by operators of motor vehicles who use alleys to avoid traffic congestion on city streets, thereby increasing the risk of bodily injury and property damage by increasing vehicular traffic in alleys which are not designed to safely carry such traffic; to address problems of "cruising" alleys in motor vehicles by persons who do not reside or conduct business in abutting property or who are not invitees to abutting property, which can lead to vandalism, burglary or other criminal activity. The city council finds that the protection of the public health, safety and welfare requires that traffic in public alleys be restricted to protect residential neighborhoods and to insure that use of public alleys by operators of motor vehicles is consistent with the purpose of such alleys as stated in this section.

(b)Use prohibited. No person may operate a motor vehicle on a public alley unless directed to do so by a peace officer, authorized traffic code enforcement personnel or authorized traffic control device, except abutting property owners, tenants their guests or invitees, operating a motor vehicle in an otherwise lawful manner. This section shall not be interpreted to preclude use of alleys by the following:

(1)Persons performing authorized law enforcement activities on behalf of any law enforcement agency;

(2)Persons providing emergency medical or fire services;

(3)Persons performing public service activities or inspections on behalf of state, federal or city regulatory agencies or departments; and

(4)Persons performing installation, maintenance or inspection activities for public or private utility or communications companies. (93-Or-152, § 1, 10-29-93)