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motorcycle, or any other vehicle whatever regardless of the power by which the same is drawn or propelled, strikes or collides with any unoccupied vehicle, the driver of such vehicle and all persons who have or assume authority over such driver shall immediately cause such vehicle to stop and shall ascertain the name of the owner so struck, or the license number thereof and shall immediately make a full report of such collision, with all details and circumstances thereto, to the Chief of Police of the City of Las Vegas. Whenever the driver of any vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in damage to property, the driver shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident and shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license and shall as soon as possible make a full report of such collision, with all details and circumstances thereof, to the Chief of Police of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 4. Section 1, of Ordinance 569, is hereby amended to read as follows: A. Upon those streets and parts of streets, and in those alleys, described in this section, vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction set forth below. Signs indicating the direction of traffic shall be erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited. Direction of Name of Street Traffic Movement 1. Ogden Street from Main to 12th West 2. Carson Street from Main to 12th East 3. North 1st from Stewart Street to the Las Vegas Police Dept. Bldg. North & East 4. Essex Circle Counter-Clockwise 5. Fairfield Ave. on that portion known as Fairfield Circle Counter-Clockwise 6. Maryland Parkway on that portion adjacent to Huntridge Park Counter-Clockwise B. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine and designate streets, or specific lanes thereon upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another period of the day, and may also erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in any particular direction, regardless of the center line of the roadway. The Chief of Police may also designate intersections at which left hand turns shall be prohibited or at which left hand turns shall be permitted only during certain hours of the day, and shall also place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers, or other devices to give notice of the foregoing restrictions. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers, or other devices so placed in accordance with this section. SECTION 5. There shall be added a new section to Chapter 36, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959, to be designated Section 144, to read as follows: VEHICLE ENTERING INTERSECTION OF ROADWAY CONTROLLED BY YIELD RIGHT OF WAY SIGN: The driver of any vehicle upon approaching any yield right of way sign at the entrance to a street or intersection shall not drive at a speed exceeding 15 miles per hour across such street or intersection and shall slow down and stop if necessary and yield the right of way to other vehicles which are approaching so closely on the intersection street as to constitute an immediate hazard. SECTION 6. There shall be added a new section to Chapter 36, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, to be designated Section 145 to read as follows: CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE REGULATIONS: The following colors shall be used to indicate and regulate parking by painting upon curbs and in the event no curbs exist, then by signs: A. RED indicates no stopping, standing or parking, whether the vehicle is attended or unattended; except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or sign-posted as a bus loading zone. B. YELLOW indicates stopping only for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or freight for such time as provided in Section 76. C. WHITE indicates stopping only for loading or unloading of passengers for a period not to exceed (3) minutes. D. GREEN indicates time limit parking by and as required by this Code. E. GRAY indicates the removal of a parking restriction or regulation and parking is permitted.