[Ord. No. 1193.]
(a)
The director shall have the power and duty to place and maintain,
or cause to be placed and maintained, official traffic-control devices
when and as required under the traffic laws of the city to make effective
the provisions of said laws; provided, however, that such traffic-control
devices shall comply with the uniform standards and specifications
promulgated pursuant to Sections 21400 and 21401 of the Vehicle Code.
(b)
Whenever the Vehicle Code requires for the effectiveness of
any law or provisions thereof, that traffic-control devices be installed
to give notice to the public of the application of such law, the director
is authorized to install or cause to be installed the necessary devices,
subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable
thereto.
(c)
The director may also place and maintain or cause to be placed
and maintained such additional traffic-control devices as he may deem
necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic, but he
shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering
principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with such
standards, limitations and rules as may be set forth in the traffic
laws of the city, or as may be determined by ordinance or resolution
of the council.
[Ord. No. 1193.]
No provision of the Vehicle Code or of this chapter for which
signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator unless
appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to be seen
by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions
of the traffic laws.
[Ord. No. 1193.]
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instruction of any
official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance
with the traffic laws of the city unless otherwise directed by a person
authorized to direct traffic, subject to the exceptions granted by
the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency
calls.
[Ord. No. 1193.]
No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any
crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or
barrier is closed or being opened or closed.
